A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland/the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides/2 Books in 1
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: August 1984
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9789993495376
Subjects: Description and travel; Early works to 1800; Hebrides (Scotland); Scotland; Western Isles (Scotland)
First sentence: I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed.