Talk:Isabella Bird

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Is there any information regarding the possibility that Isabella Bird embellished her adventures to make her letters home more interesting? I am beginning to think she gathered stories she heard in the areaswhile she visited, and added them to her letters. No harm was done, but when the letters were published as actual truth, it was too late for her to recant them. Any research along these lines would be appreciated. Thanks. Hawaii Hiker

It's hard to find evidence to support this idea in the works that I have read. But you make it sound like such fictionalising would be beyond her control. She edited the letters prior to publication to remove elements she thought were too personal so there was no question of any recanting. If she made it up, she made a decision to print it as well. But what makes you think she did? And why lie to Hennie? --Mr impossible 10:51, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

did she ever go to morocco

[edit] Korea and Her Neighbours

I obtained the pdf file of this book (2nd volume, so starting from Chapter 19) and am currently typing it out. So far there's a page missing here and this chapter has a page with parts so blurry that I can't make them out. If anyone can fill in the details that would be great. I can't seem to find the first volume either so I'd appreciate it if someone could send it to me (I live in Korea and it doesn't seem that Google Books allows direct downloading here without a proxy so I got someone to send the file to me). Mithridates 17:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Update on this: I know a teacher here in Korea that is getting his students to type up both volumes, and apparently they should be ready in a few weeks and then put up on the Gutenberg Project. In the meantime I finished typing out the second volume last week. Mithridates 08:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)