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Title: Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia

Author: Maturin M. Ballou

Release Date: July 1, 2010 [EBook #33038]

Language: English

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DUE NORTH

OR

GLIMPSES OF SCANDINAVIA AND
RUSSIA

BY

MATURIN M. BALLOU

AUTHOR OF "EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH," "DUE SOUTH; OR, CUBA, PAST AND
PRESENT," "GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW," ETC.

Only that travelling is good which reveals to me the value of
home, and enables me to enjoy it better.--THOREAU.

BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1887

_Copyright, 1887_,
BY MATURIN M. BALLOU.

_All rights reserved._

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

PREFACE.

About five years ago, the Author, having then just returned from
circumnavigating the globe, was induced to record his experiences of
the long journey, which were published in a volume entitled "Due
West; or, Round the World in Ten Months." The public favor accorded
to this work led, a couple of years later, to the issuing of a second
volume of travels, upon the Author's return from the West Indies,
entitled "Due South; or, Cuba,