The full Stevenson quotation, which comes from his book of essays Virginibus Puerisque, 1881, is:
"Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour."
I have always loved travel books, fiction and non-fiction, especially vintage ones. As a bookmark collector, I also adore bookmarks about travel books, especially vintage ones! This bookmark in my collection I love for many reasons — stunning 1950's design, a person reading a book is featured in a lounge chair on a flying carpet, a great quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson (he was an avid and frequent traveller and travel writer), and oodles of vintage travel books listed on the back of the bookmark. These books were all published by Arthur Barker Ltd, London in the years between 1955-1957, hence my guess at the date of the bookmark.
The full Stevenson quotation, which comes from his book of essays Virginibus Puerisque, 1881, is: "Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour."
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the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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