Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 1
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Books As Personal Letters
- Books are intimate circular letters addressed to particular friends while the public merely pays the postage.
- Stevenson frames travel writing as a way to send private messages and gratitude to chosen readers.
Choose A Sleeping Sack Over A Tent
- Carry a sleeping sack rather than a tent for a solitary traveler to avoid pitching and advertising your camp.
- A sleeping sack doubles as a daytime portmanteau and keeps camping plans discreet.
Donkeys Suit Rough Travel Better
- Horses are portrayed as delicate and demanding companions unsuited to solitary rough travel.
- Stevenson concludes donkeys are cheaper, hardier, and better tempered for mountainous journeys.