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
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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