Excerpt from A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland: The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont, the Italian Lakes, and Part of Dauphiné Murray's Handbook for Switzerland, Savoy, and Piedmont was the first systematic guide-book of English origin to those countries. It was based on the principle of personal knowledge of the routes described, and con structed for the use Of a generation of travellers, among whose interests the beauties of nature or historical associations took the first place. Since the publication Of the first edition in 1838 two new classes of visitors have made Switzerland and the adjacent regions their summer resort. An eager band Of mountaineers has explored the Alps in their most secret recesses, and conquered their proudest pinnacles. A much larger company Of tourists circles yearly for a few weeks in autumn along a narrow and beaten track through two or three of the most beautiful districts on the northern side of the great chain. Their interests appear, in many cases at least, scarcely to extend beyond the practical details of travel means of conveyance, inns, tariffs, bills, - and they have no desire to turn aside to see scenery which has not been already stamped with the approval Of their fellows. 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.