A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. 1 (of 2)

The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. I (of 2), by Gertrude Forde
BY GERTRUDE FORDE.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1880.
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PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, BECCLES AND LONDON.
The popularity of Corsica is increasing so rapidly, and information regarding the island is so difficult to obtain, that these sketches may not be unacceptable to intending travellers.

A LADY'S TOUR IN CORSICA.
It is strange that Corsica should be as little known and visited as it is. Placed within easy reach of the most unambitious tourist, offering him the loveliest scenery and few serious difficulties of travel, it yet remains comparatively a terra incognita .
Many people have a vague idea that its sole claim to distinction lies in the fact of its having given birth to the great Napoleon, and that it is now a land of semi-savagery, snakes, brigands, and other horrors.
There is not a brigand on the island.