Mr. Ballou's previous travel-books have had an immense popular success,now repeated in this vivid record of his recent travels in Russia andScandinavia. It contains attractive accounts of the Danish, Swedish, andNorwegian capitals, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Christiania; chaptersdevoted to Bergen and Trondhjem; the Loffodens and Maelström; the NorthCape and Midnight Sun; Lapland and Finland; St. Petersburg and Moscow;the Neva and Volga; Nijni-Novgorod; Warsaw and Russian Poland, etc.
BOSTON TRAVELLER:
"Of the finest and most extensive culture, Mr. Ballou is theideal traveller."
GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP in the NEW YORK STAR:
"Research is a recreation and travel a joyous rambling.Above all things, Mr. Ballou does not believe in boring orin being bored. Books of travel written in this light andpleasant vein do far more, we are convinced, toward makingthe general reader feel at home on foreign questions thanmore labored and abstruse dissertations on the subject areapt to do. Mr. Ballou's cheerfulness of mood is contagious,and the book is one likely to meet with a generous welcome.In 'Due North' (Ticknor & Co.) he has made a memorablejourney. The reader is interested and entertained, and comesaway with his eyes opened."
THE OBSERVER (New York):
"We are ready and glad to follow Mr. Ballou all around thecompass as long as he continues to lead in such delightfuland interesting ways. Mr. Ballou is in many respects a modeltraveller. He sees and hears everything which ought to beseen and heard, no more and no less, and describes hisexperiences in such an easy and natural way that his readersare carried along through his pages for hour after hourwithout a thought of being weary. We count this volume oftravel as by far the brightest and best of any we have seenduring the present season."
NATIONAL BAPTIST:
"Exceedingly interesting. One of the best of recent works oftravel."
BOSTON GLOBE:
"An ideal writer of books of travel, and blends instructionand entertainment in the most insidious manner. Next togoing one's self to the countries is the reading of Mr.Ballou's own travel in them."
CHRISTIAN LEADER:
"We commend the book, alike for its novel information andfor its constant fascination."
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION:
"He has the tact to travel without an object; he strolls. Hesees things accidentally; you feel that you might have seenthe same things, under the same circumstances. He neverlectures; rarely theorizes. It is as useful to read him asit is enjoyable to travel with him."
B. P. SHILLABER:
"He is a vivid portrayer of scenes visited, and in hisdescriptions, so admirably given, there is a self-evidentauthenticity that renders them charming."
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT:
"The late E. P. Whipple said, in a review of one of Mr.Ballou's books, 'Few persons have travelled so extensively,and no one more profitably both to himself and the readingpublic.' ... The first two chapters are devoted toCopenhagen and Denmark, so graphically described as toinduce a strong desire to visit that extremely interestingDanish capital. From thence the narrative of the journeytakes the reader into Norway and alo