Excerpt from Seeing America, Including the Panama Expositions: A Descriptive and Picturesque Journey Through Romantic and Historic Cities and Places, Natural Wonders, Scenic Marvels of National Pride and InterestThroughout the ages it has been so. The men who went down to the sea in ships were the most honored and the most envied among all early peoples, and the wander ing singer was received with joy, not so much for his music as because he brought news from afar, fascinating stories Of distant, unknown countries to which few of those who listened could ever hope to go.Traveling has become less and less difficult, Of course, and in this twentieth century of steam and steel is quite within the limits of the possible even for the average man; and the tourist is known throughout the length and breadth of the land, looked upon with something akin to awe in the small towns Of the East, and regarded with mild amusement in the West where one sometimes journeys several hundred miles to spend the day with a friend.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.