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excerpt from preface to Karl Baedeker's Manual for Conversations
12020-09-02T16:33:35-04:00No superabundance of matter.8In the preface to his "Traveller's Manual of Conversations" (first published in 1836), Baedeker explained his preference for curation over indiscriminate inclusion. (Click on the entry to read the quote.)plain2020-09-11T10:03:21-04:002020-09-02T14:05In the preface to his "Traveller's Manual of Conversations" (first published in 1836), Baedeker explained his preference for curation over indiscriminate inclusion:
