Sets of Geography
You may think sets of books boring. Indeed, in a moment of twitter feeds, status updates and multimedia multitasking, the sustained concentration that is required to absorb a set of books may seem unimaginable. In fact, I consigned my sets to the bottom shelves, obscured by bric-a-brac. I've rediscovered them in here. The theme--foreign lands of mystery and intrigue. 1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous Places and People, Being the Identical Discourses Delivered During the Past Eighteen Years Under the Title of the Stoddard Lectures 10 Volumes (1903). Travel narratives of Europe, Japan, China, the Middle East and the American West. Illustrated with black and white photographs and sketches. I bought online at the height of my travelogue mania. Beautiful as works of art with their red leather binding and marbled boards. 2. The Burton Holmes L...