Young Americans Abroad - Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, - Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Young Americans Abroad, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Author: Various Editor: J.O. Choules Release Date: February 19, 2007 [EBook #20625] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG AMERICANS ABROAD *** Produced by Frank van Drogen, Ralph Janke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://dp.rastko.net, from images generously made available by gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. YOUNG AMERICANS ABROAD Cathedral Church of St. Gudule, Brussels YOUNG AMERICANS ABROAD; OR, VACATION IN EUROPE: TRAVELS IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. With Illustrations. BOSTON: GOULD AND LINCOLN, 89 WASHINGTON STREET. 1852. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by GOULD AND LINCOLN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY TO GEORGE SUMNER, ESQ., AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS KIND ATTENTIONS IN PARIS, AND IN ADMIRATION OF TALENTS DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF FREEDOM, THESE LETTERS ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS OBLIGED FRIENDS, THE AUTHORS. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. I. FRONTISPIECE—CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. GUDULE, BRUSSELS. II. ICEBERGS SEEN FROM STEAMSHIP "ARCTIC," APRIL 6, 1851. III. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CHATTERTON. IV. PORTRAIT OF ROBERT SOUTHEY . V. PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. VI. VIEW OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON. VII. A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. VIII. VIEW OF THE POET'S CORNER, WESTMINSTER ABBEY . IX. VIEW OF THE COLONNE DE JUILLET. X. VINTAGE OF THE RHINE. XI. VIEW OF A SWISS COTTAGE. XII. NAPOLEON'S SARCOPHAGUS. INTRODUCTION One evening last winter a few private pupils were sitting in the study of their instructor, when he stated his intention to pass the spring vacation in Europe, and his wish to have two or three of his young friends as his travelling companions. An earnest and joyous desire was expressed by each lad to enjoy the gratification, and in the course of a short period the arrangements were made which afforded him the pleasure to assure three boys that they should accompany him. The ages of the young travelers were twelve, fourteen, and sixteen. Their attention was immediately directed to a course of reading adapted to prepare them for the beneficial use of the proposed tour; and during its progress each boy kept a journal, which was useful as a reference in the correspondence kept up with friends and families at home. A companion in study, left behind, and prevented by duty from joining the party, wished to have constant advices of the movements of his friends; and the letters of the young travellers to a lad of sixteen are, at the advice of many friends, now submitted to the perusal of those at that age. No similar work is known to the authors of these letters; and at the forthcoming gift season it is hoped that the young of our country may be amused and gratified by these reminiscences of other lands. J.O. CHOULES. 3 4 NEWPORT, R.I., Nov. 25, 1851. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. 7 LETTER I. Arrival at New York. LETTER II. Going on board Steamer. — Arctic. — Weather. — Passengers. — Loss of Life and Burial at Sea. — Icebergs. — Sabbath at Sea. — Land. — Excellence of Collins Line. — Adelphi Hotel. LETTER III. Liverpool; Its Public Buildings, Docks, &c. LETTER IV. Birmingham. — Arrival in London. — Strand. — Temple Bar. — Fleet Street. — London Exchange. — London Coffee House. — Omnibuses. LETTER V. United States Minister in London. — His kind Attentions. — Crystal Palace. — London of other Days. — Monument. — The Bridges. 8 LETTER VI. Villages. — Camberwel. — Accidents and Murders in England as common as in America. — Greenwich Fair. — Gypsies. LETTER VII. Great Western Railroad. — Swindon. — Bristol. — Scenes of early Life. — Ancient City. — Clifton and Hot Wells. — Redcliffe Church. — Chatterton. LETTER VIII. Bristol Cathedral. — Monuments and Inscriptions. — Butler. — Mason. — Southey. — Cloisters. — Mayor's Chapel. — Dundry. — Vine Prospect. — School attended in Boyhood. LETTER IX. Clifton. — Avon. — Hot Wells. — Vincent's Rocks. — Robert Hall. — Sublime Scenery. — Leigh Court Picture Gallery. LETTER X Bath. — Royal Crescent. — Queen Square. — Cathedral. — Hot Baths. — Bradford. — Trowbridge. — Devizes. — Cricket. LETTER XI. Tower of London; its History. — Horse Armory. — Antiquities and Curiosities. — Executions. — Regalia, &c. LETTER XII. Thames Tunnel. — New Houses of Parliament. — House of Lords described. — Fresco Paintings. — St. Stephen's Hall. — House of Commons. — Westminster Hall; its Associations, festive and criminal. 9 LETTER XIII. British Museum; its fine Galleries, Pictures, Library, Autographs, and MSS. — The Place to study. — Lord Campbell. — Servant who resorted to it. LETTER XIV. Woolwich. — Naval Arsenal and Dock Yard. — Ships of War. — Yard. — Twenty Thousand Cannon. — Greenwich. — Blackheath. — Lee Grove. — Golden Cross and its Host. — Mr. Lawrence's Soirée. — Duke of Wellington. LETTER XV. Exhibition. — Season Tickets. — Wet Weather. — One May fine. — City Streets. — Throng around Palace. — Arrival of the Queen. — Opening Scenes. — Procession, &c. LETTER XVI. Fine Equipages. — Appearance of the Palace. — Walk through the Exhibition. — American Contributions. — Greek Slave, &c. — Mediæval Court. — Kohinoor Glass Window. — Austrian Furniture. — Amazon of Kiss. — Crusaders. — Galleries. — Transept. — Glass Fountain. — Sculpture. — Veiled Vesta. — Machinery. — Models. — Model of Liverpool. — Plate Glass. — Taunton Cabinet — Steam Power, &c. LETTER XVII. Royal Polytechnic Institution. — Lectures. — Egyptian Hall. — Panorama of Overland Route to California. — Exeter Hall Sermons. — Wyld's great Globe. — Zoölogical Gardens. — Christ's Church Hospital; its Boys. 10 LETTER XVIII. Windsor Castle; its History. — Interior of the Palace. — Pictures. — Waterloo Chamber. — St. George's Chanel. — Royal Tombs. — Edward IV. — Henry VIII. — Charles I., Discovery of his Body in 1813, Account of the Appearance, &c. — Terraces of the Castle. — Eton College. — Datchett. — Great Park. — Long Walk. — Celebrated Trees. — Virginia Water. — Cumberland Lodge. — Frogmore. LETTER XIX. Sir John Soane's Museum, House, Antiquities, Pictures. — Hogarth's "Rake's Progress," and the "Election." — Wonderful Economy of Room, &c. — Greenwich; Hospital, Chapel, Paintings, and Statuary. — Queen's Stables; Horses, Harness Room, State Carriage. — Soyer's Symposium; Description of its Rooms. — Dinner there. LETTER XX. The Temple Church and its historical Associations. — Steamboat on Thames. — View of St. Paul's from River. — St. Paul's Cathedral; its Dome. — Statues: Johnson, Howard, Reynolds, Heber, West, Nelson. — Ascent of the Dome and Cross. — View of London. LETTER XXI. Westminster Abbey. — Early History. — Associations. — Poet's Corner. — Chapels. — Monuments and Effigies. — Coronation Chairs. — Stone of Scone Statuary. — Sermon in Abbey by Lord John Thynne. LETTER XXII. Hyde Park. — St. James's and Green Park. — Regent's Park. — Squares of London. — Northumberland House. — Sion House. — St Margaret's Church. — St. Martin's in-the-Fields. 11 LETTER XXIII. Mission House. — Lord Mayor's Day. — Royal Exchange. — Bank of England. — London Docks. — Covent Garden Market. LETTER XXIV. Rev. Dr. Murray. — Dover Castle. — Passage across the Channel. — Calais. — St. Omer. — Douai. — Arras. — Amiens. — Clermont. — Paris. — Hotel Windsor. — A Mistake, and Loss of a Dinner. LETTER XXV. Gardens and Promenades. — Gayety. — Flowers. — Wrong Drawing-room. — Notre Dame. — Interior. — Sacristy. — Robes and Relics. — Hotel de Ville. — Louvre shut. — Paris by Moonlight. LETTER XXVI. Palais Royal. — Garden. — Gay Scene. — Passage d'Orleans. — House opposite to which Henry IV. was assassinated by Ravaillac. — Molière. — Marat and Charlotte Corday. — Palace of the Luxembourg. — Paintings. — Gardens. — Statuary. — Chapel. LETTER XXVII. Hotel de Cluny; History, Associations, Interior, wonderful Contents. — Julian's Palace of the Baths. — Mr. George Sumner. — Church of St. Sulpice. — Statuary. — Ecclesiastical Fountain. — Bibliothèque St. Geneviève. — Church of St. Etienne du Mont. — History. — Monuments of Racine and Pascal. — Christening an Infant. — Church of St. Germain des Pres, (oldest in Paris); its Restoration going on. — Tombs of Descartes, Mabillon, Montfaucon, &c. LETTER XXVIII. Jardin des Plantes; Situation, History. — Cedar of Lebanon and Palm-trees. — Menagerie. — Cuvier. — Museum of Comparative Anatomy, &c. — Paris owes much to Henry IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis Philippe. — Pont Neuf. — St. Bartholomew's Massacre. — Bastile. — Column. 12 LETTER XXIX. An amusing Fellow-countryman. — Père la Chaise. — Monuments. — Abattoir. — Consul's Office; his numerous Calls. LETTER XXX. Cirque. — Amusements. — Champs Elysées. — Hippodrome. — Arabs. — Sabbath kept in Parlor. LETTER XXXI. Pleasant Company. — Railroad to Brussels. — Jemappes. — Mons. — Brussels; History. — Hotel de Ville. — Cathedral Church of St. Gudule; its Monuments. — First Communion. — Park. — Palace. — Hon. Mr. Bayard. LETTER XXXII. Lacework. — Money Matters. — An uncivil Banker. — Museum. — Paintings. — Burgundian Library. — Manekin. — Botanical Garden. LETTER XXXIII. Excursion to Waterloo. —