Excerpt from Off to the Geysers: Or the Young Yachters in Iceland, as Recorded by "Wade" During this time we read Heat, a Mode of Motion, and Fragments Of Science, by Tyn dall; The Descent of Man, and Origin of Species, by Darwin; Prof. Huxley's Lay Ser mons and also the first four volumes Of Ban croft's History of the United States These, besides papers, magazines, &c. I call your attention to these studies, only to illustrate to you our mode of self-education. In it the yacht figures but as a single feature. We have become yachters to avoid the tedious, vegetable life of a college. We have thought your Introduction to the sec ond volume 9 liable to mislead. Set us right before your readers in this particular, if possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.