Download or read book A Brief Historical Sketch of the Valley of Chamouni, Commencing With the Foundation of the Priory in 1090 written by Markham Sherwill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief Historical Sketch of the Valley of Chamouni, Commencing With the Foundation of the Priory in 1090: Drawn Up From Original Documents, and Now First Put Into Chronological Order To enter into conjectures why Chamouni had not been more frequentedw by summer travellers previous to 1741, would be to enter a wide field. We might hint at the then want of public convey ances, and the subsequent wonderful improvement thatha's taken place, all over Europe, in the construc tion of roads 5yand we might also give a glance at that attachment to place and home, which formerly existed, but which, of later years, seems to be ex tinct or unfashionable: all deep impressions are obliterated by a perpetual change of abode, and seem to be supplied by a\ sort of indiscriminate and inactive good-will-towards all mankind. 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.