Excerpt from Gilbert the Adventurer: Or Travels in Distant Countries
"Peter Parley" is a name rendered welcome to the youthful reader by many pleasing associations, and one that affords a rich promise of instruction and delight. In many charming works he has made himself the guide and the companion of the young; and, whilst administering to their gratification, he has stored their minds with useful knowledge. To impart information in a winning manner is not a very easy task, yet our friend "Peter Parley" has accomplished this with complete success.
"Gilbert the Adventurer" may safely trust his little barque to the tide of public opinion, under such distinguished guidance. Yet he possesses many independent claims to general support. He has not only travelled through lands that lie far from the common route and the beaten track, but he has carefully observed the peculiarities of scenery, productions, and climate of the different countries through which he passed, as well as of the manners and customs of their inhabitants. To some, his incidents of travel may appear marvellous. It would, however, be unjust to confine the bold adventurer within the narrow limits of our experience.
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