Project Gutenberg 2025-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 168 Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major) 1873 1958 Tomlinson, Henry Major Cimino, Harry 1898 1969 26017595 Gifts of fortune, and hints for those about to travel First edition. $aNew York :$bHarper & brothers, $c1926. Carla Foust, Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Gifts of Fortune, and Hints for Those About to Travel" by H. M. Tomlinson is a reflective travel memoir written in the early 20th century. The book blends personal essays and travel anecdotes, offering philosophical musings on the nature of travel, the meaning of adventure, and the often illusory “gifts” that fortune bestows upon the restless voyager. Rather than detailing a single journey or focusing solely on exotic destinations, Tomlinson examines the motivations, expectations, and realities of travel, often challenging popular notions and emphasizing the quiet, incidental rewards of wandering. This work will appeal to readers who enjoy thoughtful commentary on exploration, literature, and the introspective side of human curiosity. The opening of "Gifts of Fortune" finds Tomlinson reflecting, with gentle irony, on popular travel literature and the reasons people choose to journey far from home. Through references to other travel writers, conversations with seasoned voyagers, and personal anecdotes—such as his own accidental assignment to Africa—he questions the true nature of “wanderlust” and the value of travel’s experiences. He mocks the romanticized tales of peril and discovery, stressing that the genuine rewards of travel are often modest: fleeting moments of beauty, unexpected encounters, subtle changes in perspective, or simply a new appreciation for the ordinary. Rather than glorifying adventure, Tomlinson’s early chapters set a tone of humility and skepticism, encouraging the reader to recognize both the limits and quiet marvels of a travelling life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/giftsoffortunehi0000toml 20220117115710tomlinson 1926 us Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Travel Voyages and travels G Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Travel Writing 367173 2025-07-30T05:23:39.126156 text/html 341713 2025-04-09T13:19:11 text/html 2534069 2025-07-30T05:23:46.181059 application/epub+zip 2534559 2025-07-30T05:23:41.178086 application/epub+zip 607899 2025-07-30T05:23:39.869128 application/epub+zip 3738673 2025-07-30T05:23:49.998104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3708776 2025-07-30T05:23:45.341067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334449 2025-07-30T05:23:38.627102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314408 2025-04-09T13:19:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16963 2025-07-30T05:23:50.188049 application/rdf+xml 23445 2025-07-30T05:23:40.210153 image/jpeg 3276 2025-07-30T05:23:40.040101 image/jpeg 3079915 2025-07-30T05:23:39.201179 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia