Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1916 — GUIDEBOOK IN MUCH DEMAND [ARTICLE]

GUIDEBOOK IN MUCH DEMAND

Caxton’s Famous Works Most Sought After by Collectors —Throws Light on Traveling. The guidebook most sought after by collectors Is "Information for Pylgrymes Unto the Holy Londe,” which is valuable because of the light it throws on fifteenth century traveling, and still more because it was printed by Caxton. The father ot English printing was a practical man, who set himself to produce books - for which there was a demand, while other early printers ruined themselves by printing luxurious editions of classics that lay in their warehouses unsold. Hlh guidebook scrupulously sets out all that was needed in order to make a pilgrimage as. cheaply and comfortably as possible. There were two routes to Venice —then the favorite port for Jerusalem pilgrims—and Caxton gives the itineraries of both. He

advises those who can afford it to travel from Venice to Jaffa in a galley, the return fare being 50 ducats, and shows how, all the places of interest in Palestine could be seen in fourteen days.—London Chronicle.