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Church; Its tower; Architecture; Roman saints; The monastery;

Its cloisters; Gateway, &c.; Leofric, Earl of Mercia; His tyranny;

Lady Godiva; The sacrifice; Triumph; Repeal of taxes; Peeping

Tom; His curiosity; Tradition; The procession; Public ceremony

of robing Peeping Tom, &c.

Coventry; Reflections; Kenilworth Castle; Its warder; The ruins ;

Queen Elizabeth's visit; Earl of Leicester; His countess; Imprison-

ment; Escape; Developements; Departure of Queen Elizabeth ;

Ancient chimney-piece; Initials.

Guy's Cliff; Subterranean Passages; Chapel; Statue of Sir Guy ; His

Entombment; Chapel in the Rock; Monk's Cells; The Mansion; Its

Furniture and Paintings; Warwick Castle, its magnificence; Hall of

Armour; Queen Anne's Bed-room; Saloons; Furniture; Paintings;

Tower; Stratford; Shakspeare's House; His Tomb; Ancient Church;

The Grand Organ; Impromptu; Churchyard; King's Head

Birmingham; Tall Chimneys; Public Buildings; Factories; Nelson's

Monument; Churches; American Locomotives; English Prejudice;

Amusing Chit-Chat; Astonishment of a Yorkshire Merchant.

Gloucester: its Canal-Basin, Shipping, Productions; Ancient Cathedral ;

Paintings; Impromptu; Hospitals; Courtesy; Royal Exchange;

Ancient Cathedral; Distinguished Persons; Hot Well; Clifton;

Donkeys; Lady Coachmen; Stone Towers; Basket Ride; Fatal Acci.

dent; Steamship Great Britain, &c., &c.

Bristol; Donkeys not Taxed; The Reason; Immense Railway House

Mr. J; Great Western Railway; Improvement; Width of

rails; Splendid cars; City of Bath; Agricultural Show; Nobility;

Appearance of Bath; Splendid Mansions; The Crescent; Ancient

Abbey; Its Monuments, Organ, &c.; Ladies' Shopping Coaches;

Berkley Castle; Warder; Old Ale; Court-yard; Walls; Birming-

ham; Americans abroad; Boxmoor; Hampstead; Suburbs of Lon.

don; Victoria Hotel, &c,

London; Its Environs; Euston Square; Railway terminus; Victoria

and Adelaide Hotels; Avenues to London; Noblemen and Citizens'

Country-seats; Hints to Tourists; Streets; Their names and number;

Districts; Appearance of the Houses; West End; Business streets;

Shipping; Their appearance; Situation of London; Its soil; Private

Lodgings; Police; Beggars; London at midnight; Its squares;

Their appearance; American Minister; His influence at Court, and

distinguished honours by the Queen to his Lady; The Parks; Hyde

Park; Its size, appearance, and accommodations, &c.

London; Change of Residence; Invitation to Buckingham Palace from

the Earl of Uxbridge; Ramble through the Palace; Its magnificence;

Paintings; Concert Room; Council, or throne Room; Queen Victoria;

Surprise; Introduction; Courtesy; Duchess of Sutherland; North-

Eastern boundary; The Queen's Council; The Nomination; Rejection ;

Mr. Fox; Appointment of Lord Ashburton; His instructions; Treaty

concluded; Tea Room; Invisible Music; Its Effects; The Queen;

The Ratification; The Happiness of the Queen and Prince Albert,

&c., &c.
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London; Visit to Apsley House; Absence of the Duke of Wellington;

Letter; The Duke's Reply; Napoleon's Statue; Ball and Shawl

Incident; Paintings; Visit to the Tower of London; Crown Jewels;

Victoria's Crown; Horse Armory; The Axe; Instruments of Tor-

ture; Traitor's Gate; Dungeons; The Moat; Battery; Principal

Buildings; Prison of Sir Walter Raleigh; Queen Anne Boleyn;

Lady Jane Grey; Earl of Essex, &c.; Thames Tunnel: Its

Length, Breadth, Appearance; Illumination; Arches; Side-Walks;

Hint to Tourists; Jane Shore's late residence; The Edict; The

Polite Fishmonger of Lombard Street, &c., &c.

London; St. James' Palace; The Horse Guards; Admiralty; Trea-

sury; Downing Street; Banqueting House; Westminster Abbey;

Extensive prospect from the Towers; The Cloisters; Tombs ; Cha-

pels; Westminster Hall; Its magnitude; Carlton House; Marlbo-

rough House, the residence of the Queen Dowager; National Gal-

lery; Its Paintings and Statuary; Haymarket Theatre; Italian

Opera House; Its dimensions; The Royal box; Rehearsal; Chit-

Chat; Politeness of its Manager; Waning of the Drama; Somer-

set House; Invitation from the Duke of Sutherland; Hint to the

London; Mansion House; Court Scene; Lord Mayor of London; His

Court Dress; Courtesy; The Woolsack; Baring, Brothers & Co.;

Bank of England; Its Governor; The Fifty Dial Clock; Clerks;

Management, &c.; Invitation to the East India House; Its mag-

nitude; Governor; Museum and Sales-room; Paintings; London

Custom House; Long Room; Directors; Number of Rooms; London

Monument; Its height; Prospect from its top; The Mint; Coinage,

&c., &c.

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The Late American Minister to Belgium; Invitation to visit Antwerp;

Departure for that ancient City by Steamer, in company with a

number of Distinguished Passengers; Pleasing Incidents on the

Route; The river Scheldt; Arrival at Antwerp; Hotel St. Antoine ;

Cheap fare; Lady Jocelyn; The celebrated Citadel of Antwerp;

Splendid Paintings, in the Cathedral and Churches, by Rubens,

Vandyck, and Teniers; The Bourse or Exchange; A word of advice

to the Tourist about eating; Cities within a short distance of Ant-

werp; The Belgians not a talkative people; Contrast with some of

the members of the American Congress; Something about the

Brussels; The City of Palaces; Gipsies; The Manneken; Incidents

in Napoleon's Career; Museums; Paintings, etc.

Palace of King Leopold; Napoleon; Duke of Wellington; Battle of

Waterloo; The Chateau Hougoumont; Jerome Bonaparte; The

French Army and the Statue of the “Belgian Lion;" Brussels; A

Cheap place of Residence; The Ladies; Etiquette, &c.

Mansion of the late Madame Malibran; The Mansion of the late

Duchess of Richmond, in which was given the Ball to the Duke of

Wellington and his Officers, whence they were summoned to the

Battle of Waterloo; Palace of the Prince of Orange; The Museum;

The Hotel de Ville; Old Cathedral; King Leopold; Interview with

him; His remarks on the United States, etc.; The Town of Mecklin,

noted for its rich lace; City of Ghent; Railways, etc.

The Ancient City of Ghent; Interesting Incidents in its History; The

Hawthorn Hedge; Churches, Hotels, &c.; Wooden Shoes; City of

Bruges; The Churches of Notre-Dame and St. Sepulchre; The

Celebrated Tombs of Charles the Bold, and Margaret of Burgundy;

Convents; The Hall of Justice; Beautiful Painting in St. John's

Hospital; English Families Residing in Bruges; Cheap Living;

Ostend; The Digue; Museum and Cathedral; The Casino ; Flemish

Etiquette; Priests, &c., &c.

City of Louvain; The Town Hall; St. Peter's Church; Pleasant

Places of Resort; Liege, the Birmingham of Belgium; An exten-

sive Cannon Foundry; The Belgian Army; The Village of Spa-

celebrated for its salubrious Springs; Brussels; Modern Writers

who have resided there; English Book-Store and Reading-Room;

Information relative to taking out Patents; Superb Carvings, &c.;

The Liquor drank in Belgium; Shipping; Steam Vessels; Compli-

ment to American Ingenuity; Curiosity Shops; The kind of Money

for Travelling Expenses; English Church Service; Concerts; The

Theatre; The Flemish Ladies; Trip to Paris, &c., &c.

From Brussels to Paris; City of Valenciennes; The Country around;

The Peasantry, etc.; Middle and Lower Orders of the French; Hats

and Coats; A French Veteran; Devotion of the Common People

for the Memory of Napoleon; Beautiful Scenery on nearing the

French Capital; Arrival at the Faubourgs; Disrespect of the Sab-

bath; Coach-yard of Lafitte and Co.; Hints to the Tourist in regard

to Hotels, etc., etc.

Paris; Its Peculiarities; Religion; Hotels; Expenses; Cabs; Hotel

des Invalides; Description of Napoleon's Coffin; Chapel Saint Jerome ;

Invalid Veterans; Impromptu; Notre Dame; Hotel Dieu; Corona-

tion Robes; The Boulevards; Palais du Louvre; Paintings and

Tapestry; Place Vendome; Triumphal Column; Theatre Français ;

Ladies Dress Circle; The American Minister; Invitation to Ver-

Secretary of Legation, &c., &c.

Paris; General Interesting Remarks for the Tourist; Expense of Vi-

siting the European Capitals, &c.; French and English Atlantic

Steamers; Competition; Reduction of Fare; Police Spies; Auto.

graph of the Prefecture de Police; Its Importance; Courtesy toward

Americans; St. Cloud, Chateau, Grounds, Gardens, &c.; Napoleon's

Observatory; Steamer to Paris; Party; High Houses; Inhabitants;

Omnibuses and Police; General Post Office; Gambling Saloons in

Palais Royal; Suicides, &c., &c. -

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Paris; Its Walls; Fortifications by Louis Philippe ; Useless Expendi

ture; Palace of the Tuileries; Its Gardens; Place Du Carrousal;

The Egyptian Obelisk; Place de la Concorde; Enchanting Prospect;

Chamber of Deputies; Champs Elysees; Champs de Mars; Trium-

phal Marble Arch, etc. etc.

Palais Royal; Its Attractions; Fashionable Resort for Ladies; Amuse-

ments; The Jardin des Plantes; Zoological Gardens; Hall Aux

Vins; Place de la Bastile; Père la Chaise Cemetery; Tombs of

Lafayette and Paul Jones, &c., &c.

Paris; Remarks Interesting to the Tourist; City of Versailles; Its

Avenues; King's Stables; Railway; Cars; Unfortunate Casualty;

Palace, or Castle of Versailles; Its magnificent and extensive Gar-

dens; Basins and costly Fountains; Statuary; Paintings; The

Great and small Trianon, or Castles in Miniature; Parade of Troops;

La Garde de Paris; National Guard.

The Shops in Paris; Small Stocks; Lady Brokers; Female Barbers;

Shaving and Rocking Chairs unknown; Living in Paris; Expense;

General Cass and Mr. Stevenson; Fashionable Mansions; Furniture,

&c.; Theatres; Opera; Floating Baths; Laundresses; Fruit, Cake,

and Fish Women; Their Reverence of Napoleon; Polytechnic

Scholars; Costume; Public Hacks, Cabs, Horses, and Diligences,

&c.

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Paris; Alexander at Versailles; Sunday in Paris; Dress of the Parisian

Ladies; Rouge, False Hair and Jewelry Discarded; Courtesy of the

Parisians; English Ladies in Paris, their Dress, etc. etc.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Paris; Bazaars; Cafés; Their Splendour; Resort of Ladies; Games;

French and English Politeness; Church Madeleine, Notre Dame and

St. Roche; Their Attractions, Architecture; Mount Calvary in Mi-

niature; Impromptu, &c., &c.

Bridges in Paris; Ile du Palais; Palais de Justice; Police Office;

Equestrian Statue of Henry IV.; Amusements and Gaiety of the

French;
Streets in Paris; Side Walks; Lap Dogs; Bank of France;

Hints on American Banking; Mint; Hotel de Ville; Robespierre;

Chamber of Deputies; Palace of its President; Paintings, Statuary;

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