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CONTENTS. PAGE Preface, by the Hon. A. Oakey Hall , 5 GREAT

PREFACE.

LONDON ON WHEELS. ABOVE GROUND, ON THE GROUND, AND UNDER GROUND. THE UNDER-GROUND LINES.

LONDON HOTELS.

WHERE TO LUNCH IN LONDON, AND WHERE NOT TO LUNCH.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND.

[Image unavailable.] AN HOUR WITH SPURGEON.

THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL'S.

THE QUEEN'S MEWS.

A QUESTION OF HATS.

LONDON ODDITIES.

POVERTY AND CHARITY IN ENGLAND.

WHERE IS CHARING CROSS?

MARGATE, AN ENGLISH WATERING PLACE.

TWO BRIGHTON HOTELS.

A VISIT TO BLEAK HOUSE.

TAKIN' NOTES IN EDINBORO' TOWN.

THE BURNS MONUMENT.

[Image unavailable.] RIGHT REVEREND THE MODERATOR, JAMES MACGREGOR, D. D.

CROSSING THE CHANNEL.

PARIS HOTELS.

PENSIONS OF THE FIRST CLASS.

THE RESTAURANTS OF PARIS.

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BANKING CO.

AU BON MARCHE.

THE DE SOTO. THE DE SOTO. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.

A NEW SOUTHERN RESORT.

A CUBAN CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

ST. AUGUSTINE.

ABOUT TAMPA.

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.

HOTEL DEL CORONADO, CORONADO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SAN DIEGO AND CORONADO.

SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

REDONDO BEACH.

PASADENA.

LOS ANGELES

THE CALIFORNIA.

SALT LAKE CITY.

THE AUDITORIUM HOTEL.

MAX O'RELL ON AMERICAN HOTELS.

Contents.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS.


ESTABLISHED 1850.

Inman Line.

UNITED STATES AND ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

CITY OF PARIS, 10,500 Tons.
CITY OF NEW YORK, 10,500
CITY OF BERLIN, 5,491 Tons.
CITY OF CHICAGO, 6,000
CITY OF CHESTER, 4,770 Tons.

New York, Queenstown AND Liverpool.

FIRST CABIN PASSAGE from $60 to $650,

According to Steamer and Location of Accommodations.

Note.—Round Trip Tickets issued at reduced rates, and the return portion can, if desired, be used by RED STAR LINE from Antwerp to New York or Philadelphia.

International Navigation Co.,

General Agents,

6 BOWLING GREEN, NEW YORK.


ANNOUNCEMENTS.


SIMPSON’S

(LIMITED)

Divan Tavern,

103 STRAND,

Opposite Exeter Hall,—LONDON.

The premier Restaurant in the Strand, established upwards of fifty years, which still retains its supremacy for being the house to get the best English Dinner in London at a moderate price. There is also a magnificent Ladies’ Dining Room where ladies can dine in the same style and cost as gentlemen do in the room down stairs. Private rooms for large or small parties.

Noted for Soups, Fish, Entrees and Joints. Saddles of Mutton specially cooked to perfection from 12.30 to 8.30 p.m. Originator of professed Carvers to attend on each customer at separate tables. Matured wines and spirits. The largest stock of any tavern in the kingdom.

E. W. CATHIE, Managing Director.


ANNOUNCEMENTS.


LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

THE OLD ROUTE IN THE OLD COUNTRY.       THE TOURISTS’ FAVORITE.


IRISH AND SCOTCH ROYAL MAIL ROUTE.

SHORTEST AND QUICKEST FROM

LIVERPOOL (Lime Street Station) to LONDON (Euston Station). under FOUR AND A-HALF HOURS to GLASGOW (Central Station), in FIVE AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS.

QUEENSTOWN to LONDON via Dublin and Holyhead, in SIXTEEN HOURS AND TEN MINUTES.


Baggage Checked Through from New York to London.

At LIVERPOOL, Family Omnibuses from Landing Stage, and Special Trains from Alexandra Dock to Lime Street Station and Hotel.

NORTH WESTERN HOTEL, Lime Street Station, Liverpool, the best and largest—the hotel for Americans.

SPECIAL TRAINS from Liverpool to London when requisite to make close connection with steamers arriving from America.

Elegant Vestibule Drawing-Room Cars without extra charge. Compartments with lavatories, and private saloon and family carriages for parties without extra charge.

Sleeping Cars with Compartments and brass Beds, 5s. per berth in addition to first-class fares.

DINING CARS on principal trains and “American Specials.”

Luncheon Baskets at the principal Stations.

In LONDON, Family Omnibuses can be obtained, at the Euston Hotel (at the Station), noted for its Cellar and its French Cuisine, will be found most comfortable.

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY has NOT abolished Second Class Carriages; passengers to whom economy is an object, but who do not wish to travel Third Class, can combine comfort with economy by traveling Second Class by this line. First and Second Class on all trains. Third Class Carriages on all trains except the Irish Mails to and from Dublin.

The Company’s Agents, Mr. W. STIRLING, at Queenstown, and Mr. FRED. W. THOMPSON, at Liverpool, meet the American Steamers on arrival, and secure omnibuses, seats, saloon carriages, rooms at hotel, and give general information.

THROUGH TICKETS to London, Glasgow, Paris, and principal stations in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Continent of Europe.

TICKETS, Time Tables and information as to travel and hotels can be obtained from the Company’s Agent, Mr. D. BATTERSBY, 184 St. James St., Montreal, and

Mr. C. A. BARATTONI, Gen’l Agent for the U. S. and Canada, 852 Broadway, near Union Square, New York.


G. P. NEELE,
Superintendent of the Line.
London, Euston Station.
      E. MICHEL,
Foreign Traffic Superintendent.

G. FINDLAY, Gen’l Manager.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.


HOTEL WINDSOR,

VICTORIA STREET,

Westminster,      LONDON, S.W.

Convenient and central location; European or American system; the only hotel in London with Turkish and other baths; elevators; electrically lighted throughout, day and night.

J. R. CLEAVE & CO., Proprietors.

ABROAD AND AT HOME

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR TOURISTS

BY
MORRIS PHILLIPS
EDITOR OF
THE HOME JOURNAL
NEW YORK

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Copyright 1891,
BY
MORRIS PHILLIPS

THE ART PRESS,
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NEW YORK.


TO THE MEMORY OF

GEORGE W. HOWS,

MY FAITHFUL FELLOW-WORKER AND DEAR FRIEND OF
MANY YEARS, THIS VOLUME OF SKETCHES IS
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

Travel is the great
source of true wisdom.
Beaconsfield.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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