"The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is a charming and entertaining book that shares with readers the pleasures and enjoyment that comes along with bachelorhood. Dickens and Collins went on an 1857 trip together to Cumberland. This book is a travelogue of their adventures told through the eyes of their fictional counterparts. The end result is a unique look at the friendship of these two literary masters.