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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. Some light marking due to age. Best copy of these books I have seen. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> To the dearness of Highland hotels and the high rates charged for posting; and that English readers might have been put on their guard as to the uncompromising temper and blunt address of some with whom they would have to do. Well all these points have to be considered; and yet with every drawback the delight remains. Even broken weather has its intervals the brighter and more exhilarating for the storm or mist that has preceded; while no lover of the sublime and beautiful would willingly exchange the grandeurs and terrors of the mountain gloom even for days of unclouded sunshine. But as a matter of fact I can attest from the experience of many a tour the weather is seldom or never so bad for long together as absolutely to prevent or even greatly to injure enjoyment. Then as to the other criticisms: it must be admitted that unless a traveller is very wary and thrifty he will not find a tour in Scotland the most economical form of enjoyment. Something is to be said in excuse for high charges when the season is necessarily so short; yet I confess I have found things much the same out of the season when there has been no competitive rush of tourists. There is room for improvement in some places that might be mentioned; and it is satisfactory to learn on the high authority of Mr. J. B. Baddeley that the Scottish hotel system is decidedly The Northern Highlands and Islands Thorough Guide. (MP)