GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, CHICAGO, no dates, written gift giving dated Christmas 1904. W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, CHICAGO, no dates, written gift giving dated Christmas 1904. GOOD --/NO DJ. The novel begins with Lemuel Gulliver recounting the story of his life, beginning with his family history. He is born to a family in Nottinghamshire, the third of five sons. Although he studies at Cambridge as a teenager, his family is too poor to keep him there, so he is sent to London to be a surgeon's apprentice. There, under a man named James Bates, he learns mathematics and navigation with the hope of traveling. When his apprenticeship ends, he studies physics at Leyden.

He then becomes a surgeon aboard a ship called the Swallow for three years. Afterward, he settles in London, working as a doctor, and marries a woman named Mary Burton. His business begins to fail when his patron dies, so he decides to go to sea again and travels for six years. Although he has planned to return home at the end of this time, he decides to accept one last job on a ship called the Antelope. (Sparknotes). W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, CHICAGO, no dates, written gift giving dated Christmas 1904. Good, solid, clean, spotting on front and back covers. Well-Illustrated, text is vibrant, no foxing Good, solid, clean, spotting on front and back covers.