The Flowers of modern travels; being elegant, entertaining and instructive extracts, / selected from the works of the most celebrated travellers; such as Lord Lyttleton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Cox, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Swinburne, Lady M.W. Montague, &c. &c. ; Intended chiefly for young people of both sexes. ; By the Rev. John Adams, A.M. ; [Two lines of quotations; four lines of poetry] ; Vol I [-II].

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The Flowers of modern travels; being elegant, entertaining and instructive extracts, / selected from the works of the most celebrated travellers; such as Lord Lyttleton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Cox, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Swinburne, Lady M.W. Montague, &c. &c. ; Intended chiefly for young people of both sexes. ; By the Rev. John Adams, A.M. ; [Two lines of quotations; four lines of poetry] ; Vol I [-II].

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Boston: :: Printed for John West, no. 75, Cornhill,,

1797.

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Voyages and travels.

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"The Flowers of modern travels; being elegant, entertaining and instructive extracts, / selected from the works of the most celebrated travellers; such as Lord Lyttleton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Cox, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Swinburne, Lady M.W. Montague, &c. &c. ; Intended chiefly for young people of both sexes. ; By the Rev. John Adams, A.M. ; [Two lines of quotations; four lines of poetry] ; Vol I [-II]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N23960.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• ADVERTISEMENT.
• CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
• THE FLOWERS OF MODERN TRAVELS.
  • SECT. I. OF THE VOLCANOS IN ICELAND, AND PAR|TICULARLY MOUNT HECLA.
  • SECT. II. OF THE WARM BATHS, AND HOT SPOUTING SPRINGS OF WATER IN ICELAND.
  • SECT. III. OF THE MANNERS OF THE ICELANDERS.
  • SECT. IV. OF THE FOOD OF THE ICELANDERS.
  • SECT. V. OF THE MANNERS OF THE MODERN EGYPTIANS.
  • SECT. VI. OF THE RIVER NILE.
  • SECT. VII. OF THE MANNERS AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH.
  • SECT. VIII. OF THE COMPLIMENTAL PHRASES USED BY THE FRENCH.
  • SECT. IX, OF GENEVA.
  • SECT. X. OF THE GLACIERS OF SAVOY.
  • SECT. XI. OF VOLTAIRE.
  • SECT. XII. OF SCHAFFHAUSEN IN SWISSERLAND; OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE RHINE; AND OF THE FALL OF THE RHINE.
  • SECT. XIII. OF GESNER THE AUTHOR OF THE DEATH OF ABEL, AND LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST.
  • SECT. XIV. EXPEDITION ACROSS THE VALLEY OF ICE, IN THE GLACIER OF MONTANVERT. A. D. 1776.
  • SECT. XV. OF BERNE, IN SWISSERLAND.
  • SECT. XVI. OF THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN SWISSER|LAND. A. D. 1776.
  • SECT. XVII. GENERAL REFLECTIONS UPON THE THIR|TEEN SWISS CANTONS. A. D. 1776.
  • SECT. XVIII. OF FRANKFORT. A. D. 1775.
  • SECT. XIX. OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK. A. D. 1775.
  • SECT. XX. ON THE PALACE AT POTSDAM, AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA. A. D. 1775.
  • SECT. XXI. OF THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.
  • SECT. XXII. OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
  • SECT. XXIII. OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS.
  • SECT. XXIV. OF COPENHAGEN. A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. XXV. OF THE COURT AT COPENHAGEN.
  • SECT. XXVI. OF STOCKHOLM. A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. XXVII. OF PETERSBURG, A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. XXVIII. OF BREMEN. A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. XXIX. CONVERSATION AT COURTRAY IN FLAN|DARS WITH AN IMPATIENT PASSENGER FOR THE DEPARTURE OF A DILIGENCE.
  • SECT. XXX. A SERMON TO ENGLISH TRAVELLERS.
  • SECT. XXXI. OF THE CITY OF CANTON, IN CHINA.
  • SECT. XXXII. OF THE POLICY AND GOVERNMENT OF CHINA.
  • SECT. XXXIII. OF CONFUCIOUS.
  • SECT. XXXIV. OF THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN CHINA; AND OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
  • SECT. XXXV. OF THE TEA-PLANT.
  • SECT. XXXVI. OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE EGYP|TIAN LADIES.
  • SECT. XXXVII. OF NAPLES AND MOUNT VESUVIUS.
  • SECT. XXXVIII. OF STROMBOLO.
  • SECT. XXXIX. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS, WHICH HAPPEN|ED IN AUGUST, 1779.
  • SECT. XL. OF MOUNT AETNA. MAY 29, 1770.
  • SECT. XLI. A VIEW OF THE STARS AND RISING SUN FROM MOUNT AETNA.
  • SECT. XLII. OF THE DESCENT FROM MOUNT AETNA; OF ITS HEIGHTH AND OF THE ELEC|TRICITY OF THE AIR NEAR VOLCANOS.
  • SECT. XLIII. OF MODERN ROME.
  • SECT. XLIV. OF THE MODERN ROMANS.
  • SECT. XLV. DESCRIPTION OF POMPEY'S PILLAR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ALEXANDRIA, IN EGYPT, AND AN ANECDOTE OF SOME ENGLISH SEA OFFICERS THERE.
  • SECT. XLVI. OF THE MODERN PERSIANS.
  • SECT. XLVII. OF THE MANNERS OF ORDERING SILK WORMS AT GHILAN IN PERSIA.
  • SECT. XLVIII. OF THE HOT-BATHS AT SOPHIA.
  • SECT. XLIX. OF THE NATURE OF THE TURKISH GOV|ERNMENT; AND OF THE GRAND SIG|NIOR'S PROCESSION TO THE MOSQUE.
  • SECT. L. OF THE PERSONS AND MANNERS OF THE TURKISH LADIES.
  • SECT. LI. OF THE PLEASANT SITUATION OF ADRIANO|PLE, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TURKS PASS THEIR TIME THERE.
  • SECT. LII. OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY THE GRAND VIZIER'S LADY.
  • SECT. LIII. OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
  • SECT. LIV. VERSES ADDRESSED TO LADY M. W. MONTAGUE.
• title page
• CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
• THE FLOWERS OF MODERN TRAVELS.
  • SECT. LV. OF VENICE. A. D. 1703.
  • ACCOUNT OF A DREADFUL INUNDATION OF THE SEA AT INGERAM, ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL, IN THE EAST INDIES. [In a Letter From Mr. William Parson, to Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.]
  • SECT. LVI. OF THE CHARACTER AND MANNERS OF THE VENETIANS.
  • SECT. LVII. OF THE SITUATION OF VENICE, ITS CANALS AND BRIDGES.
  • SECT. LVIII. OF VARIOUS NATURAL BEAUTIES IN WALES.
  • SECT. LIX. OF CARNARVON, AND THE ISLE OF ANGLESEA.
  • SECT. LX. A TRAVELLING ANECDOTE AT MACHYN|LLETH IN WALES.
  • SECT. LXI. OF DUBLIN, AND THE HOSPITALITY OF THE IRISH. A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. LXII. OF THE COMPARATIVE MERIT OF THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
  • SECT. LXIII. CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH LADIES, COM|PARED WITH THAT OF THE ENGLISH.
  • SECT. LXIV. OF MONTPELIER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. A. D. 1775.
  • SECT. LXV. OF THE FERTILITY OF THE COUNTRY BE|TWEEN BOURDEAUX AND AGEN.
  • SECT. LXVI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT LEAD INTO ITALY.
  • SECT. LXVII. CHARACTER OF THE ITALIANS. A. D. 1776.
  • SECT. LXVIII. TWO CURIOUS REMARKS.
  • SECT. LXIX. THE REASONS WHY THE FRENCH HAVE MORE WIT AND BETTER SPIRITS THAN THE ENGLISH.
  • SECT. LXX. OF EDINBURGH. A. D. 1774.
  • SECT. LXXI. A SINGULAR ANECDOTE.
  • SECT. LXXII. OF THE HOSPITALITY AND GOOD-BREEDING OF THE SCOTCH; THEIR LANGUAGE, PARTICULAR BEAUTIES OF IT, AND EXPRESSIONS.
  • SECT. LXXIII. OF THE SUPPERS OF THE SCOTCH, AND THEIR MANNER OF CONDUCTING THEM.
  • SECT. LXXIV. ON THE CIVILITY OF THE COMMON PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND.
  • SECT. LXXV. OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DIVERSIONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF EDINBURGH; AND MANNER OF EDUCATING THE YOUNG LADIES.
  • SECT. LXXVI. OF THE HAGUE AND ROTTERDAM.
  • SECT. LXXVII. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. A. D. 1784.
  • SECT. LXXVIII. OF LEYDEN.
  • SECT. LXXIX. OF AMSTERDAM.
  • SECT. LXXX. A SINGULAR HEAD-DRESS—A SINGULAR CUSTOM—SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S OPINION OF HOLLAND.
  • SECT. LXXXI. OF ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.
  • SECT. LXXXII. OF BARCELONA IN SPAIN.
  • SECT. LXXXIII. OF THE FLOCKS ON THE PYRENEAN MOUNTAINS.
  • SECT. LXXXIV. OF MADRID. A. D. 1778.
  • SECT. LXXXV. OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN.
  • SECT. LXXXVI. CHARACTER OF THE SPANIARDS.
  • SECT. LXXXVII. OF THE SPANISH LADIES.
  • SECT. LXXXVIII. ANECDOTE OF A FRIAR.
  • SECT. LXXXIX. OF THE BATHS AT BAGNERES.
  • SECT. XC. JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE PYRENEAN MOUNTAINS.
  • SECT. XCI. OF PORTUGAL IN GENERAL; THE PRO|DUCE OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE CUS|TOMS AND MANNERS OF THE PEOPLE.
  • SECT. XCII. OF NORWAY, AND BERGEN ITS CAPITAL.
  • SECT. XCIII. OF THE PERSONS, DRESS, EMPLOYMENTS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABI|TANTS OF NORWAY.
  • SECT. XCIV. OF THE HOUSES OF THE NORWEGIANS.
  • SECT. XCV. OF THE ANIMALS OF NORWAY.
  • SECT. XCVI. OF LAPLAND.
  • SECT. XCVII. THE MANNER OF TRAVELLING IN SLED|GES DRAWN BY REIN-DEER.
  • SECT. XCVIII. THE CEREMONIES OF A LAPLAND FUNERAL.
  • SECT. XCIX. ON THE INTENSE COLD EXPERIENCED BY SOME GENTLEMEN, SENT BY THE KING OF FRANCE, TO DETERMINE THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH AT THE POLAR CIRCLE.
  • SECT. C. OF THE BEAUTY OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS IN LAPLAND.
  • SECT. CI. OF ST. ANDREWS IN SCOTLAND.
  • SECT. CII. OF INVERNESS.
  • SECT. CIII. DESCRIPTION OF A HIGHLAND COTTAGE.
  • SECT. CIV. OF THE CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCE, AND ANIMALS OF THE HEBRIDES, PAR|TICULARLY OF SKY.
  • SECT. CV. OF THE INHABITANTS AND HOUSES OF THE HEBRIDES
  • SECT. CVI. OF THE HEBRIDIAN TABLES.