Excerpt from Journal of a Tour in Italy, in the Year 1821: With a Description of Gibraltar, Accompanied With Several Engravings The Author has chiefly to apprehend the criticism of those who have travelled in the country of which he writes; as they may reasonably look for subjects of a higher nature than the details of every day occur remoes. For travellers, however, the, work was not designed; but for those who have no personal ac quaintance with Italy, and who, after havmg gathered from other sources the history of the antiquities, arts, and sciences of that interesting country, are dis-f posed to enter a little into the examination of things in common life. Persons of this description may look upon this book as a mere journal, m which many old subjects are brought up again to view, but usually among circumstances m which they have appeared but once, and then to the eyes of the author. Hehas at tempted to preserve some portion of their original dis tincness and interest. If he has not succeeded, he must confess that the fault will lie neither with his readers, nor with the scenes and objects themselves; but ln the inadequacy of his language - the feebleness of his pen. 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.