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PREFACE.
The classic regions of Greece have been recently explored by such
a multiplicity of travellers, that the Author of the present Tour ap-
peared to be precluded from the hope of making any considerable
additions to that stock of information, which they have already
communicated to the public. Indeed, the access which the Author
has had to well-stored libraries, since his return to England, has
convinced him that many of the observations and discoveries,
for which he might once, perhaps, have claimed the palm of no-
velty, have been anticipated by the publications of those who
travelled after him. But Greece is so rich in objects of curiosity,
and of intellectual, scientific, or literary interest, that the stock has
not been exhausted by previous investigation; and after all that has
been done, much still remains to be performed. After all the
light, which the diligence of busy inquiry, and the accuracy of
personal observation have thrown upon the subject, some obscurity
still remains to be dispersed, much misrepresentation to be re-
moved, and many inaccuracies to be rectified.
It cannot be supposed but that these volumes must contain some-
thing which has been said before; but the information which may
be found in other publications, has never been repeated in this, for
the sake of enlarging the dimensions of the work, but solely for the
purpose of connecting the general narrative, and of avoiding such
omissions as might compel the reader to seek in other travels, what
he ought to find in the present. While the Author has carefully
omitted all irrelevant matter, and all superfluous details, he has
a
The classic regions of Greece have been recently explored by such
a multiplicity of travellers, that the Author of the present Tour ap-
peared to be precluded from the hope of making any considerable
additions to that stock of information, which they have already
communicated to the public. Indeed, the access which the Author
has had to well-stored libraries, since his return to England, has
convinced him that many of the observations and discoveries,
for which he might once, perhaps, have claimed the palm of no-
velty, have been anticipated by the publications of those who
travelled after him. But Greece is so rich in objects of curiosity,
and of intellectual, scientific, or literary interest, that the stock has
not been exhausted by previous investigation; and after all that has
been done, much still remains to be performed. After all the
light, which the diligence of busy inquiry, and the accuracy of
personal observation have thrown upon the subject, some obscurity
still remains to be dispersed, much misrepresentation to be re-
moved, and many inaccuracies to be rectified.
It cannot be supposed but that these volumes must contain some-
thing which has been said before; but the information which may
be found in other publications, has never been repeated in this, for
the sake of enlarging the dimensions of the work, but solely for the
purpose of connecting the general narrative, and of avoiding such
omissions as might compel the reader to seek in other travels, what
he ought to find in the present. While the Author has carefully
omitted all irrelevant matter, and all superfluous details, he has
a