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CHAPTER I. |
The Departure—How the Passengers Amused Themselves—Sea-sickness—Tibbitts, of Oshkosh—The Storm | 17-35 |
CHAPTER II. |
London—The Englishman—A Few Statistics—The Climate—A Red-coated Romance | 18-57 |
CHAPTER III. |
The Derby Races—Departure for the Derby—Sights and Scenes—Shows and Beggars—Betting | 58-76 |
CHAPTER IV. |
What the Londoners Quench their Thirst with—The Kind of Liquor—Tobacco—Early Closing | 77-90 |
CHAPTER V. |
How London is Amused—The London Theaters—An English Idea of a Good Time—Punch and Judy | 91-100 |
CHAPTER VI. |
Madame Tussaud—American Worthies | 101-107 |
CHAPTER VII. |
The London Lawyer—The Solicitor’s Bill | 108-112 |
CHAPTER VIII. |
English Capital—London Quacks—The London Advertiser | 113-122 |
CHAPTER IX. |
Petticoat Lane—The Home of Second-Hand—The Clothing Dealer—Diamonds—The Confiding Israelite | 123-134 |
CHAPTER X. |
The Tower—The Royal Jewels—The Horse Armory—Interesting Relics—The Beef-Eaters | 137-160 |
CHAPTER XI. |
Two English Nuisances—A Badly Dressed People—An English Hotel—The English Landlord | 161-172 |
CHAPTER XII. |
Portsmouth—Nelson’s Ship—In the Harbor—Tibbitts’ Diary | 174-185 |
CHAPTER XIII. |
Westminster Abbey—Seeing the Abbey—Warren Hastings—Epitaphs—Religious Service—A Little History | 187-202 |
CHAPTER XIV. |
The American Showman—The Trainer’s Widow—Foggerty the Zulu | 203-212 |
CHAPTER XV. |
Richmond—The Star and Garter—Down the River | 213-219 |
CHAPTER XVI. |
From London to Paris—The Custom House—Normandy—The Cathedral—On the Way to Paris | 221-242 |
CHAPTER XVII. |
A Scattering View of Paris—Drinking in Paris—Wine and Whisky—The National FÊte | 243-267 |
CHAPTER XVIII. |
Something About Parisians—French Cleanliness—The Polite French—The Disgust of Tibbitts | 268-286 |
CHAPTER XIX. |
Parisian Gamin—Interview with a Gamin—A Contented Being | 287-299 |
CHAPTER XX. |
How Paris Amuses Itself—The Grand Opera—The Wicked Mabille—Gardens other than the Mabille—Tibbitts and the Professor | 300-318 |
CHAPTER XXI. |
The Louvre—Art in the Louvre—The Commune | 320-331 |
CHAPTER XXII. |
The Palais-Royal—A Tale of the Commune—The Wisdom of Therese—The Two Lovers | 332-345 |
CHAPTER XXIII. |
French Drinking—The Water of Paris—The Mild Swash | 346-351 |
CHAPTER XXIV. |
Parisian Living—The Market Woman—Parisian Washing—Female Shop-keepers—The Career of Sam | 352-369 |
CHAPTER XXV. |
Ireland—Cork—The Jaunting Car—Another Cabin | 370-383 |
CHAPTER XXVI. |
Bantry—How My Lord Bantry Lives—The Real and the Ideal—Several Delusions—The Conversion of an Irish Lady | 384-401 |
CHAPTER XXVII. |
An Irish Mass Meeting—An Eviction—Boycotting—One Landlord who was Killed—How he was killed—Patsey’s Dead | 403-518 |
CHAPTER XXVIII. |
Some Little History—The Question of Lease—A Foiled Landlord—Bantry Village—The Boatman and Nancy | 419-438 |
CHAPTER XXIX. |
England, Ireland, Scotland—Land Troubles in England—The Royal Family—The Palace and the Workhouse—Women’s Work | 439-460 |
CHAPTER XXX. |
Paris to Geneva—A Night on the Rail—Geneva—Affecting Anecdote—Piracy on Lake Erie—The Irate Guest—Too Much Music | 461-477 |
CHAPTER XXXI. |
Switzerland—The Rhone—A Geneva Bakery—Swiss Roads—Female Climbers—Ascent of Mont Blanc—A Useful Man at Last | 478-491 |
CHAPTER XXXII. |
Chillon—Tibbitts and the Jew—On the Lake | 492-501 |
CHAPTER XXXIII. |
From Geneva over the Alps—Mountain Climbing—Legend of the Gorge—Martigny—A Swiss Cottage—Alpine Ascents | 502-517 |
CHAPTER XXXIV. |
Over the Alps—Tibbitts’ Idea—Dangers of Ascending Mt. Blanc | 518-529 |
CHAPTER XXXV. |
Going up the Mountain—The Mer de Glace—The Gorge—Something About Glaciers | 530-545 |
CHAPTER XXXVI. |
In Switzerland—Tibbitts’ Letter—Berne and Bears—Barbers | 546-555 |
CHAPTER XXXVII. |
Lake Thun and Beyond—Interlaken—Wood Carving—Geissbach | 556-568 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII. |
Lucerne and the Rigi—Up the Rigi—A Mountain Railway—The Rigi Kulm—Tell’s Chapel | 569-587 |
CHAPTER XXXIX. |
Zurich and Strasburg—Beer and Music—The Cathedral—The Wonderful Clock | 588-604 |
CHAPTER XL. |
Baden-Baden—A Few Legends—Up the Mountain—To old Schloss | 605-621 |
CHAPTER XLI. |
Heidelberg—The Great Cask—The Students | 622-630 |
CHAPTER XLII. |
Mannheim—Opera—A Treatise on Treating | 631-639 |
CHAPTER XLIII. |
Frankfort-on-the-Maine—Red Tape—Jews’ Street—Lovely Gardens | 640-651 |
CHAPTER XLIV. |
Down the Rhine—Bingen—Mouse Tower—Tibbitts’ Romance | 652-663 |
CHAPTER XLV. |
Cologne—The Cathedral—Eleven Thousand Virgins—Home | 664-672 |