Excerpt from Diary of a Pilgrimage (and Six Essays), 1891 Accordingly, I kave tried. T kis is a sensible book. I want you to understand tkat. Tbis is a book to improve your mind. In tkis book I tell you all about Germany ai all events, all I know about Germany - and t/ze Ober A mmergau Passion Play. I also tell you about ot/zer tkings. I do not tell you all I know about all tkese otlzer tlzings, because I do not want to swamp you with knowledge. I wisk to teack you gradually. W ken you kave learned tkis book, you can come again, and I will tell you some more. I slzould only be defeating my own object did I, by making you tkink too muck at first, give you a, perkaps, lasting dislike to tke exercise. I have purposely put tke matter in a leg/it and attractive form, so tkut I may secure tbc attention of the young and the frivolous. I do not want t/zem to notice, as t/zey go on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.