Two Gray Tourists

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Excerpt from Two Gray Tourists: From Papers of Mr. Philemon Perch This work contains an account, written by Mr. Philemon Perch, of a brief tour, made by himself together with his friend, Major James Rawls, both natives of the State of Georgia (the latter yet resident therein), in England, Scotland, Belgium, the Rhine-region, Switzerland, and France. They are dear friends, and have been for more than forty years, though, in some respects, quite dissimilar. Mr. Perch, a student, tall and slender, is sentimental, often absent-minded, and perhaps too fond of antiquarian research. Major Rawls, a planter, stout, rather below middle height, is practical, entirely modern, energetic, and, on occasion, somewhat pugnacious. This is a record of the sights these tourists saw together, and the impressions made upon them. I found, on reading the manuscript, that their discussions upon several subjects of former and present interest had brought forth many observations upon the classical, mediæval, and modern conditions of some of the scenes through which they passed. To my proposal to publish, Mr. Perch assented more readily, because of a habit of printing his thoughts. 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.