Isabella L. Bird 의 두 책 "Korea ..." and "... Rocky Mountains"

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

 동네 도서관 라운지 서가의 작은 책 한 권이눈에 들어왔다. 표지의 제목과 그림만큼 좋은 내용일 것같다는 느낌과 함께 저자가 "Korea and Her Neighbors" 를 쓴 그녀란 생각이 들었다.맞다, 그 Isabella Bird 다. 그리고 아래 몇 줄 인용하는 'Introduction' 을 바로 Daniel Boorstin -- 그의 책 "Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected"는지난 12월 서울에서 읽었다 -- 이 썼다."It is hard to recall another woman in any age or countrywho traveled so widely, who saw so much, and who leftso perceptive a record of what she saw. There was nothingfaddish or snobbish, and very little that was romantic inher travel interests. She did not try to retrace the stepsof famous adventurers before her.... she was notinterested in following the track ofCortes, of Hannibal, or of .... "In 1892, she became the first woman ever elected aFellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

"She had no list of items to check off when she
arrived in a new country.... Yet she always seemed
most interested in discovering what it felt like to live
in other places. She had an amazing capacity
quickly to become a resident."

"Rocky Mountains"를 읽기 시작했다.
한때 제대로 된 책을 찾지 못해 단념했던 "Korea"도
온라인 버전으로 함께 읽어나가야겠다.
내 호기심이 우연을 따르고 싶어한다.

Korea and Her Neighbors (1898)