Excerpt from A Bicycle Tour in England and Wales: Made in 1879 by the President, Alfred D. Chandler This account of a bicycle tour in. England was written only after repeated requests, and first appeared in four numbers of the Bicy cling World, published in Boston, January 14 and 21, and February 4 and I8, 1881. In 1879 the author went to continental Europe on busi ness, and was accompanied by a friend as far as London. Having completed the business, there happened to be a month before the steamer sailed on which the home-passage had been secured. Availing himself of this, the author returned to London, and, with his friend, made the tour described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.