![]() The next thing he does is purchase and name his little donkey Modestine who is a major character in this travelogue's adventures.įor an author who is famous for his stories of kidnapped boys, pirates, buried gold, and evil alter egos this tale of mountain wanderings is surpisingly gentle and lyrical when speaking of sleeping in the open. The very first chapter talks about his preparations for this 12 day trip through the Cevennes region of France and the first thing he does is commission the making of a "sleeping-sack" which we know better as a sleeping bag and Stevenson is credited with being the first to use such a thing. ![]() Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes is one of his early works and supposedly the first to feature camping as a recreational outdoor activity. ![]() I have never been a fan of Robert Louis Stevenson so this book was a delightful surprise for me. ![]()
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If they didn't take a firm hold over their people, and stand strong against their enemies, they didn't tend to last long. In Dracula's time however, rulers had to be heavy handed and ruthless. Known down through history as a bloodthirsty monster, he actually began his reign as the equally bloodthirsty ruler, Vlad the Impaler. ![]() Bound by Blood Volume One introduces us to the famous vampire Dracula before he makes his hellish deal with Lucifer. ![]() ![]() Don’t forget old Father Christmas, when you light your tree. So, my dears, I hope you will be happy this Christmas and not quarrel, and will have some good games with your Railway all together. I (and also my Green Brother) have had to do some collecting of food and clothes, and toys too, for the children whose fathers and mothers and friends cannot give them anything, sometimes not even dinner. ![]() I totally fell in love with the calligraphy in those letters. He wrote them for the children every December from 1920 to 1943. If you think we have not read them you are wrong but if you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite as many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people. Once I got a book 'Letters From Father Christmas' by J.R.R. We have both, the old Polar Bear and I, enjoyed having so many nice letters from you and your pets. The many letters were eventually collected in a beautiful volume called Letters From Father Christmas. I send as much love as ever, in fact more. 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