| Authorship Notes |
English Jesuit William Darrell's work on living a vrituous life and on education enjoyed a lot of popularity in Catholic communities throughout Europe, was regularly re-published, and partially translated into several languages. The section on travels does not feature in the translations.
As the entire book, it is set in a dialogical format, much favoured within Jesuit education. This format might have inspired abbé Pluche's discussion of travels in 'Spectacle de la Nature'.
Within the dialogue between two fathers, well-rehearsed arguments for and against travellers are put forward, taken into consideration both education and religion. Darrell does not decide one way or the other, and leaves it to the consideration and wisdom of the reader: âHere is a short
Draught on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Travelling, I have given you Judgment of the Matter, and leave to your Prudence the Determinationâ (556).
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