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TRAVEL EXPERIENCES of the well-known American author JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, best known as the author of the Leatherstocking Tales, are presented in this account of travels in France, Germany and Switzerland.
A Residence in France:
With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland,
is a collection of travel essays by American author
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER,
published in 18356 in the Paris, FRANCE, reflecting on his travel experiences while living with his family in Europe for seven years. .
In 1826, Cooper moved his family to Europe, where he sought to gain more income from his book writing, provide better education for his children, improve his health, and observe European manners and politics firsthand. After returning to the United States in 1833, he wrote various travel books reflecting on his experiences in Europe. His book, "A Residence in France," was published in 1836.
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"Your speculations concerning the influence of the late revolution, on the social habits of the French, are more ingenious than true. While the mass of this nation has obtained less than they had a right to expect by the severe political convulsions they have endured, during the last forty years, they have, notwithstanding, gained something in their rights; and, what is of far more importance, they have gained in a better appreciation of those rights, as well as in the knowledge of the means to turn them to a profitable and practical account. The end will show essential improvements in their condition, or rather the present time shows it already. The change in polite society has been less favourable, although even this is slowly gaining in morals, and in a healthier tone of thought. No error can be greater, than that of believing France has endured so much, without a beneficial return.
Title Details
Originally published in 1836
Travel essays
Size 5.5 x 8.5 inches