On Blue Water

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It has been well said that the beauty Of De Amicis' travels is that they are more than travels. They are not merely the record Of so many passages a day; they are travellings plus seeings, listenings, feelings, thinkings, talkings, love-makings - all that a warm hearted, imaginative, educated young tourist would engage in; yet they are told without displeasing egotism or tedious detail.