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Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin: Large Print By William Henry Giles Kingston "What shall we do with ourselves, my dear Stilkin?" exclaimed Count Funnibos, yawning and stretching out his legs and arms, which were of the longest. "Do! why, travel," answered Baron Stilkin, with a smile on his genial countenance. "Travel! what for?" asked the Count, yawning again. "To see the world, to be sure," answered the Baron. "The world! why, don't we see it by looking out of the window?" asked the Count. "That's what many people say, and fancy they know the world when they have looked out of their own windows," observed the Baron. "Ah, yes, perhaps you are right: you always are when I happen to be wrong, and you differ from me-unless you are wrong also," replied the Count. "But where shall we go?" "Why, round the world if we want to see it;-or as far round as we can get," said the Baron, correcting himself; "and then we shall not have seen it all." "When shall we start?" asked the Count, brightening up; "next year?" "Next fiddlesticks! this afternoon, to be sure. Don't put off till to-morrow what can be done to-day, still less till next year. What's to hinder us? We have no ties." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.