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(1877) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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PREFACE.



The title of this book sufficiently indicates its
fraternity with ‘Through Norway with a
Knapsack,’ which it resembles, inasmuch as it is a
gossiping diary narrative of the incidents of a
journey in Norway and the reflections they
suggested.

It differs from its predecessor, however, in
representing the opposite phase of Norwegian travelling
experience. In the first book I have shown what
may be done and seen by a solitary pedestrian
who chooses to “rough it,” while here are
demonstrated the possibilities of travelling in Norway
with a degree of comfort such as ladies and the
majority of Englishmen demand.

A glance at the map will show that our journey
was a bold and extensive one, considering that it
was merely a school-girls’ holiday trip.

We scaled the northernmost limits of Arctic

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