Excerpt from Pencillings by the Way, Vol. 1 of 2
It is common for authors in their Prefaces to give their reasons for publishing. Mine is a novel - I cannot help it. On the eve of a late departure for the Continent, I was informed, for the first Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Pencillings by the Way, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) (Nathaniel Parker Willis)