Charta.—Priceless Manuscripts.
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| From London to Paris.—Grand Hotels.—The Arch of Triumph.—Paris by Gaslight.—Site of the Guillotine.—Improvements in Paris.—The Bastille.—The Old Guard.—The Louvre.—Gallery of Masterpieces.—Relics of Napoleon I.—Palais Royal.—Jewelry.—French Funeral.—Père La Chaise.—Millions in Marble.—Tomb of Bonaparte.—Versailles.—Halls of the Crusades.—Gallery of the Empire.—Gallery of Battles.—Theatre in the Palace.—Fountains at Versailles.—Notre Dame.—Sainte Chapelle.—The Madeleine.—The Pantheon.—Les Champs Elysées.—Cafés Chantants.—The Jardin Mabille.—The Luxembourg.—Palace of St. Cloud.—Shops in Paris.—Bargains. |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| Good by to Paris.—Church of St. Gudule.—Field of Waterloo.—Brussels dash;Antwerp.—The Cathedral Spire.—Dusseldorf.—Cologne Cathedral.—Riches of the Church.—Up the Rhine.—Bridge of Boats.—Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein.—Stolzenfels.—Legendary Castles.—Bingen on the Rhine.—Roman Remains.—Mayence.—Wiesbaden.—Gambling Halls.—Frankfort-on-the-Main.—Heidelberg Castle.—The Great Tun.—The King's Seat.—Baden-Baden.—Sabbath Amusement.—Satan's Snare baited.—Among the Gamblers.—Scene at the Table.—Strasburg Cathedral.—Strasburg Clock.—Clock at Basle.—Swiss Railways.—Travelling in Switzerland.—Zurich and its Scenery. 309-375 |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| The Righi.—Guides and Alpenstocks.—Climbing the Alps.—Night on the Mountain Top.—The Yodlyn.—Lucerne.—Wonderful Organ Playing.—A Sail on Lake Lucerne.—Scene of Tell's Archery.—The St. Gothard Pass.—The Devil's Bridge.—The Brunig Pass.—A Valley of Beauty.—Interlaken.—Staubbach Waterfall.—Glaciers and Avalanches.—An Illuminated Waterfall.—Berne.—The Freiburg Organ.—Lake Leman.—The Prison of Chillon.—Geneva.—Swiss Washerwomen.—Glaciers by Moonlight.—Sunrise on Mont Blanc.—Valley of Chamouny.—View from Flegère.—Climbing again.—Crossing the Sea of Ice.—The Mauvais Pass.—Under a Glacier.—The Tête Noir Pass.—Italian Post Drivers.—The Rhone Valley.—Simplon Pass.—Gorge of Gondo.—Fressinone Waterfall.—Domo d'Ossola.—An Italian Inn.—Lake Maggiore.—Milan Cathedral.—A Wonderful Statue.—Death and Dross.—The La Scala Theatre.—Lake Como.—Italian Monks.—Madesimo Waterfall. |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
| The Splügen Pass.—The Via Main.—Tamina Gorge.—Falls of Schaffhausen.—Munich.—Galleries of Paintings.—Grecian Sculpture restored.—A Bronze Giant.—Hall of the Colossi.—The Palace.—Basilica of St. Boniface.—Salzburg.—Aquarial Wonders.—Visiting Lilliput.—Vienna.—Judging by Appearances.—Royal Regalia.—Cabinet of Minerals.—The Ambras Museum. |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
| Superb Mausoleum.—The Strauss Band.—Summer Palace.—Imperial Gallery.—Vienna Leather Work.—Shops and Prices.—The Cave of Adelsberg.—Underground Wonders.—Nature's Imitation of Art. |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Venice.—Gondolas and Gondoliers.—Shylock.—The Rialto.—The Giant's Staircase.—The Lion's Mouth.—Terrible Dungeons.—Square of St. Mark.—The Bronze Horses.—Church of St. Mark.—Titian's Monument.—Canova's Monument.—Cathedrals and Pictures.—Florence.—Art in the Streets.—The Uffizi Gallery.—Old Masters in Battalions.—Hall of Niobe.—Cabinet of Gems.—Michael Angelo's House.—The Duomo.—The Campanile.—Church of Santa Croce.—Michael Angelo's Statuary.—Florentine Mosaics.—Medicean Chapel.—Pitti Palace.—Halls of the Gods.—The Cascine.—Powers, the Sculptor. |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Tower of Pisa.—The Duomo.—Galileo's Lamp.—The Baptistery.—Campo Santo.—Over the Apennines.—Genoa.—Streets of Genoa.—Pallavicini Gardens.—Water Jokes.—Turin to Susa.—Mt. Cenis Pass.—Paris again.—Down in the Sewers. |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
| Sic transit.—English Rudeness.—Wonders of London.—Looking towards Home.—Last Purchases.—English Conservatism.—Reunion of Tourists.—All aboard.—Home again. |
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OVER THE OCEAN.
Do you remember, dear reader, when you were a youngster, and studied a geography with pictures in it, or a "First" or "Second" Book of History, and wondered, as you looked upon the wood-cuts in them, if you should ever see St. Paul's Cathedral, or Westminster Abbey, or London Bridge, or go to the Tower of London, and into the very room in which the poor little princes were smothered by the order of their cruel uncle Richard, by the two rude fellows in a sort of undress armor suit, as depicted in the Child's History of England, or should ever see the Paris you had heard your elders talk so much of, or those curious old Rhine castles, of which we read so many startling legends of robber knights, and fair ladies, and tournaments, and gnomes, and enchanters? What a realm of enchantment to us, story-book readers, was beyond the great blue ocean! and how we resolved, when we grew to be a man, we would travel all over the world, and see every thing, and buy ever so many curious things in the countries where they grew or were made. Even that compound which produced "the finest jet black ever beheld," was to us invested with a sort of poetic interest in boyhood's day, for the very stone jug that we held in our hand had come from London,—"97 High Holborn,"—and there was the picture of the palatial-looking factory on the pink label.
LONDON! There was something sonorous in the sound, and something solid in the very appearance of the word when written. When we were a man, didn't we mean to go to London!
Years added to youth
