{"product_id":"journeys-to-bagdad-von-charles-s-brooks","title":"Journeys to Bagdad","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre you of that elect who, at certain seasons of the year¿perhaps in March \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen there is timid promise of the spring or in the days of October when \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere are winds across the earth and gorgeous panic of fallen leaves¿are \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou of that elect who, on such occasion or any occasion else, feel stirrings in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou to be quit of whatever prosy work is yours, to throw down your book or \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eledger, or your measuring tape¿if such device marks your service¿and to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ego forth into the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do count myself of this elect. And I will name such stimuli as most set \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethese stirrings in me. And first of all there is a smell compounded out of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehemp and tar that works pleasantly to my undoing. Now it happens that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere is in this city, down by the river where it flows black with city stain as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethough the toes of commerce had been washed therein, a certain ship \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echandlery. It is filthy coming on the place, for there is reek from the river \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand staleness from the shops¿ancient whiffs no wise enfeebled by their \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elongevity, Nestors of their race with span of seventy lusty summers. But \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethese smells do not prevail within the chandlery. At first you see nothing but \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erope. Besides clothesline and other such familiar and domestic twistings, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere are great cordages scarce kinsmen to them, which will later put to sea \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand will whistle with shrill enjoyment at their release. There are such hooks, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eswivels, blocks and tackles, such confusion of ships¿ devices as would be \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenough for the building of a sea tale. It may be fancied that here is Treasure \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsland itself, shuffled and laid apart in bits like a puzzle-picture. (For genius, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaybe, is but a nimbleness of collocation of such hitherto unconsidered \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrifles.) Then you will go aloft where sails are made, with sailormen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esquatting about, bronzed fellows, rheumatic, all with pipes. And through all \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis shop is the smell of hemp and tar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041983780\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eExplorations in Truantry and Literary Critique\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041983780","offer_id":47586541338949,"sku":"9791041983780","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/42593ddc-1123-4652-983c-28b6e423d162.jpg?v=1768370789","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/journeys-to-bagdad-von-charles-s-brooks","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}