The Index Guide to Travel and Art Study in Europe, A Compendium of Geographical, Historical, and Artistic Information for the Use of Americans

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Excerpt from The Index Guide to Travel and Art Study in Europe, A Compendium of Geographical, Historical, and Artistic Information for the Use of Americans: Alphabetically Arranged The following work has been the outgrowth of wants experienced in repeated visits to Europe. The requirements of the American in Europe at the present day, are essentially different from those of twenty-five years since. The desirable routes, the localities to be visited, and the objects to be seen, are all comparatively well known. Railway and hotel officials, and, to a large extent, tradesmen and servants, have become so Anglicised as to have removed the principal impediments offered by a foreign tongue. That large portion of a Guide-Book devoted to this desirable information is, therefore, no longer needed. At the same time, the American public has become aware that, to the intelligent visitor, the supreme attraction of the Old World, centres in its great Collections of Art - a source equally of pleasure and culture which his own country cannot bestow. The want of the American is, therefore, less as to routes, hotels, and cost, and more as to the Arts, Galleries, and Masterpieces. The question was, however, whether by the omission of what is unimportant, a fair summary of that which is so desirable, could be comprised within reasonable limits, whether the fifteen full volumes of Murray, or the nine of Baedeker required between Edinburgh and Naples, could be reduced to one of companionable dimensions. Those who have visited Europe know full well that, however good may have been one's knowledge of history, mythology, and art, he is met at every turn by some object whose story he cannot recall, by some work or name with which he is not familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.