ABSTRACT
ItmustbedifficulttonameMarkTwain'sbooks,buttherecanbe nodenyingthatthepresentisagoodall-roundtitle.Itissomewhat inclusive,andcoversconsiderablegroundwithoutleavingthewriter orreaderatsea,besidesallowingthewidestlatitudeforobservations. TheingeniouswillleaptotheconclusionthatFollorvingtlzeEquator comprehendsatriparoundtheworldincompanywiththemost capableofpilots;andaftermakingthevoyage,hewillbeconfirmed inhissuspicions,andwillalsolearnthatthispilothasnotsokeenan eyefornaturalbeautiesthatheoverlookstherocksandsnagsinthe courseofcivilization.
