Excerpt from Latvia, the Baltic Riviera: Health Resorts and Watering Places Of the new States in Northeastern Europe, Latvia is one of the most picturesque and attractive. Embra cing as it does the Baltic provinces of Kurzeme (kur land) and Vidzeme (livland), both famous for their history, wealth and natural beauty. Together with the neighbouring countries of Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia belongs to the group of Baltic States. By reason of its favourable geographical location between Russia, Poland and the Baltic Sea, Latvia ist the junction of the main routes in Northeastern Europe. On the one hand, the large, excellent harbours and commercial towns of Riga, Liepfija (libau) and Ventspils (windau) constitute the meeting-place oi all commercial circles interested in Baltic and Russian trade; on the other. 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.