Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat.Collection of 8 Works of Bayard Taylor________________________________________A History of GermanyBeauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeNorthern TravelThe Lands of the SaracenThe Story Of KennettTravels in ArabiaViews a-footWho Was She
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- VIEWS A-FOOT;
- OR
- EUROPE SEEN WITH KNAPSACK AND STAFF. By J. Bayard Taylor.
- WITH A PREFACE BY N.P. WILLIS.
- IN TWO PARTS.
- PART I.
- PREFACE.
- TO
- FRANK TAYLOR, THESE RECORDS OF THE PILGRIMAGE, WHOSE TOILS AND ENJOYMENTS WE HAVE SHARED TOGETHER, ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BY HIS RELATIVE AND FRIEND.
- VIEWS A-FOOT.
- 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.
- 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.
- END OF PART I. —
- VIEWS A-FOOT;
- OR
- EUROPE SEEN WITH KNAPSACK AND STAFF. By J. Bayard Taylor.
- WITH A PREFACE BY N.P. WILLIS.
- IN TWO PARTS.
- PART II.
- 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.
- THE END.
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