Up! up! let us a voyage take;
Why sit we here at ease?
Find us a vessel tight and snug,
Bound for the Northern Seas.
William Howitt.
Brooks, Noah.
The Story of Marco Polo.
Century. 1.50
The manner of the return of the Polos long after they had been given up for dead, the subsequent adventures of Marco Polo, the incredulity with which his book of travels was received, the gradual and slow confirmation of the truth of his reports as later explorations penetrated the mysterious Orient, and the fact that he may be justly regarded as the founder of the geography of Asia, have all combined to give to his narrative a certain fascination, with which no other story of travel has been invested.--Preface.
As far as possible, Mr. Brooks has allowed the traveler to speak for himself.
Bull, J.B.
Fridtjof Nansen.
Heath. .30