The Flowers of Modern Travels
| Author | John Adams |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Travel |
| Publisher | John West |
Publication date | 1797 |
| Pages |
The Flowers of Modern Travels, in two volumes, selects from the works of the most celebrated travellers by the Rev. John Adams. In two volumes, the married set caters "to the young readers of both sexes, who are fond of perusing books of authentic travels, connot [sic] fail of furnishing the most profitable and innocent amusement."
... Sophia is one of the most beautiful towns in the Turkish empire, and famous for its hot baths, that are resorted to both for diversion and health. I stopped there one day on purpose to see them, and designing to go incognito, I hired a Turkish coach. These voitures are not at all like ours, but much more convenient for the country, the heat being so great that glasses would be very troublesome. They are made a good deal in the manner of the Dutch stage-coaches, having wooden lattices painted and gilded, the inside being also painted with baskets and nosegays of flowers, intermixed commonly with little poetical mottos. They are covered all over with scarlet cloth, lined with silk, and very often richly embroidered and fringed. This covering entirely hides the persons in them, but may be thrown back at pleasure, and thus permits the ladies to peep through the lattices. They hold four people very conveniently, seated on cushions, but not raised....[1]
Writings included[edit]
Mr. Adams has made a very entertaining selection from the books that have been published within our memory, by travellers of different countries, as Lord Lyttelton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Moore, Dr. Van Troil, Messrs. Brydone, Coxe, Wraxall, Savary, Swinburne, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
References[edit]
- ↑ Volume I, pages 305-306.
This article "The Flowers of Modern Travels" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:The Flowers of Modern Travels. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
