Excerpt from Guide to Trinidad: A Handbook for the Use of Tourism and Visitors
Although a resident in this colony of ten years' standing, I have not undertaken this task, pleasant as it has been, without serious misgivings, knowing as I do full well that there are many far more competent than myself to do justice to this beautiful island. Trinidad is, however, daily becoming more widely appreciated, as evidenced by the increased number of visitors flocking here, and I could not help feeling that a 'Guide,' simply and plainly telling what there is to see, and how to see it, would not be utterly useless.
This little handbook is not intended, in the slightest degree, to rival the excellent works already in the field. Even to disclaim this notion is so presumptuous that I would not do it did I not wish to draw attention to the fact that if, in the course of these pages, I have awakened in the reader the desire to learn more of Trinidad, he could not do better than peruse the admirable books of Mr. Gustave Borde and Dr. de Verteuil.
I will take this opportunity of acknowledging my deep indebtedness to the numerous friends who have rendered me willing assistance. Particularly with regard to Chapters VIII. and X., I should have been literally nowhere without the information gleaned and matter obtained from clergy and ministers of all the denominations therein mentioned. Others in different ways have been equally helpful.
Doubtless, in spite of vigilance, mistakes (I am afraid not a few) will have crept in here and there, and in such a case I shall feel obliged if my readers will kindly take the trouble to set me right.
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