Last Voyage: To India and Australia in the ''Sunbeam'' (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Last Voyage: To India and Australia in the ''Sunbeam''<br><br>IN giving to the reading world these pages of the last Journal of one of the most popular writers of our day no apology can be needed and but little explanation.<br><br>A word had better perhaps be said and said here as to my share in its composition. It is now twelve years ago Since my friend - then Mrs. Brassey asked my advice and assistance in arranging the Diary She had kept during the eleven months''<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.