Download or read book A Year in Europe, Vol. 1 of 2 written by John Griscom and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Year in Europe, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the North of Italy, and Holland, in 1818 and 1819 Tm: relations between America and Europe are be coming every day more interesting and important. The unexampled rapidity with which the commerce. Agriculture, and arts of the United States are extend ing and increasing; the extraordinary facilities now given to the social intercourse between the new and the old world; and the unabated spirit of enterprize and industry, which prevails in many parts ofeurope; conspire to render these relations a concern of the greatest moment, - as tending, in no inconsiderable degree, to influence the tranquillity and happiness of a large portion of the civilized globe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.