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other hand�察�he should assert his intention of trying to obtain it by means of 

an action in any court of law�察�I should take it out of my pocket and hand it 



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to him�察�and think I had got off cheaply。; 

     He squared the matter with the florid´faced lady for a five´pound note�察�

which   must   have   represented   a   month's   profits   on   the   paper�察  �and   she 

departed�察�taking her damaged offspring with her。               After she was gone�察�our 

chief spoke kindly to me。         He said�此�

     ;Don't think I am blaming you in the least�察�it is not your fault�察�it is Fate。 

Keep   to   moral   advice   and   criticismthere   you   are   distinctly   good�察  �but 

don't try your hand any more on 'Useful Information。'                  As I have said�察�it 

is not your fault。      Your information is correct enoughthere is nothing to 

be said against that�察�it simply is that you are not lucky with it。; 

     I   would   that   I   had   followed   his   advice   always�察  �I   would   have   saved 

myself and other people much disaster。             I see no reason why it should be�察�

but so it is。    If I instruct a man as to the best route between London and 

Rome�察�he loses his luggage in Switzerland�察�or is nearly shipwrecked off 

Dover。     If I counsel him in the purchase of a camera�察�he gets run in by the 

German       police   for  photographing       fortresses。    I   once   took    a  deal   of 

trouble   to   explain   to   a   man   how   to   marry   his   deceased   wife's   sister   at 

Stockholm。       I found out for him the time the boat left Hull and the best 

hotels to stop at。 There was not a single mistake from beginning to end in 

the information with which I supplied him�察�no hitch occurred anywhere�察�

yet now he never speaks to me。 

     Therefore it is that I have come to restrain my passion for the giving of 

information�察      �therefore    it  is  that  nothing     in  the   nature    of   practical 

instruction will be found�察�if I can help it�察�within these pages。 

     There will be no description of towns�察�no historical reminiscences�察�no 

architecture�察�no morals。 

     I once asked an intelligent foreigner what he thought of London。 

     He said�此     �It is a very big town。; 

     I said�此   �What struck you most about it�拭─�

     He replied�此      �The people。; 

     I said�此    �Compared with other townsParis�察�Rome�察�Berlin��what did 

you think of it�拭─�

     He   shrugged   his   shoulders。     ;It   is   bigger�察─  �he   said�察   �what   more   can 

one say�拭─�



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     One   anthill   is   very   much   like   another。     So   many   avenues�察  �wide   or 

narrow�察    �where     the   little  creatures    swarm     in   strange    confusion�察    �these 

bustling     by�察  �important�察    �these   halting    to   pow´wow       with    one   another。 

These   struggling   with   big   burdens�察  �those   but   basking   in   the   sun。        So 

many   granaries   stored   with   food�察  �so   many   cells   where   the   little   things 

sleep�察  �and   eat�察  �and   love�察  �the   corner   where   lie   their   little   white   bones。 

This hive is larger�察�the next smaller。 This nest lies on the sand�察�and another 

under the stones。        This was built but yesterday�察�while that was fashioned 

ages ago�察�some say even before the swallows came�察�who knows�拭�

     Nor will there be found herein folk´lore or story。 

     Every  valley  where   lie   homesteads   has   its   song。        I   will   tell   you   the 

plot�察�you can turn it into verse and set it to music of your own。 

     There lived a lass�察�and there came a lad�察�who loved and rode away。 

     It   is   a   monotonous   song�察  �written   in   many   languages�察  �for   the   young 

man      seems    to   have    been    a   mighty     traveller。    Here     in   sentimental 

Germany   they   remember   him   well。            So   also   the   dwellers   of   the   Blue 

Alsatian     Mountains       remember      his   coming     among     them�察   �while�察   �if  my 

memory serves me truly�察�he likewise visited the Banks of Allan Water。                        A 

veritable Wandering Jew is he�察�for still the foolish girls listen�察�so they say�察�

to the dying away of his hoof´beats。 

     In this land of many ruins�察�that long while ago were voice´filled homes�察�

linger many legends�察�and here again�察�giving you the essentials�察�I leave you 

to   cook   the   dish   for   yourself。   Take   a   human   heart   or   two�察  �assorted�察  �a 

bundle of human passionsthere are not many of them�察�half a dozen at the 

most�察�season with a mixture of good and evil�察�flavour the whole with the 

sauce   of   death�察  �and   serve   up   where   and   when   you   will。       ;The   Saint's 

Cell�察─ �The Haunted Keep�察─ �The Dungeon Grave�察─ �The Lover's Leap; 

call it what you will�察�the stew's the same。 

     Lastly�察�in this book there will be no scenery。               This is not laziness on 

my     part�察 �it  is  self´control。     Nothing      is  easier   to  write    than   scenery�察�

nothing more difficult and unnecessary to read。 When Gibbon had to trust 

to travellers' tales for a description of the Hellespont�察�and the Rhine was 

chiefly     familiar    to  English     students    through     the  medium      of   Caesar's 

Commentaries�察  �it   behoved   every   globe´trotter�察  �for   whatever   distance�察  �to 



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describe to the best of his ability the things that he had seen。             Dr。 Johnson�察�

familiar   with   little   else   than   the   view   down   Fleet   Street�察  �could   read   the 

description   of   a   Yorkshire   moor   with   pleasure   and   with   profit。       To   a 

cockney who had never seen higher ground than the Hog's Back in Surrey�察�

an account of Snowdon must have appeared exciting。                     But we�察�or rather 

the steam´engine and the camera for us�察�have changed all that。                    The man 

who plays tennis every year at the foot of the Matterhorn�察�and billiards on 

the    summit     of   the  Rigi�察  �does    not   thank    you   for   an   elaborate    and 

painstaking description of the Grampian Hills。               To the average man�察�who 

has seen a dozen oil paintings�察�a hundred photographs�察�a thousand pictures 

in   the   illustrated   journals�察  �and   a   couple   of   panoramas   of   Niagara�察  �the 

word´painting of a waterfall is tedious。 

     An American friend of mine�察�a cultured gentleman�察�who loved poetry 

well enough for its own sake�察�told me that he had obtained a more correct 

and more satisfying idea of the Lake district from an eighteenpenny book 

of photographic views than from all the works of Coleridge�察�Southey�察�and 

Wordsworth   put   together。        I   also   remember   his   saying   concerning   this 

subject of scenery in literature�察�that he would thank an author as much for 

writing an eloquent description of what he had just had for dinner。                     But 

this was in reference to another argument�察�namely�察�the proper province of 

each art。     My friend maintained that just as canvas and colour were the 

wrong mediums for story telling�察�so word´painting was�察�at its best�察�but a 

clumsy      method     of  conveying      impressions     that   could   much     better   be 

received through the eye。 

     As    regards    the   question�察   �there   also   lingers   in  my    memory      very 

distinctly   a   hot   school   afternoon。    The   class   was   for   English   literature�察�

and the proceedings commenced with the reading of a certain lengthy�察�but 

otherwise unobjectionable�察�poem。              The author's name

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