So, In Spite Of The Fact That Travel Is Never-Ending, And That
"Peregrinatio Animi Causa" Of The Sixteenth Century Is Not Very
Different From The Wanderlust Of The Nineteenth, We Feel We Have Come To
The End Of The Particular Phase Of Travel Which Had Its Beginning In The
Renaissance.
The passing of the courtier, the widened scope of the
university, the rise of journalism, and the ascendancy of England,
changed the attitude of the English traveller from eager acquisitiveness
to complacent amusement.
With this change of attitude came an end to the
essay in praise of travel, written by scholars and gentlemen for their
kind; intended for him "Who, whithersoever he directeth his journey,
travelleth for the greater benefit of his wit, for the commodity of his
studies, and dexterity of his life, - he who moveth more in mind than in
body."[412] We hope we have done something to rescue these essays from
the oblivion into which they have fallen, to show the social background
from which they emerged, and to reproduce their enthusiasm for
self-improvement and their high-hearted contempt for an easy, indolent
life.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS, 1500-1700
1561. Gratarolus, Guilhelmus. Authore Gratarolo Guilhelmo, philosopho
et medico, De Regimine Iter Agentium, vel equitum, vel peditum, vel
navi, vel curru rheda ... viatoribus et peregrinatoribus quibusque
utilissimi libri duo, nunc primum editi. Basileae, 1561.
1570-1. Cecil, William, Lord Burghley: Letter to Edward Manners, Earl
of Rutland, among State Papers, Elizabeth, 1547-80, vol.
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