THE EXPENSES, CONVEYANCES, DISTANCES, AND IMPORTANT HINTS TO THE TOURIST. BY JOHN HENRY SHERBURNE, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN PAUL JONES;' "" 66 'ETIQUETTE;' ERRATIC POEMS; ;"'"TRAGEDY OF OSCEOLA ;" Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1847, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TO MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY, This Volume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED AS A TOKEN OF THE VERY GREAT RESPECT AND DEVOTED ESTEEM OF HER FRIEND THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION. OUT of the very numerous number of American citizens who visit Europe, I feel assured there are at least one, if not two thirds who determine on leaving the United States without any settled place, without any fixed resolve as to their ultimate place of destination, leaving to chance, when they arrive, or to the advice of their friends, the choice of their future residence or movements. Now, it unfortunately happens that every person who has travelled, takes his own particular view, forms his own particular opinion of the gaiety, the dulness, the cheapness, or the extravagance of the different towns he visits; an inequality of fortune or of health often giving a bias, and colouring with gloom or brightness the different cities he may be questioned about. To obviate in some measure these conflicting modes of obtaining correct information, this volume is undertaken; to point out the expenses to the economical traveller, the curiosities to be seen by the more inquisitive visiter, and to give a general view of the society and arrangements which may here be obtained by the more light-hearted voyager. Add to this, the best modes of travelling, and other subjects interesting and instructive to the tourist, and the object of the present work is given. How often does the head of a family, or the single gentleman, about to leave the United States, desire to know, "Is house-rent dear abroad? Which is the cheapest city to reside in? Is such a place healthy? Is such another gay?" In fact, question is heaped upon question; person after person is asked, and the whole result is a chaos of uncertainty, arising from the very different answers we receive from dif ferent persons. Facts, therefore, in black and white, calculations made on the spot, and many wholesome truths told in |