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CONTENTS

##  A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, AND TALES FROM HOME

##  THE STORY OF KENNETT

##  THE LANDS OF THE SARACEN

##  EUROPE SEEN WITH KNAPSACK AND STAFF

##  FAUST (Translated by Taylor)

WHO WAS SHE

##  NORTHERN TRAVEL

##  A HISTORY OF GERMANY

##  TRAVELS IN ARABIA

##  JOSEPH AND HIS FRIEND







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
AND TALES OF HOME
By Bayard Taylor.


CONTENTS
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
TALES OF HOME.
THE STRANGE FRIEND.
JACOB FLINT'S JOURNEY.
CAN A LIFE HIDE ITSELF?
TWIN-LOVE.
THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A. C.
FRIEND ELI'S DAUGHTER.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
MISS BARTRAM'S TROUBLE.
I.
II.
III.
MRS. STRONGITHARM'S REPORT.

THE STORY OF KENNETT
By Bayard Taylor


CONTENTS
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I.	THE CHASE.
CHAPTER II.	WHO SHALL HAVE THE BRUSH?
CHAPTER III.	MARY POTTER AND HER SON.
CHAPTER IV.	FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE.
CHAPTER V.	GUESTS AT FAIRTHORN'S.
CHAPTER VI.	THE NEW GILBERT.
CHAPTER VII.	OLD KENNETT MEETING.
CHAPTER VIII.	AT DR. DEANE'S.
CHAPTER IX.	THE RAISING.
CHAPTER X.	THE RIVALS.
CHAPTER XI.	GUESTS AT POTTER'S.
CHAPTER XII.	THE EVENTS OF AN EVENING.
CHAPTER XIII.	TWO OLD MEN.
CHAPTER XIV.	DOUBTS AND SURMISES.
CHAPTER XV.	ALFRED BARTON BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
CHAPTER XVI.	MARTHA DEANE.
CHAPTER XVII.	CONSULTATIONS.
CHAPTER XVIII.	SANDY FLASH REAPPEARS.
CHAPTER XIX.	THE HUSKING FROLIC.
CHAPTER XX.	GILBERT ON THE ROAD TO CHESTER.
CHAPTER XXI.	ROGER REPAYS HIS MASTER.
CHAPTER XXII.	MARTHA DEANE TAKES A RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXIII.	A CROSS-EXAMINATION.
CHAPTER XXIV.	DEB. SMITH TAKES A RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXV.	TWO ATTEMPTS.
CHAPTER XXVI.	THE LAST OF SANDY FLASH.
CHAPTER XXVII.	GILBERT INDEPENDENT.
CHAPTER XXVIII.	MISS LAVENDER MAKES A GUESS.
CHAPTER XXIX.	MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXX.	THE FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXXI.	THE WILL.
CHAPTER XXXII.	THE LOVERS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.	HUSBAND AND WIFE.
CHAPTER XXXIV.	THE WEDDING.

THE LANDS OF THE SARACEN
Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain
By Bayard Taylor


CONTENTS
Chapter I.

Life in a Syrian Quarantine.

Voyage from Alexandria to Beyrout--Landing at Quarantine--The Guardians--Our Quarters--Our Companions--Famine and Feasting--The Morning--The Holy Man of Timbuctoo--Sunday in Quarantine--Islamism--We are Registered--Love through a Grating--Trumpets--The Mystery Explained--Delights of Quarantine--Oriental vs. American Exaggeration--A Discussion of Politics--Our Release--Beyrout--Preparations for the Pilgrimage

Chapter II.

The Coast of Palestine.

The Pilgrimage Commences--The Muleteers--The Mules--The Donkey--Journey to Sidon--The Foot of Lebanon--Pictures--The Ruins of Tyre--A Wild Morning--The Tyrian Surges--Climbing the Ladder of Tyre--Panorama of the Bay of Acre--The Plain of Esdraelon--Camp in a Garden--Acre--the Shore of the Bay--Haifa--Mount Carmel and its Monastery--A Deserted Coast--The Ruins of C�sarea--The Scenery of Palestine--We become Robbers--El Haram--Wrecks--the Harbor and Town of Jaffa.

Chapter III.

From Jaffa to Jerusalem.

The Garden of Jaffa--Breakfast at a Fountain--The Plain of Sharon--The Ruined Mosque of Ramleh--A Judean Landscape--The Streets Ramleh--Am I in Palestine?--A Heavenly Morning--The Land of Milk and Honey--Entering the Hill Country--The Pilgrim's Breakfast--The Father of Lies--A Church of the Crusaders--The Agriculture of the Hills--The Valley of Elah--Day-Dreams--The Wilderness--The Approach--We See the Holy City

Chapter IV.

The Dead Sea and the River Jordan.

Bargaining for a Guard---Departure from Jerusalem--The Hill of Offence--Bethany--The Grotto of Lazarus--The Valley of Fire--Scenery of the Wilderness--The Hills of Engaddi--The shore of the Dead Sea--A Bituminous Bath--Gallop to the Jordan--A watch for Robbers--The Jordan--Baptism--The Plains of Jericho--The Fountain of Elisha--The Mount of Temptation--Return to Jerusalem

Chapter V.

The City of Christ.

Modern Jerusalem--The Site of the City--Mount Zion--Mount Moriah--The Temple--The Valley of Jehosaphat--The Olives of Gethsemane--The Mount of Olives--Moslem Tradition--Panorama from the Summit--The Interior of the City--The Population--Missions and Missionaries--Christianity in Jerusalem--Intolerance--The Jews of Jerusalem--The Face of Christ--The Church of the Holy Sepulchre--The Holy of Holies--The Sacred Localities--Visions of Christ--The Mosque of Omar--The Holy Man of Timbuctoo--Preparations for Departure.

Chapter VI.

The Hill-Country of Palestine.

Leaving Jerusalem--The Tombs of the Kings--El Bireh--The Hill-Country--First View of Mount Hermon--The Tomb of Joseph--Ebal and Gerizim--The Gardens of Nablous--The Samaritans--The Sacred Book--A Scene in the Synagogue--Mentor and Telemachus--Ride to Samaria--The Ruins of Sebaste--Scriptural Landscapes--Halt at Genin--The Plain of Esdraelon--Palestine and California--The Hills of Nazareth--Accident--Fra Joachim--The Church of the Virgin--The Shrine of the Annunciation--The Holy Places.

Chapter VII.

The Country of Galilee.

Departure from Nazareth--A Christian Guide--Ascent of Mount Tabor--Wallachian Hermits--The Panorama of Tabor--Ride to Tiberias--A Bath in Genesareth--The Flowers of Galilee--The Mount of Beatitude--Magdala--Joseph's Well--Meeting with a Turk--The Fountain of the Salt-Works--The Upper Valley of the Jordan--Summer Scenery--The Rivers of Lebanon--Tell el-Kadi--An Arcadian Region--The Fountains of Banias

Chapter VIII.

Crossing the Anti-Lebanon.

The Harmless Guard--C�sarea Philippi--The Valley of the Druses--The Sides of Mount Hermon--An Alarm--Threading a Defile--Distant view of Djebel Hauaran--Another Alarm--Camp at Katana--We Ride into Damascus

Chapter IX.

Pictures of Damascus.

Damascus from the Anti-Lebanon--Entering the City--A Diorama of Bazaars--An Oriental Hotel--Our Chamber--The Bazaars--Pipes and Coffee--The Rivers of Damascus--Palaces of the Jews--Jewish Ladies--A Christian Gentleman--The Sacred Localities--Damascus Blades--The Sword of Haroun Al-Raschid--An Arrival from Palmyra

Chapter X.

The Visions of Hasheesh.

Chapter XI.

A Dissertation on Bathing and Bodies.

Chapter XII.

Baalbec and Lebanon.

Departure from Damascus--The Fountains of the Pharpar--Pass of the Anti-Lebanon--Adventure with the Druses--The Range of Lebanon--The Demon of Hasheesh departs--Impressions of Baalbec--The Temple of the Sun--Titanic Masonry--The Ruined Mosque--Camp on Lebanon--Rascality of the Guide--The Summit of Lebanon--The Sacred Cedars--The Christians of Lebanon--An Afternoon in Eden--Rugged Travel--We Reach the Coast--Return to Beyrout

Chapter XIII.

Pipes and Coffee

Chapter XIV.

Journey to Antioch and Aleppo.

Change of Plans--Routes to Baghdad--Asia Minor--We sail from Beyrout--Yachting on the Syrian Coast--Tartus and Latakiyeh--The Coasts of Syria--The Bay of Suediah--The Mouth of the Orontes--Landing--The Garden of Syria--Ride to Antioch--The Modern City--The Plains of the Orontes--Remains of the Greek Empire--The Ancient Road--The Plain of Keftin--Approach to Aleppo.

Chapter XV.

Life in Aleppo.

Our Entry into Aleppo--We are conducted to a House--Our Unexpected Welcome--The Mystery Explained--Aleppo--Its Name--Its Situation--The Trade of Aleppo--The Christians--The Revolt of 1850--Present Appearance of the City--Visit to Osman Pasha--The Citadel--View from the Battlements--Society in Aleppo--Etiquette and Costume--Jewish Marriage Festivities--A Christian Marriage Procession--Ride around the Town--Nightingales--The Aleppo Button--A Hospital for Cats--Ferhat.

Chapter XVI.

Through the Syrian Gates.

An Inauspicious Departure--The Ruined Church of St. Simon--The Plain of Antioch--A Turcoman Encampment--Climbing Akma Dagh--The Syrian Gates--Scanderoon--An American Captain--Revolt of the Koords--We take a Guard--The Field of Issus--The Robber-Chief, Kutchuk Ali--A Deserted Town--A Land of Gardens.

Chapter XVII.

Adana and Tarsus.

The Black Gate--The Plain of Cilicia--A Koord Village--Missis--Cilician Scenery--Arrival at Adana--Three days in Quarantine--We receive Pratique--A Landscape--The Plain of Tarsus--The River Cydnus--A Vision of Cleopatra--Tarsus and its Environs--The Duniktash--The Moon of Ramazan.

Chapter XVIII.

The Pass of Mount Taurus.

We enter the Taurus--Turcomans--Forest Scenery--the Palace of Pan--Khan Mezarluk--Morning among the Mountains--The Gorge of the Cydnus--The Crag of the Fortress--The Cilician Grate--Deserted Forts--A Sublime Landscape--The Gorge of the Sihoon--The Second Gate--Camp in the Defile--Sunrise--Journey up the Sihoon--A Change of Scenery--A Pastoral Valley--Kol� Kushla--A Deserted Khan--A Guest in Ramazan--Flowers--The Plain of Karamania--Barren Hills--The Town of Eregli--The Hadji again

Chapter XIX.

The Plains of Karamania.

The Plains of Karamania--Afternoon Heat--A Well--Volcanic Phenomena--Karamania--A Grand Ruined Khan--Moonlight Picture--A Landscape of the Plains--Mirages--A Short Interview--The Village of Ismil--Third Day on the Plains--Approach to Konia

Chapter XX.

Scenes in Konia.

Approach to Konia--Tomb of Hazret Mevlana--Lodgings in a Khan--An American Luxury--A Night-Scene in Ramazan--Prayers in the Mosque--Remains of the Ancient City--View from the Mosque--The Interior--A Leaning Minaret--The Diverting History of the Muleteers

Chapter XXI.

The Heart of Asia Minor.

Scenery of the Hills--Ladik, the Ancient Laodicea--The Plague of Gad-Flies--Camp at Ilg�n--A Natural Warm Bath--The Gad-Flies Again--A Summer Landscape--Ak-Sheher--The Base of Sultan Dagh--The Fountain of Midas--A Drowsy Journey--The Town of Bolawad�n

Chapter XXII.

The Forests of Phrygia.

The Frontier of Phrygia--Ancient Quarries and Tombs--We Enter the Pine Forests--A Guard-House--Encampments of the Turcomans--Pastoral Scenery--A Summer Village--The Valley of the Tombs--Rock Sepulchres of the Phrygian Kings--The Titan's Camp--The Valley of K�mbeh--A Land of Flowers--Turcoman Hospitality--The Exiled Effendis--The Old Turcoman--A Glimpse of Arcadia--A Landscape--Interested Friendship--The Valley of the Pursek--Arrival at Kiutahya

Chapter XXIII.

Kiutahya, and the Ruins of �zani.

Entrance into Kiutahya--The New Khan--An Unpleasant Discovery--Kiutahya--The Citadel--Panorama from the Walls--The Gorge of the Mountains--Camp in a Meadow--The Valley of the Rhyndacus--Chavd�r--The Ruins of �zani--The Acropolis and Temple--The Theatre and Stadium--Ride down the Valley--Camp at Daghjk�i

Chapter XXIV.

The Mysian Olympus.

Journey Down the Valley--The Plague of Grasshoppers--A Defile--The Town of Taushanl�--The Camp of Famine--We leave the Rhyndacus--The Base of Olympus--Primeval Forests--The Guard-House--Scenery of the Summit--Forests of Beech--Saw-Mills--Descent of the Mountain--The View of Olympus--Morning--The Land of Harvest--Aineghi�l--A Showery Ride--The Plain of Brousa--The Structure of Olympus--We reach Brousa--The Tent is Furled

Chapter XXV.

Brousa and the Sea of Marmora.

The City of Brousa--Return to Civilization--Storm--The Kalputcha Hammam--A Hot Bath--A Foretaste of Paradise--The Streets and Bazaars of Brousa--The Mosque--The Tombs of the Ottoman Sultans--Disappearance of the Katurgees--We start for Moudania--The Sea of Marmora--Moudania--Passport Difficulties--A Greek Ca�que--Breakfast with the Fishermen--A Torrid Voyage--The Princes' Islands--Prinkipo--Distant View of Constantinople--We enter the Golden Horn

Chapter XXVI.

The Night of Predestination.

Constantinople in Ramazan--The Origin of the Fast--Nightly Illuminations--The Night of Predestination--The Golden Horn at Night--Illumination of the Shores---The Cannon of Constantinople--A Fiery Panorama--The Sultan's Ca�que--Close of the Celebration--A Turkish Mob--The Dancing Dervishes

Chapter XXVII.

The Solemnities of Bairam.

The Appearance of the New Moon--The Festival of Bairam--The Interior of the Seraglio--The Pomp of the Sultan's Court--Reschid Pasha--The Sultan's Dwarf--Arabian Stallions--The Imperial Guard--Appearance of the Sultan--The Inner Court--Return of the Procession--The Sultan on his Throne--The Homage of the Pashas--An Oriental Picture--Kissing the Scarf--The Shekh el-Isl�m--The Descendant of the Caliphs--Bairam Commences

Chapter XXVIII.

The Mosques of Constantinople.

Sojourn at Constantinople--Semi-European Character of the City--The Mosque--Procuring a Firman--The Seraglio--The Library--The Ancient Throne-Room--Admittance to St. Sophia--Magnificence of the Interior--The Marvellous Dome--The Mosque of Sultan Achmed--The Sulemanye--Great Conflagrations--Political Meaning of the Fires--Turkish Progress--Decay of the Ottoman Power

Chapter XXIX.

Farewell to the Orient--Malta.

Embarcation--Farewell to the Orient--Leaving Constantinople--A Wreck--The Dardanelles--Homeric Scenery--Smyrna Revisited--The Grecian Isles--Voyage to Malta--Detention--La Valetta--The Maltese--The Climate--A Boat for Sicily

Chapter XXX.

The Festival of St. Agatha.

Departure from Malta--The Speronara--Our Fellow-Passengers--The First Night on Board--Sicily--Scarcity of Provisions--Beating in the Calabrian Channel--The Fourth Morning--The Gulf of Catania--A Sicilian Landscape--The Anchorage--The Suspected List--The Streets of Catania--Biography of St. Agatha--The Illuminations--The Procession of the Veil--The Biscari Palace--The Antiquities of Catania--The Convent of St. Nicola

Chapter XXXI.

The Eruption of Mount Etna.

The Mountain Threatens--The Signs Increase--We Leave Catania--Gardens Among the Lava--Etna Labors--Aci Reale--The Groans of Etna--The Eruption--Gigantic Tree of Smoke--Formation of the New Crater--We Lose Sight of the Mountain--Arrival at Messina--Etna is Obscured--Departure

Chapter XXXII.

Gibraltar.

Unwritten Links of Travel--Departure from Southampton--The Bay of Biscay--Cintra--Trafalgar--Gibraltar at Midnight--Landing--Search for a Palm-Tree--A Brilliant Morning--The Convexity of the Earth--Sun-Worship--The Rock

Chapter XXXIII.

Cadiz and Seville.

Voyage to Cadiz--Landing--The City--Its Streets--The Women of Cadiz--Embarkation for Seville--Scenery of the Guadalquivir--Custom House Examination--The Guide--The Streets of Seville--The Giralda--The Cathedral of Seville--The Alcazar--Moorish Architecture--Pilate's House--Morning View from the Giralda--Old Wine--Murillos--My Last Evening in Seville

Chapter XXXIV.

Journey in a Spanish Diligence.

Spanish Diligence Lines--Leaving Seville--An Unlucky Start--Alcal� of the Bakers--Dinner at Carmona--A Dehesa--The Mayoral and his Team--Ecija--Night Journey--Cordova--The Cathedral-Mosque--Moorish Architecture--The Sierra Morena--A Rainy Journey--A Chapter of Accidents--Baylen--The Fascination of Spain--Jaen--The Vega of Granada

Chapter XXXV.

Granada and the Alhambra.

Mateo Ximenez, the Younger--The Cathedral of Granada--A Monkish Miracle--Catholic Shrines--Military Cherubs--The Royal Chapel--The Tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella--Chapel of San Juan de Dios--The Albaycin--View of the Vega--The Generalife--The Alhambra--Torra de la Vela--The Walls and Towers--A Visit to Old Mateo--The Court of the Fishpond--The Halls of the Alhambra--Character of the Architecture-- Hall of the Abencerrages--Hall of the Two Sisters--The Moorish Dynasty in Spain

Chapter XXXVI.

The Bridle-Roads of Andalusia.

Change of Weather--Napoleon and his Horses--Departure from Granada--My Guide, Jos� Garcia--His Domestic Troubles--The Tragedy of the Umbrella--The Vow against Aguardiente--Crossing the Vega--The Sierra Nevada--The Baths of Alhama--"Woe is Me, Alhama!"--The Valley of the River V�lez--V�lez Malaga--The Coast Road--The Fisherman and his Donkey--Malaga--Summer Scenery--The Story of Don Pedro, without Fear and without Care--The Field of Monda--A Lonely Venta

Chapter XXXVII.

The Mountains of Fonda.

Orange Valleys--Climbing the Mountains--Jos�'s Hospitality--El Burgo--The Gate of the Wind--The Cliff and Cascades of Ronda--The Mountain Region--Traces of the Moors--Haunts of Robbers--A Stormy Ride--The Inn at Gaucin--Bad News--A Boyish Auxiliary--Descent from the Mountains--The Ford of the Guadiaro--Our Fears Relieved--The Cork Woods--Ride from San Roque to Gibraltar--Parting with Jos�--Travelling in Spain--Conclusion


VIEWS A-FOOT;
Or, EUROPE SEEN WITH KNAPSACK AND STAFF.
By J. Bayard Taylor.
CONTENTS


PREFACE.
VIEWS A-FOOT.
PART 1.
CHAPTER I. � THE VOYAGE.
CHAPTER II. � A DAY IN IRELAND.
CHAPTER III. � BEN LOMOND AND THE HIGHLAND LAKES.
CHAPTER IV. � THE BURNS FESTIVAL.
CHAPTER V. � WALK FROM EDINBURG OVER THE BORDER AND ARRIVAL AT LONDON.
CHAPTER VI. � SOME OF THE "SIGHTS" OF LONDON.
CHAPTER VII. � FLIGHT THROUGH BELGIUM.
CHAPTER VIII. � THE RHINE TO HEIDELBERG.
CHAPTER IX. � SCENES IN AND AROUND HEIDELBERG.
CHAPTER X. � A WALK THROUGH THE ODENWALD.
CHAPTER XI. � SCENES IN FRANKFORT�AN AMERICAN COMPOSER�THE POET FREILIGRATH.
CHAPTER XII. � A WEEK AMONG THE STUDENTS.
CHAPTER XIII. � CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR IN GERMANY.
CHAPTER XIV. � WINTER IN FRANKFORT�A FAIR, AN INUNDATION AND A FIRE.
CHAPTER XV. � THE DEAD AND THE DEAF�MENDELSSOHN THE COMPOSER.
PART 2.
CHAPTER XVI. � JOURNEY ON FOOT FROM FRANKFORT TO CASSEL.
CHAPTER XVII. � ADVENTURES AMONG THE HARTZ.
CHAPTER XVIII. � NOTES IN LEIPSIC AND DRESDEN.
CHAPTER XIX. � RAMBLES IN THE SAXON SWITZERLAND.
CHAPTER XX. � SCENES IN PRAGUE.
CHAPTER XXI. � JOURNEY THROUGH EASTERN BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA TO THE DANUBE.
CHAPTER XXII. � VIENNA.
CHAPTER XXIII. � UP THE DANUBE.
CHAPTER XXIV. � THE UNKNOWN STUDENT.
CHAPTER XXV. � THE AUSTRIAN ALPS.
CHAPTER XXVI. � MUNICH.
CHAPTER XXVII. � THROUGH WURTEMBERG TO HEIDELBERG.
CHAPTER XXVIII. � FREIBURG AND THE BLACK FOREST.
CHAPTER XXIX. � PEOPLE AND PLACES IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND.
CHAPTER XXX. � PASSAGE OF THE ST. GOTHARD AND DESCENT INTO ITALY.
CHAPTER XXXI. � MILAN.
CHAPTER XXXII. � WALK FROM MILAN TO GENOA.
CHAPTER XXXIII. � SCENES IN GENOA, LEGHORN AND PISA.
CHAPTER XXXIV. � FLORENCE AND ITS GALLERIES.
CHAPTER XXXV. � A PILGRIMAGE TO VALLOMBROSA.
CHAPTER XXXVI. � WALK TO SIENA AND PRATOLINO�INCIDENTS IN FLORENCE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. � AMERICAN ART IN FLORENCE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. � AN ADVENTURE ON THE GREAT ST. BERNARD�WALKS AROUND FLORENCE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. � WINTER TRAVELING AMONG THE APPENINES.
CHAPTER XL. � ROME
CHAPTER XLI. � TIVOLI AND THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.
CHAPTER XLII. �
CHAPTER XLIII. � PILGRIMAGE TO VAUCLUSE AND JOURNEY UP THE RHONE.
CHAPTER XLIV. � TRAVELING IN BURGUNDY�THE MISERIES OF A COUNTRY DILIGENCE.
CHAPTER XLV. � POETICAL SCENES IN PARIS.
CHAPTER XLVI. � A GLIMPSE OF NORMANDY.
CHAPTER XLVII. � LOCKHART, BERNARD BARTON AND CROLY -- LONDON CHIMES AND GREENWICH FAIR.
CHAPTER XLVIII. � HOMEWARD BOUND -- CONCLUSION.

FAUST
By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
With Illustrations By Harry Clarke
Translated Into English, In The Original Metres, By Bayard Taylor
CONTENTS
PREFACE
AN GOETHE
DEDICATION
PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE
PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN
SCENE I. NIGHT (Faust's Monologue)
II. BEFORE THE CITY-GATE
III. THE STUDY (The Exorcism)
IV. THE STUDY (The Compact)
V. AUERBACH'S CELLAR
VI. WITCHES' KITCHEN
VII. A STREET
VIII. EVENING
IX. PROMENADE
X. THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE
XI. STREET
XII. GARDEN
XIII. A GARDEN-ARBOR
XIV. FOREST AND CAVERN
XV. MARGARET'S ROOM
XVI. MARTHA'S GARDEN
XVII. AT THE FOUNTAIN
XVIII. DONJON (Margaret's Prayer)
XIX. NIGHT (Valentine's Death)
XX. CATHEDRAL
XXI. WALPURGIS-NIGHT
XXII. OBERON AND TITANIA'S GOLDEN WEDDING
XXIII. DREARY DAY
XXIV. NIGHT
XXV. DUNGEON

NORTHERN TRAVEL
By Bayard Taylor


CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
A WINTER VOYAGE ON THE BALTIC
Embarking at L�beck�Put into a Hut�The Company on Board�Night on the Baltic�Ystad�A Life Lost�Stopped by Ice�A Gale�The Swedish Coast�Arrival at Dalar��Conscientious Custom-House Officer	13

CHAPTER II.
STOCKHOLM�PREPARATIONS FOR THE NORTH.
Departure in Sleds�A Meteor�Winter Scenery�Swedish Post- Stations
�View of Stockholm�Arrival�Stockholm Weather�Swedish Ignorance of the North�Funds�Equipment	21

CHAPTER III.
FIRST EXPERIENCES OF NORTHERN TRAVEL.
A Swedish Diligence�Aspect of the Country�Upsala�A Fellow- Passenger�The Northern Gods�Scenery�Churches�Peasant's Houses�Arrival at Gefle�F�rbud Papers�Speaking Swedish
�Daylight at Gefle�A Cold Italian�Experience of Skjuts and F�rbud�We reach Snow�Night Travel�An Arabic Landlord�A Midnight Chase�Quarters at Bro�The Second Day�We reach Sundsvall	27
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CHAPTER IV.
A SLEIGH RIDE THROUGH NORRLAND.
Sundsvall and the Norrlanders�Purchase Sleighs�Start again� Driving on the Ice�Breakfast at Fj�l�Twilight Hymn�Angermannland �A Bleak Day�Scenery of Norrland�Postillions�Increase of Cold �Dark Travel�The Norrland People�The Country and its Products �Northern Thanks�Ume�The Inn at Innertafle	39

CHAPTER V.
PROGRESS NORTHWARD�A STORM.
Christmas Temperature�First Experience of intense Cold�Phenomena thereof�Arctic Travel�Splendour of the Scenery�The Northern Nature�Gross Appetites�My Nose and the Mercury Frozen�Dreary Travel�Skellefte� and its Temple�A Winter Storm�The Landlady at Abyn�Ploughing out�Travelling in a Tempest�Reach Pite�.	50

CHAPTER VI.
JOURNEY FROM PITE� TO HAPARANDA.
Torment�Under the Aurora Borealis�A Dismal Night�Around the Bothnian Gulf�Forest Scenery�M�nsbyn�The Suspicious Iron-Master �Brother Horton and the Cold�A Trial of Languages�Another Storm�New Year's Day�Entrance into Finland�The Finns�Haparanda	62

CHAPTER VII.
CROSSING THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
Medical Treatment�The Kind Fredrika�Morals in the North�Our Quarters at Haparanda�Vain Questions�Start for Lapland�Arctic Daylight�Campbell's Torne�A Finnish Inn�Colours of the Arctic Sky�Approach to Avasaxa�Crossing the Arctic Circle�An Afternoon Sunset�Reception at Juoxengi	72
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CHAPTER VIII.
ADVENTURES AMONG THE FINNS.
Journey up the Torne�Wonders of the Winter Woods�Lapps and Reindeer�My Finnish Vocabulary�A Night Journey�Reception at Kengis�Continue the Journey�Finnish Sleds�A Hard Day�The Inn at Jokijalka�Its Inmates�Life in a Finnish Hut�An Arctic Picture�A Frozen Country�Kihlangi�A Polar Night�Parkajoki�We reach Muoniovara.	83

CHAPTER IX.
LIFE IN LAPLAND.
Reception at Muoniovara�Mr. Wolley�Our Lapland Home�A Finnish Bath�Send for Reindeer�A Finnish House�Stables�The Reindeer Pulk�My first Attempt at driving Reindeer�Failure and Success �Muonioniska�View from the Hill�Fears of an old Finn�The Discovery of America�A Lapp Witch�Reindeer Accident	98

CHAPTER X.
A REINDEER JOURNEY ACROSS LAPLAND.
Preparations for the Journey�Departure�A lazy Deer�"Long Isaac"�An Auroral Spectacle�A Night at Palajoki�The Table-Land of Lapland
�Sagacity of the Deer�Driving a wild Reindeer�Polar Poetry�
Lippaj�rvi�Picture of a Lapp�The Night�A Phantom Journey�The Track lost�A Lapp Encampment�Two Hours in a Lapp Tent�We start again�Descent into Norway�Heavy Travel�Lapp Hut in Siepe�A Fractious Reindeer�Drive to Kautokeino	101

CHAPTER XI.
KAUTOKEINO�A DAY WITHOUT A SUN.
Lapland Etiquette�The Inn�Quarters at the L�nsman's�Situation of Kautokeino�Climate�Life�Habits of the Population�Approach of Sunrise�Church Service in Lapland�Cold Religion�Noonday without Sunrise�The North and the South�A Vision�Visits of the [Pg x]Lapps�Lars Kaino�A Field for Portrait-painting�Character of the Lapp Race�
Their present Condition�The religious Outbreak at Kautokeino�
Pastor Hvoslef�A Piano in Lapland�The Schools�Visit to a Gamme	126

CHAPTER XII.
THE RETURN TO MUONIOVARA.
Advantages of Lapp Costume�Turning Southward�Departure from Kautokeino�A Lapp Hut�Religion�The Reindeer�Their Qualities �Treatment by the Lapps�Annoyances of Reindeer Travel�
Endurance of Northern Girls�The Table-Land�The "Roof of the World"�Journey to Lippaj�rvi�Descent to the Muonio�Female Curiosity�The Return to Muoniovara�Prosaic Life of the Lapps�Modern Prudery	141

CHAPTER XIII.
ABOUT THE FINNS.
Change of Plans�Winter in Lapland�The Finns�Their Physical Appearance�Character�Drunkenness�A Spiritual Epidemic� Morality�Contradictory Customs�Family Names and Traditions �Apathy of Northern Life�The Polar Zone�Good Qualities of the Race�An English Naturalist	154

CHAPTER XIV.
EXPERIENCES OF ARCTIC WEATHER.
Departure from Muoniovara�50� below Zero�A terrible Day�An Arctic Night�Jokijalka again�Travelling down the Torne�A Night at Kardis�Increase of Daylight�Juoxengi�A Struggle for Life�
Difficulty of keeping awake�Frozen Noses�The Norseman's Hell�Freezing Travellers�Full Daylight again�Safe Arrival at Haparanda�Comfort�The Doctor's Welcome�Drive to Torne�The Weather	164

CHAPTER XV.
INCIDENTS OF THE RETURN JOURNEY.
Mild Weather!�Miraculous Scenery�N�sby�Swedish [Pg xi]Honesty �Adventures at Lule�Northern Sleds�Pite�Accident at Skellefte�The Norrland Climate�A damp Swede�Travelling in a Tempest�A Norrland Inn�Character of the People�Their Houses	177

CHAPTER XVI.
CONCLUSION OF THE ARCTIC TRIP.
Warmth and Daylight�Swedish Linen�The Northern Women�Progress Southward�Quarrel with a Postillion�A Model Village�Rough Roads�Scarcity of Snow�Arrival at Stockholm�Remarks on Arctic Travel�Scale of Temperature�Record of Cold	187

CHAPTER XVII.
LIFE IN STOCKHOLM.
Stockholm�Its Position and Appearance�The Streets and Houses� Manner of Living�Swedish Diet�Stockholm in Spring�Swedish Gymnastics�A Grotesque Spectacle�Results of Gymnastics�Ling's System�The Swedish Language�Character of the Prose and Poetry� Songs�Life in Stockholm	197

CHAPTER XVIII.
MANNERS AND MORALS OF STOCKHOLM.
Hospitality of the Swedes�Northern Frenchmen�Stockholm Manners �Dress�Conventionalism�Taking off the Hat�Courtesy of the Swedish�An Anecdote�King Oscar�The Royal Family�Tendency to Detraction�The King's Illness�Morals of Stockholm�Illegitimate Births�Sham Morality�Causes of Immorality�Drunkenness�An Incident	210

CHAPTER XIX.
JOURNEY TO GOTTENBURG AND COPENHAGEN.
Appearance of Spring�Departure from Stockholm�The Gotha Canal �Vreta Kloster�Scenery of the Wener�European Ideas concerning America�A Democratic Nobleman�The Gotha River�Gottenburg�[Pg xii]The Giant's Pots�The Cattegat�Elsinore�The Sound Dues�Copenhagen and its Inhabitants�Thorwaldsen�Interview with Hans Christian Andersen�Goldschmidt�Prof. Rafn.	222

CHAPTER XX.
RETURN TO THE NORTH.�CHRISTIANIA.
Visit to Germany and England�The Steamer at Hull�The North Sea �Fellow-Passengers�Christiansand�The Coast of Norway�Arrival at Christiania�Preparations for Travelling�The Carriole�Progress of Christiania�Beauty of its Environs	235

CHAPTER XXI.
INCIDENTS OF CARRIOLE TRAVEL.
Disinterested Advice�Departure�Alarm�Descending the Hills�The Skyds System�Krogkleven�The King's View�Country and Country People�Summer Scenery�The Randsfjord�A Cow-Whale�The Mi�sen Lake�More than we bargained for�Astonishing Kindness�The Lake from a Steamer	242

CHAPTER XXII.
GULDBRANDSDAL AND THE DOVRE FJELD.
Lillehammer�A Sabbath Morning�A Picture of Dahi�Guldbrandsdal �Annoyances of Norwegian Travel�The Lougen River�Cataracts
�The Station at Viik�Sinclair's Defeat�Pass of the Rusten�The Upper Valley�Scenery of the Dovre Fjeld�Solitude of the Mountains� Jerkin�Summit of the Fjeld�Nature in the North�Defile of the Driv�A Silent Country�Valley of the Orkla�Park Scenery�A Cunning Hostess�Solidity of Norwegian Women	254

CHAPTER XXIII.
DRONTHEIM.�VOYAGE UP THE COAST OF NORWAY.
Panorama of Drontheim�Its Streets and Houses�Quarters at the Hotel�Protestant High Mass�Norwegian Steamers�Parting View of �[Pg xiii]Drontheim�The Namsen Fjord�Settlements on the Coast�The Rock of Torgh�tten�The Seven Sisters�Singular Coast Scenery�The Horseman�Crossing the Arctic Circle�Coasting Craft�Bod��An Arctic Sunset	269

CHAPTER XXIV.
THE LOFODEN ISLES.
Habits of the Arctic Summer�The Lofoden Islands�Mosk�e�The Myth of the Maelstr�m�The Lofoden Fishermen�Improvement in the People�Lofoden Scenery�The Rasksund�Disappearance of Daylight�Character of the Scenery�Troms�e at Midnight	281

CHAPTER XXV.
FINMARK AND HAMMERFEST.
Visit to the Lapps�Scenery of Tromsdal�Phenomena of the Arctic Summer�The Lapp Gammes�A Herd of Reindeer�The Midnight Sun and its Effect�Scenery of the Alten Fjord�Pastor Hvoslef�Mr. Thomas and his Home�Altengaard�A Polar Bishop�An Excited Discussion�Whales�Appearance of Hammerfest�Fishy Quarters	289

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE MIDNIGHT SUN.
Plans of Travellers�Ship for the Varanger Fjord�Scenery of Mager�e�Miraculous Provision for human Life�Fisheries on the Coast�The Porsanger Fjord�Coast Scenery�Sv�rholtklub�Rousing the Sea Gulls�Picture of the Midnight Sun�Loss of a Night�The Church of the Lapps�Wonderful Rock-painting�Nordkyn	300

CHAPTER XXVII.
THE VARANGER FJORD�ARCTIC LIFE.
The Tana Fjord�Another Midnight�Desolation�Arctic Life�The Varanger Fjord�The Fort of Vard�huus�Arrival at Vads��Summer there�More of the Lapps�Climate and Delights of Living�Rich [Pg xiv]Fishing�Jolly young Englishmen�Daylight Life�Its Effects, physical and Moral�Trees of Hammerfest�An astronomical Monument	310

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE RETURN TO DARKNESS�NORWEGIAN CHARACTER.
Splendour of the Northern Coast Scenery�Growth of Vegetation �Government of the Lapps�Pastor Lamers and his Secession� Religion in the North�An intelligent Clergyman�Discussions on Board�Starlight and Lamp-light�Character of the Norwegians �Their national Vanity�Jealousy of Sweden	321

CHAPTER XXIX.
DRONTHEIM AND BERGEN.
Trouble at Drontheim�Valley of the Nid�The Lierfoss�Picture of Christiansund�Molde and Romsdal�The Vikings and their Descendants�The Rock of Hornelen�Rainy Bergen�A Group of Lepers�Norwegian Filth�Licentiousness�Picture of Bergen�Its Streets�Drunkenness�Days of Sunshine�Home-sick for Hammerfest �The Museum�Delays and dear Charges	330

CHAPTER XXX.
A TRIP TO THE V�RING-FOSS
Parting View of Bergen�Lovely Scenery�Interested Kindness�The Roads of Norway�Uncomfortable Quarters�Voyage on the Osterfjord �Bolstad�ren�Swindling Postillions�Arrival at Vossevangen� Morning Scenery�Agriculture in Norway�Destruction of the Forests �Descent to Vasenden�A Captain on Leave�Crossing the Fjeld�The Shores of Ulvik�Hardanger Scenery�Angling and Anglers�Pedar Halstensen�National Song of Norway�S�b��A stupendous Defile� Ascent of the Fjeld�Plateau of the Hardanger
�The V�ring-Foss�Its Grandeur�A S�ter Hut�Wonderful Wine	341
 	 [Pg xv]
CHAPTER XXXI.
SKETCHES FROM THE BERGENSTIFT.
Peder's Embarrassment�His Drowning�The Landlady�Morning at Ulvik�A Norwegian Girl�Female Ugliness�Return to Vossevangen �Indolence�Detention at Stalheim�Scenery of the Naer�dal� Postillions�On the Gudvangen Fjord�The Sogne Fjord�Transparency of the Water�The Boatmen	359

CHAPTER XXXII.
HALLINGDAL�THE COUNTRY-PEOPLE OF NORWAY.
Roads to Christiania�Southern Sunshine�Saltenaaset�The Church of Borgund�Top of the Fille Fjeld�Natives on Sunday�Peculiar Female Costume�Scarcity of Milk and Water�The Peak of Saaten�A Breakfast at Ekre�Hallingdal�Wages of Labourers�Valley Scenery �How F�rbuds are sent�General Swindling�Character of the Norwegians for Honesty�Illustrations�Immorality�A "Cutty Sark" �Charms of Green	370

CHAPTER XXXIII.
TELLEMARK AND THE RIUKAN-FOSS.
The Silver Mines of Kongsberg�Roads in Tellemark�Bargaining for Horses�The Inn at Bolkesj��Sleeping Admonitions�Smashing Travel�Tinoset�The Tind Lake�A Norwegian Farm-House�The Westfjord-dal and its Scenery�Ole Torgensen's Daughter�The Valley�A Leper�Defile of the Maan Elv�Picture of the Riukan-Foss �Its Beauty�A Twilight View�Supper at Ole's�The Comprehension of Man�A singular Ravine�Hitterdal�How respectable People live �The old Church�Return to Christiania	383

CHAPTER XXXIV.
NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
Norwegian Honesty�The Country People�Illicit Connections�The Icelandic Language�Professor Munck�The Storthing�The [Pg xvi]Norwegian Constitution�The Farmer-State�Conversation between a German Author and a Swedish Statesman�Gottenburg�A Fire�Swedish Honesty and Courtesy�The Falls of Trollh�tten	398

CHAPTER XXXV.
A TRAMP THROUGH WERMELAND AND DALECARLIA.
Our Route�Leaving Carlstad�The Scenery�Valley of the Klar Elv �Ohls�ter�Wedding Arches�Asplund�A Night Journey�Adventures in search of a Bed�Entrance into Dalecarlia�The Farmers at Tyngsj��Journey through the Woods�The People at Westerdal�The Landlord at R�gsveden�The Landlady�Dalecarlian Morality�A L�sare�The Postillion�Poverty�A Dalecarlian Boy�Reception at Kettbo�Nocturnal Conversation�Little Pehr�The female Postillion �The L�sare in Dalecarlia�View of Mora Valley	407

CHAPTER XXXVI.
LAST DAYS IN THE NORTH.
Mora Scenery�"The Parsonage of Mora"�The Magister�Peasants from Upper Elfdal�Scenery of the Siljan�Hymns on Board�Opinions of the L�sare�Their Increase�Conversation with the Peasants� Leksand�The Domprost Hvasser�Walk in the Garden�Dalecarlian Songs�Rainy Travel�Fahlun�Journey to Upsala�The Cholera�The Mound of Odin�Sk�l to the Gods�The End of Summer in Stockholm�Farewell to the North	425

A HISTORY OF GERMANY
From The Earliest Times To The Present Day
By Bayard Taylor


CONTENTS.
�The ancient Germans and their country. (330 B. C.�70 B. C.)
�The wars of Rome with the Germans. (70 B. C.�9 A. D.)
�Hermann, the first German leader. (9�21 A. D.)
�Germany during the first three centuries of our era. (21�300 A. D.)
�The rise and migrations of the Goths. (300�412.)
�The invasion of the Huns, and its consequences. (412�472.)
�The rise and fall of the Ostrogoths. (472�570.)
�Europe, at the end of the migration of the races. (570.)
�The kingdom of the Franks. (486�638.)
�The dynasty of the royal stewards. (638�768.)
�The reign of Charlemagne. (768�814.)
�The emperors of the Carolingian line. (814�911.)
�King Konrad, and the Saxon rulers, Henry I. and Otto the Great. (912�973.)
�The decline of the Saxon dynasty. (973�1024.)
�The Frank emperors, to the death of Henry IV. (1024�1106.)
�End of the Frank dynasty, and rise of the Hohenstaufens. (1106�1152.)
�The reign of Frederick I., Barbarossa. (1152�1197.)
�The reign of Frederick II. and end of the Hohenstaufen line. (1215�1268.)
�Germany at the time of the interregnum. (1256�1273.)
�From Rudolf of Hapsburg To Ludwig the Bavarian. (1273�1347.)
�The Luxemburg emperors, Karl IV. and Wenzel. (1347�1410.)
�The reign of Sigismund and the Hussite war. (1410�1437.)
�The foundation of the Hapsburg dynasty. (1438�1493.)
�Germany, during the reign of Maximilian I. (1493�1519.)
�The Reformation. (1517�1546.)
�From Luther's death to the end of the 16th century. (1546�1600.)
�Beginning of the Thirty Years' War. (1600�1625.)
�Tilly, Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus. (1625�1634.)
�End of the Thirty Years' War. (1634�1648.)
�Germany, to the peace of Ryswick. (1648�1697.)
�The war of the Spanish succession. (1697�1714.)
�The rise of Prussia. (1714�1740.)
�The reign of Frederick the Great. (1740�1786.)
�Germany under Maria Theresa and Joseph II. (1740�1790.)
�From the death of Joseph II. to the end of the German Empire. (1790�1806.)
�Germany under Napoleon. (1806�1814.)
�From the liberation of Germany to the year 1848. (1814�1848.)
�The Revolution of 1848 and its results. (1848�1861.)
�The struggle with Austria; the North-German union. (1861�1870.)
�The war with France, and establishment of the German Empire. (1870�1871.)
�The new German Empire. (1871�1893.)
�Chronological Table of German History.
LIST OF MAPS.
Germany under the C�sars
The Migrations of the Races, A. D. 500
Empire of Charlemagne, with the Partition of the Treaty of Verdun, A. D. 843
Germany under the Saxons and Frank Emperors, Twelfth Century
Germany under Napoleon, 1812
Metz and Vicinity
The German Empire, 1871

TRAVELS IN ARABIA
Compiled And Arranged By Bayard Taylor
Revised By Thomas Stevens


CONTENTS


PAGE

CHAPTER I.

Sketch of Arabia; its Geographical Position and Ancient History

1

CHAPTER II.

Early Explorers of Arabia

8

CHAPTER III.

Niebuhr�s Travels in Yemen

14

CHAPTER IV.

Burckhardt�s Journey to Mecca and Medina

29

CHAPTER V.

Wellsted�s Explorations in Oman

40

CHAPTER VI.

Wellsted�s Discovery of an Ancient City in Hadramaut

55

CHAPTER VII.

Burton�s Pilgrimage

62

p. viCHAPTER VIII.

Palgrave�s Travels in Central Arabia: from Palestine to the Djowf

83

CHAPTER IX.

Palgrave�s Travels�Residence in the Djowf

107

CHAPTER X.

Palgrave�s Travels�Crossing the Nefood

127

CHAPTER XI.

Palgrave�s Travels�Life in Ha�yel

138

CHAPTER XII.

Palgrave�s Travels�Journey to Bereydah

176

CHAPTER XIII.

Palgrave�s Travels�Journey to Ri�ad the Capital of Nedjed

201

CHAPTER XIV.

Palgrave�s Travels�Adventures in Ri�ad

217

CHAPTER XV.

Palgrave�s Travels�His Escape to the Eastern Coast

240

CHAPTER XVI.

Palgrave�s Travels�Eastern Arabia

259

CHAPTER XVII.

Lady Blunt�s pilgrimage to Nejd

279

ILLUSTRATIONS
Night March In The Desert

Frontispiece



FACING PAGE

The Coffee Hills of Yemen

19

View of El-Medina

39

A valley in Oman

51

The ruins of Nakab El-Hadjar, in Hadramaut

59

View of Medina from the West

69

Camp at Mount Arafat

77

Costume of Pilgrims to Mecca

81

William Gifford Palgrave

84

An Arab Chief

105

Captain Burton as a Pilgrim

129

The village of El-Suwayrkiyah

184

An arab encampment

190

Death on the desert

208


JOSEPH AND HIS FRIEND
A Story of Pennsylvania
By Bayard Taylor


CONTENTS
I.	Joseph
II.	Miss Blessing
III.	The Place and People
IV.	Miss Blessing calls on Rachel Miller
V.	Elwood's Evening, and Joseph's
VI.	In the Garden
VII.	The Blessing Family
VIII.	A Consultation
IX.	Joseph and his Friend
X.	Approaching Fate
XI.	A City Wedding
XII.	Clouds
XIII.	Presentiments
XIV.	The Amaranth
XV.	A Dinner Party
XVI.	Joseph's Trouble, and Philip's
XVII.	A Storm
XVIII.	On the Railroad Track
XIX.	The "Wharf-rat"
XX.	A Crisis
XXI.	Under the Water
XXII.	Kanuck
XXIII.	Julia's Experiment
XXIV.	Fate
XXV.	The Mourners
XXVI.	The Accusation
XXVII.	The Labels
XXVIII.	The Trial
XXIX.	New Evidence
XXX.	Mr. Blessing's Testimony
XXXI.	Beginning another Life
XXXII.	Letters—I. Joseph to Philip
XXXIII.	All are Happy