In Morocco

"To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in a country without a guide-book, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletest sight-seer. The sensation is attainable by anyone who will take the trouble to row out into the harbour of Algeciras and scramble onto a little black boat headed across the straits..."

A classic of travel writing, In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to that country during World War I. With h…