Author: Southey, Robert & Nicoll, W Robertson [introduction]
Title: Journal Of A Tour In The Netherlands In The Autumn Of 1815
Description: Heinemann, 1903, 1st edition. Cloth, G+. xvi+264pp, cloth a little rubebd & worn at the edges, paper spine label yellowed, endpapers slightly yellowed & with an ownership name, ocasional foxing, a nice copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The full text of a diary Southey kept of a trip made to the Netherlands in 1815. A man accustomed to his home comforts, Southey went after considerable persuasion from his brother ( who was making the trip as his Honeymoon ) Southey deciding that 'if any person had a valid cause or pretext for visiting the field of Waterloo it was the Poet Laureate' [author's introduction].

Keywords: travel, netherlands, waterloo, wellington, british history, napoleon