Warner discusses the thrill of traveling. He also talks about the complications of such a trip. Warner concludes that having a good companion to share the journey with and having the experience makes the inconveniences well worth it.

Fortunate is the hero who links his name romantically with that of a woman. A tender interest in his fame is assured. Still more fortunate is he if he is able to record his own achievements and give to them that form and color and importance which they assume in his own gallant conscious-ness. Captain John Smith, the first of an honored name, had this double good fortune. We are indebted to him for the glowing picture of a knight-errant of the sixteenth century, moving with the port of a swash-buckler across the field of vision, wherever cities were to be taken and heads cracked in Europe,...

Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West. It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which is the way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious, and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plant of its own. Rank was unknown in Lakeside-unconfessed, anyway; everybody knew everybody and his dog, and a sociable friendliness was the prevailing atmosphere. Saladin Foster was book-keeper in the principal store, and the only high-salaried man of his profession...

Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West. It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which is the way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious, and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plant of its own. Rank was unknown in Lakeside-unconfessed, anyway; everybody knew everybody and his dog, and a sociable friendliness was the prevailing atmosphere. Saladin Foster was book-keeper in the principal store, and the only high-salaried man of his profession...

Charles Warner was an American essayist in the late 1800 s. As a boy he lived in Charlemont, Massachusetts: the scene of the experiences pictured in his study of childhood, Being a Boy (1877). He traveled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in prison reform, city park supervision, and other movements for the public good. Warner has written a travel book in which he wanders throughout Europe at a slow pace taking note to the insignificant and local color. Warner says that there are many travel books covering the major sites and he is more interested in a leisurely...

Charles Warner was an American essayist in the late 1800s. As a boy he lived in Charlemont, Massachusetts: the scene of the experiences pictured in his study of childhood, Being a Boy (1877). He traveled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in prison reform, city park supervision, and other movements for the public good. As We Go includes 26 short studies including Our president -- The newspaper-made man -- Interesting girls -- Give the men a chance -- The advent of candor -- The American man -- The electric way -- Can a husband open a wifes letters? -- A leisure class...

This early work by Charles Dudley Warner was originally published in 1877. It is a humorous memoir of the authors youth spent as a farm-boy in rural Massachusetts during the nineteenth century. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the history of American life. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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