The Lure of the Camera

By Charles S. Olcott
THE LURE OF THE CAMERA
THE LURE OF THE CAMERA
CHARLES S. OLCOTT
Author of “George Eliot: Scenes and People of her Novels” and “The Country of Sir Walter Scott”
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1914
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY CHARLES S. OLCOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published September 1914
TO MY BOYS GAGE, CHARLES, AND HOWARD THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
PREFACE
The difference between a ramble and a journey is about the same as that between pleasure and business. When you go anywhere for a serious purpose, you make a journey; but if you go for pleasure (and don’t take the pleasure too seriously, as many do) you only ramble.
The sketches in this volume, which takes its name from the first chapter, are based upon “rambles,” which were for the most part merely incidental excursions, made possible by various “journeys” undertaken for more serious purposes. It has been the practice of the author for many years to carry a camera on his travels, so that, if chance should take him within easy distance of some place of literary, historic, or scenic interest, he might not miss the opportunity to pursue his favorite avocation.