James John Hissey’s Untravelled England keeps to lesser-known landscapes, towns and byways. Roland Dorgelès, a French novelist, took the Mandarin Road through colonial Indochina; his 1926 account came out in English from the Century Company. A 1900 anthology shows Naples through its own writers, and a 1927 illustrated account introduces Sweden to English readers. Hezekiah Butterworth’s Zigzag Club goes looking for Acadia and New France, and James Francis Magee’s letters home from Europe in 1855 were printed privately in 1932.
James John Hissey’s 1906 book of lesser-known landscapes, towns and byways.
Roland Dorgelès’s 1926 travel narrative, in English.
An illustrated anthology of the city’s culture, people and life.
An illustrated 1927 account of its landscapes and national character.
Hezekiah Butterworth’s illustrated Victorian travel book, 1885.
James Francis Magee’s letters of 1855, printed privately in 1932.
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