Excerpt from Rambles in Europe: In Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and France, With Historical Facts Relating to Scotch-American Families of Ireland
This work is largely a personal narrative, which has been prepared in the spare hours of a busy life. Its object is to tell of countries visited during the ramblings of five months, of people seen, of their customs and thoughts, their systems of government, and the influence of those governments upon the people. It is to speak of friendships formed, of persons absent from me, but who in spirit will abide with me forever.
In these wanderings I have spoken of men, institutions, places, and events as they impressed me. My mission was semi-historical. My experiences in Ireland, Scotland, and England have been largely given. This is especially true of my tour through the original Scotch settlements in Ireland, and also of my journey in Scotland. Much historical matter relating to Scotch-American families has been purposely woven into the narrative. The subject has been a favorite theme: over it my pen loves to linger. To those places on the other side of the sea my mind reverts as do the thoughts of a wanderer to his early home.
Much of the journey was over ground visited by numerous travellers, whose adventures have been rehearsed in many books. No two persons have the same experience, nor do they see with the same eyes. The kaleidoscopic view changes with every tourist.
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