(_Hints by our Pessimist Passenger._)
_Amsterdam._--Too much sea before you get there.
_Boulogne._--Not particularly pleasant at low tide.
_Cologne._--The reverse of fragrant at all times.
_Dieppe._--The trap of the tripper.
_Etretat._--No longer what it was.
_Frankfort._--Only good for a change of money.
_Geneva._--Dull and dear.
_Heidelberg._--Too much hill, and too little castle.
_Interlaken._--The 'appy 'ome of 'ARRY.
_Jura Pass._--Sure find for BROWN, JONES, and ROBINSON.
_Karlsbad._--Kill or cure.
_Lyons._--Apotheosis of silk monotonous.
_Marseilles._--Good place for musquitoes, bad for all else.
_Nice._--Too near to Monte Carlo.
_Ouchy._--Hotel good, but surroundings superfluous.
_Paris._--Too hot. Theatres closed and wideawakes seen on the
boulevards.
_Quebec._--Dangerous rival to Bath, Coventry, and Jericho.
_Rotterdam._--Worthy of its name.
_Suez._--Not comparable to Cairo.
_Trouville._--Requires antedating a quarter of a century.
_Uig._--Skyed and out of reach.
_Venice._--Vulgarised by the steam launches.
_Wiesbaden._--Has not yet recovered the loss of its table.
_Xerez._--Long journey for a glass of sherry.
_Yokohama._--Not a patch upon Pekin.
_Zurich._--Alliterative attraction for zomebody.
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