Rambles through the British Isles . R. HARCOURT. WITH ENGRAVINGS. All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he maylearn to improve his own f and if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoyhis own.âJohnson. SECOND EDITION. New Vop^: .CARLTOX & LANAHAN. SAN FRANCISCO: E. : HITCHCOCK & Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight liundredand sixty-nine, hy R. HARCOUET, in the Clerks Office of the United States District Court for the District ofNew Jersey. To JAMES McELEOTOf Albajsy, K Y., AND HIS MOST


Rambles through the British Isles . R. HARCOURT. WITH ENGRAVINGS. All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he maylearn to improve his own f and if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoyhis own.âJohnson. SECOND EDITION. New Vop^: .CARLTOX & LANAHAN. SAN FRANCISCO: E. : HITCHCOCK & Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight liundredand sixty-nine, hy R. HARCOUET, in the Clerks Office of the United States District Court for the District ofNew Jersey. To JAMES McELEOTOf Albajsy, K Y., AND HIS MOST EXCELLENT LADY, This Volume is affectionately and gratefully (s)edicated,BY THE AUTHOR. INTEODUCTION. The following sketches were made by the Author,(luiiug a vacation in Europe, and their substanceembodied in a course of lectures delivered before hisown people, last Avinter. In this volume, he has giventhem a more permanent form, hoping the reader mayderive some of the pleasure and profit experienced intheir PAGE. ON THE OCEAN WAVE 1 OE LONDONDEKRY : 21 STROLL AROUND DERRY 27 IV-DUNLUCE CASTLE 34 GIANTS CAUSEWAY 41 DAY IN BELFAST 51 64 AND AROUND DUBLIN *75 IX-THE VALE OF AVOCA 81 X.âGLIMPSES AT IRELAND 86 XL-MY CHILDHOOD HOME 95 XIL-IRELAND AND THE IRISH 102 XIIL-ST. PAULS, LONDON 131 ABBEY 136 TOWER OF LONDON 143 XVL-THE ROYAL HOME 153 BRITISH MUSEUM 160 XVIIL-THE WORLD IN A NUTSHELL 165 XIX.âA SABBATH IN LONDON 170 THAMES AND ITS SIGHTS 177 XXL-GRAVES OF THE GREAT AND ! 186 OF ROYALTY 192 XXIIL-OXFORD 200 XXIV.âENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH . 207 OF : * 247 X Contents. PAGE. CATHEDRAL AND NECROPOLIS 264 XX\TG[.-IN ftND AEOUND GLASGOW 260 CLYDE AND ITS SIGHTS 264 SABBATH IN GLASGOW 270 :^XS;.-PAISLEY 274 XXXI.âTHE LAND OF BURNS 278 XXXIL-EDINBURGH 287 OF JOHN KNOX 293 XXXIY.âHOLYRO


Size: 2215px × 1128px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectgreatbr, bookyear1870