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Trip to Lo- ^n, Paris and the Rhine.
1886.

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VERY BEST HOTELS IN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT.
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Itinerary,

Saturday, July 10. Leave New York at noon and Jersey City at i.oo P. M.
Monday, July 19. Anticipate sighting the land ; running down the Irish coast, passing the Fastnet
Light; reaching Queenstown; land the mails, and arrive at Liverpool during the evening.
Tuesday, July 20. Spending the greater portion of the day in Liverpool. "London and North
western Hotel; " leave Liverpool at 4.40 P. M. ; Midland Railway; Pullman parlor cars ;
arrive in London 9.40 P. M. ; Midland Grand Hotel.

Wednesday, July 21.
Thursday, " 22.
Friday, " 23.
Saturday, " 24.

In London. — Visiting St. Paul's, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace,
British Museum, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Bank
of England, Royal Exchange, Thames Tunnel, Hyde Park, Bur
lington Arcade, Mansion House, Kew Gardens, Crystal Palace, etc.
Sunday, July 25. Leave London at noon on the well-known and popular side- wheel ocean steamer
Baron Osy, for Antwerp direct, passing down the Thames by daylight.
Monday, July 26. Arrive at Antwerp 7 A. M. Breakfast at Hotel de I'Europe.
Leave at 1.08 P. M. Arrive at Brussels 2.16 P. M. Dine Grand Hotel.
(i " Leave Brussels at 11. 10 P. M. for Cologne.
Tuesday, July 27. Arrive Cologne at 6 A. M. Breakfast at Grand Hotel du Nord.
Leave Cologne at 12.20 noon (railway). Arrive Coblentz at 2. 12; proceed
directly to the river ; leave 3 P. M. by Express steamer on the Rhine ; dine on upper deck.
Arrive at Mayence 9 P. M. ; lodge and breakfast at the Hotel du Rhin.
Wednesday, July 28. Leave Mayence at 10.40 A. M. ; arrive Heidelberg 12.30 noon.
" " Leave Heidelberg at 3 00 P. M. Arrive at Baden-Baden at 5.30 P. M. ;
dine, lodge and breakfast at Victoria Hotel.
Thursday, July 29. Leave Baden-Baden at 10.00 A. M. Arrive at Strassburg at 11.20 A. M. ;
see mechanical clock at 12 noon. Dine Hotel National. Leave for Paris at 5.47 P. M.
Friday, July 30. Arrive in Paris 5.30 A. M. The Grand Hotel.
In Paris. — Visiting the Louvre, Palais de Luxembourg, the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, Place da la Concorde, the Grand Hotel, Bois de Boulogne
Arc de Triomphe, Palais Royal, Napoleon's Tomb, Grand Opera House
Champs Elysees and Versailles. Leaving Paris Sunday at 8.50 P. M
Monday, August 2. Breakfast at the London and Paris Hotel, New Haven. Arrive at Brighton
9 A. M. ; leave at 11.30 A. M. for London ; arrive in London 1. 1 5 P. M. ; leave London
at 5.00 P. M. for Liverpool ; arrive at 10.00 P. M. London and North- Western Hotel
Tuesday, August 3. Sail from Liverpool at 12 o'clock noon, passing Holyhead before dark
Wednesday, August 4. Call at Queenstown for mail, and sail for New York at 2.00 P M
Friday, August 13. Arrive at New York.

Friday, July 30.
Saturday, July 31.
Sunday, August 1.

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FOREIGN OFFICES :

AMERICAN OFFICE:

London,Paris,

449 Strand.
7 Rue Auber.

Ill BROADWAY, N. Y.

HENRY C. J1RRETT, Genersl Mhnhger.

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In announcing this mid-summer pleasure trip to the public, the General Manager would state that
he has been induced, from repeated requests of many personal friends, as well as a large number of
traveling acquaintances, to arrange a short visit to some of the principal European cities, rivers and
places of interest, and return to New York within a limited space of time, and at a reasonable rate
of expenditure. With this view he has perfected a schedule romantic in conception as it is interesting in detail and
rapid in execution, embodying a period of thirty-four days and at the remarkably low cost of
Two HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. Therefore, with this project in mind, in the autumn
of last year the projector of this enterprise made his sixty-third trip across the Atlantic, and in the
furtherance of his object personally visited every place named in the itinerary, concluding arrangements
with the various steamers, railways, and the principal hotels en route. As the maximum of comfort
depends greatly upon the temporary home and the proper catering for a party of this description, the
manager has entered into special arrangements with the Leading HOTELS in. England and on the
continent, the parnes of which will be readily recognized by trans- Atlantic travelers in the Itinerary.
The time chosen for the ocean voyage, both ways, is the proverbially calm season, the month
selected for laying the Atlantic cables, and the trip will be made out and home under the soft radiance of
a FULL MOON, a pleasure which all will greatly enjoy and ever remember with feelings of delight.
How to Secure Prssrge.
State-room accommodation will be secured to all on the Atlantic steamers.
When you have decided to avail yourself of the extraordinary inducements offered, send a draft,
check or postoffice order for Fifty dollars to Henry C. Jarrett, i i i Broadway, New York, as, a deposit
on the trip, when a berth or state-room will be assigned you, and a deposit receipt from the " Inman
Steamship Company," will be forwarded. This will hold your berth or room and a similar one on the
return trip, until June 15th, when the balance must be paid and your tickets for each railway, steamer
and hotel will be ready for delivery. The party, in order to enhance the comfort of all, will positively
be limited in number.
Early application will secure the choice of state-room.

SCKNKS OF INTEREST.

To
Clergymen. — St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, Spurgeon's Tabernacle, London ; the Grand Cathedrals
at Antwerp, Cologne and Strasburg; the Church of the Madeleine and the
Notre Dame, Paris.
Physicians. — Museum of College of Surgeons, St. Thomas Hospital, London ; the Friedrichsbad, or
the Wonderful Bath, at Baden-Baden; Hotel Dieu, Paris.
LAWYERS. — The Law Courts at London ; the new Palais de Justice at Brussels, and the
Palais de Justice, Paris, where civil and criminal jurisprudence are dispensed
throughout the year.
Art Students. — The National Gallery, London ; the Museum at Antwerp ; the lovely scenery
of the Rhine ; the Musee at Brussels ; the famous Hall of Paintings and Sculpture
at the Louvre, Paris.
COLLEGIANS. — The British, South Kensington and the Natural History Museums at London ; the
National Library at Paris ; the University of Law and Medicine at Heidelberg,
and the Palais des Academies, Brussels.
AGRICULTURISTS. — The green lanes and hawthorn hedges of Old England; the verdant pastures
and rural scenes of Germany; the terraced vineyards of the Rhine, and the
teeming fields of sunny France.
TEACHERS The Tower, Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London; the Palais du Luxembourg,
AND Institut de France, Place de la Concorde, Paris; the rivers Thames, Scheldt, Rhine
PUPILS. and Seine, and many other scenes that will tend to enlarge the mind, invigorate
the body, arouse the energy and improve the heart.
Government Official. — With his month's leave of absence,
Merchant's Clerk. — After a long season of toiling application,
Man of the World — Who, filled with ennui, longs for a new sensation,
Health-seeker — In pursuit of restful recreation, who would hail an ocean voyage, with its life-giving
breezes and its wealth of ozone, as a harbinger of more perfect physique,
AND TO THE Who sighs for change and novelty, which he can enjoy to his heart's content in
GREAT other climes, 'mid foreign scenes, this trip presents extraordinary facilities, and
AMERICAN will enable him, after his return, to realize that we live in an era of surprise and
RAMBLER an age of improvement.

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*4PR:KCTICRL * INFORMATIONS
To be Carefully Considered,
The arrangements for this party are First- Class Throughout. Steamship, railway and steamboat
travelling for the entire Ocean, English and Continental Trip, including carriage or omnibus fares and
porterage, between stations, landings and hotels, (unless in the immediate vicinity of each other.)
Railway cars in Europe are entirely different from those we are accustomed to in the United States.
Each car is divided into four spacious compartments, entered into from the side of the carriage instead
of at the end, and hold from six to eight persons each.
The second-class carriages on the continent, are as a general thing always used by the better class
of American and English travellers, and they are equal to those usual on our American roads ; whilst
the first-class cars are but a trifle superior to the second as regards convenience and comfort, the manager
has at a greatly increased expense in deference to the prejudices ot his patrons not acquainted with
these facts, secured first-class cars on every railway over which we travel, both in England and on the
Continent. Ladies traveling without gentlemen will find on all roads a carriage specially reserved for them.
A smoking carriage will also be found on every train, so that ladies and non-smokers will not be
incommoded by the fumes of tobacco. From the time of leaving London until our return there, no
ground is passed over twice, the journey to Paris and from thence to London are on and over entirely
different lines of steamers and railways, so that constant novelty and new scenery is ever presenting itself.
HOTELS.
The European custom of two meals a day will be provided — a hot breakfast — consisting of ham and
eggs, chops or steaks, hot muffins, tea or coffee with bread and butter, and an excellent table d'hote
dinner, consisting from six to eight courses, with or without wine, according to custom of the house.
As the guest is supposed to be out each day sight- seeing, visiting or shopping, he can lunch, should
he so desire, at any of the thousand and one refreshment shops which may be found everywhere. A
bottle of Bass's pale ale, including a ham or beef sandwich for sixpence (or twelve cents), can be had
always at hand.
When remaining over night, bed-room, lights, hot or cold water and attendance are furnished at
each hotel.
The manager desires to impress upon his patrons, that he has secured the very best hotels,
In London the Midland Grand Hotel, in Paris the Grand Hotel, stand pre-eminent among the
finest and largest in the world ; in other cities reference to itinerary will show the hotels selected are the
very best and first-class in every respect.
On the Continent, hotel proprietors would as soon expect to furnish a tooth-brush as a piece of soap,
therefore, provide yourself or your toilet appointments will be found incomplete.
GUIDES.
The services of special local guides and interpreters will be secured and paid for by the manager
whenever he deems it necessary and requisite, as at Antwerp, Cologne and Strassburg.
PASSPORTS.
None are required in England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Prussia or France, the countries visited.

JAR RETT'S MID-SUMMER PLEASURE TRIP.

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, LONDON (FJROM THE THAMES).
BAGGAGE.
All baggage, in weight to 120 pounds for each passenger, will be carried free to London, and from
thence on return trip to New York — on the Continent only 50 pounds are allowed. It is particularly
desired that upon leaving London, and during our short period on the Continent, only hand baggage
should be taken. A large portmanteau or travelling-bag, which can be utilized in the state-room at
sea, and which the owner can place under his seat in the railway carriage, is respectfully suggested. On
arrival of trains and on departure from hotels they will be taken charge of by an experienced baggage-
master, who will accompany the party, and deliver and receive them from their respective owners
Any extra weight of baggage beyond that stipulated will be charged to the owner. Trunks can be
left in London without extra charge until the return.
DRESS.
Each individual should have a strong travelling suit to wear at sea and on land. Wa fl
underclothing will be found most comfortable at times, and a suit of black or dark r1ntl,,-r.„ 1 , ,
ruining would be
found very convenient in dining at the great hotels and in visiting in the principal cities An
is indispensible, while rubbers and a water-proof should be carried by the ladies.
CONDUCTOR.
A competent conductor, speaking French and German, will meet the party on arrival at T ¦
-Liverpool
and accompany them throughout the trip (including the Continent) under the immediate prese
supervision of the General Manager.

JARRETT'S MID-SUMMER PLEASURE TRIP.

Let us Anticipate
A hot summer day in New York. Time July ioth, 1886. Passengers on the Mid-summer pleasure
trip to London, Paris and the Rhine cross the Desbrosses or Courtlandt- street ferry to Jersey City
and proceed within two minutes to the adjoining pier, where the " City of Chicago " awaits their
coming. Friends of the voyagers go on board to bid them adieu for a month. The mail wagons dash
alongside and soon their contents are aboard. The bell rings ; farewells are said ; moistened eyes are
everywhere. "Good-bye; God bless you !" The captain and pilot mount the bridge; the gangway
plank is hauled ashore ; the whistle shrieks, warning approaching craft to give the out-going ship the
right of way; the gong sounds half speed ahead! The great screw revolves its mighty arms, and amidst
shouts, cheers and waving of handkerchiefs from the deck the majestic ship steams slowly out from her
dock, heading down the harbor towards " Liberty enlightening the world" (Scene described a
thousand times ) Half an hour later we are passing through the Narrows, with Staten Island to the
right and Loag Island to the left. Here we take a parting glance at the sloping lawns and beautiful
Villas of our own land. A few minutes later we are abreast of Coney Island, and two hours after
starting we stop near the Light-ship, off Sandy Hook, to discharge the pilot into a little cockle-shell
alongside, which speedily lands him on the deck of his trim- built craft, a short distance away. Ahead !
Full speed ! strikes the gong, and now we are off on our voyage across the Atlantic. How delightful
are the cool breezes from the sea ! What a heavenly transition from the heated city we have left to the
invigorating air we now inhale ! For the next eight days a new life and a novel existence for those who
have never crossed the ocean. AT SEA.
To them " That go down to the sea in ships " for the first time we propose briefly as possible to set before
them how time is passed during the voyage from New York to Liverpool :
SUNRISE. — After four or five hours of darkness, brightened by the rays of the moon, daylight appears,
and shortly after that peculiar phenomenon that delights all beholders, Sunrise at Sea
, can be witnessed.
MORNING.  At 7.30 o'clock the sound of a harmonious (?) gong arouses us from our slumbers in time
to prepare for breakfast, before which a short walk on the deck will stimulate appetite,
improve digestion and add increased vitality to general health.
BREAKFAST— BILL OF FARE.
Breakfast, 8 to 9.30 a m.
Fish. — Fried Fish, Ling and Egg Sauce ; Fish Balls, Lochfyne Herrings, Smoked
Salmon.
Assorted. — Beefsteak and Onions, Minced Collops, Dry Hash, Mutton Chops,
Liver and Bacon, Irish Stew, Fried Sausages, Broiled Ham and
Bacon, Eggs, Fried, Boiled, Poached and Omelettes; Fried, Boiled
and Mashed Potatoes, Porridge and Hominy.
Cakes. — Rice, Corn, Buckwheat and Potato.
Cold.— Ham, Tongue and Beef, Jam and Marmalade.
Coffee, Cocoa and Chocolate, Tea (Breakfast and Oolong).
Noon.  The observation is taken at noon precisely, to determine the location of the ship, and ascertain
the exact distance run during the previous twenty-four hours. Shortly after the run
is placed in the saloon entrance, at which are gathered numbers of passengers, who
record the distance in their several note-books.

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LUNCHEON— BILL OF FARE.
Luncheon, 12.30 to 1.30 p. m.
Soup. — Mutton Broth.
Cold Meats.— Roast Beef, Boiled Mutton, Corned Beef, Boiled Ham, Ox Tongue,
Brawn, Potted Meats and Salmon.
Cheese. — American, Stilton and Cheddar.
Stewed Prunes and Rice, Small Pastry, Tea and Coffee.
AFTERNOON.— Time from luncheon to dinner may be passed in reading books from the excellent library
provided by the ship for the free use of the passengers, by playing shuffle board and
other games on the deck, by taking exercise or observing your fellow passengers,
watch the heaving of the log, learning to reckon time by the bells, or going to your
state-room and enjoy an afternoon nap, with the assurance that when you wake you
will be iromfive to fifty miles nearer the end of your voyage.
DINNER.— The dinner is served from 5 to 7 P. M., a la carte, at different tables, and the sea air gives an
appetite that will be speedily allayed by indulging in the fare provided.
DINNER— BILL OF FARE.
Soup. — Green Turtle and Jardiniere.
Fish. — Baked Bass, Parsley Sauce.
Entrees.- -Filet of Beef with Mushrooms ; Broiled Snipe on Toast ; Sweet Breads
Larded with Stewed Peas ; Fricassee of Chicken.
Joints. — Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding; Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce; Filet
of Veal, Tomato Sauce; Boiled Leg Mutton, Caper Sauce; Calves
Head, Bacon, Parsley Sauce ; Corned Beef and Cabbage.
Poultry. — Roast Capon, Cranberry Sauce; Stewed Duck with Olives; Boiled
Fowls, Bacon and Parsley Sauce.
Vegetables. — Green Peas, Cauliflower, Carrots, Potatoes, Boiled, Roasted,
Mashed, a la Maitre de Hotel.
Pastry. — Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce ; Damson Tart, Lemon Cheese Cake,
Apple Souffle, Banbury Cakes, Bakewell Pudding, Vanilla Ice Cream.
Cheese.— Stilton, Cheshire, Roquefort and Gorgonzola.
Dessert Assorted.
Tea and coffee served after dinner as required.
[The Bills of Fare above presented are taken ad libitum from those furnished during the July trip of the " City of
Chicago " last year, and will be similar on, this voyage, with a change every day.]
After Dinner. — After dinner a promenade on deck, watching the setting sun or the rising moon
lingering in the delicious twilight, conversing with new acquaintances, and thinking
of the absent ones at home.
EVENING. — During the voyage pleasant entertainments are presented by the passengers in the grand
saloon, where instrumental music, singing, recitations and readings are generally well
rendered ; or seated under the refulgent electric light (by which all the ships of the
Inman line are illuminated) reading of the places to be visited on this trip, as well as
of others to be seen at some future period.
Midnight. — Passengers, " rocked in the cradle of the deep," are all asleep, but the discipline of th
ship is wide awake. All's well is cried by the lookout on the bow, all's well eh A
from amidships, and all's well re-echoed from the stern. The ship dashes th V.
phosphorescent seas hastening to our port of landing. The bell strikes each half h
during the night ; the engines are performing their allotted work ; the comma d
and his faithful officers are on the lookout, and " the rest is silence."

JARRETT'S MID-SUMMER PLEASURE TRIP.

INMAN LINE. — Regulations of the Ship.
Breakfast from 8 to 9.30 A. M.
Luncheon from 12.30 to 1.30 P. M.
Dinner from 5 to 7 P. M.
The bar closes at 1 1 P. M.
The smoking-room closes at 11.30 P. M.
Smoking is prohibited in any of the state-rooms or dining-saloon.
BAGGAGE. — The 2d Officer is baggage- master ofthe ship; passengers should refer all questions concern
ing baggage to him.
VALUABLES. — The purser is authorized to undertake the custody, free of charge, of money, jewelry, and
other valuables, and will give a receipt for the same.
CABLEGRAMS AND TELEGRAMS — Should be handed to the purser an hour before arrival at Queenstown;
a bag for letters will also be placed in the saloon.
DIVINE SERVICE — Will be held on Sunday morning, at 10.30 A. M. The service will be conducted by
a Minister, if one is present, if otherwise, will be read by the Captain or Purser.
PAPER, ENVELOPES, Stamps, &C. — Writing-paper, envelopes, stamps, telegraph forms, railway guides,
etc., etc., can be had on application to the saloon steward.
LANDING PASSENGERS. — No passengers will be landed from the " Inman Steamers," should they arrive
at Liverpool after 10 P. M., or at New York, unless passed at quarantine before sunset.

LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN HOTEL, LIVERPOOL.
ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL.
At the end of the sea-voyage our party will be struck with the magnitude, massiveness and solidity
of the famous docks of Liverpool, which stretch six miles along the shore of the river Mersey, and
include two hundred and fifty acres of quay and water space, crowded with shipping. They stand alone,
incomparable ; so extensive, mighty and costly, that even the famous St. Katherine's East and West
India Docks of the Thames sink into insignificance beside them. They are the prominent feature of this
great city, the second seaport of the world, and cost $105,000,000.

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JARRETT'S MID-SUMMER PLEASURE TRIP.

The first foot we place upon European ground is on the magnificent Landing Stage, where we pass
into the custom house immediately upon arrival. It takes but a few moments after our trunks' are
alphabetically arranged on the counters to open and show them to the courteous officers of customs;
and then for our first ride in Merrie England, from St. George's Landing to the London and North-
Western Hotel.
The principal streets are Lime, Lord, Bold, Dale and Castle, and the following are among the
principal buildings : St. George Hall, Walker Art Gallery, Town Hall, Exchange and Sailors' Home,
the Free Library and North- Western Hotel.
The Liverpool Exhibition will be in full tide of success during the visjt, and promises to be one
of the most interesting ever held. The Daily News thus foreshadows it :
"An International Exhibition of a novel and very interesting character is to be held in Liverpool
this year. The full description of the project is that it is an ' International Exhibition of Navigation,
Traveling, Commerce and Manufacture.' The Corporation of Liverpool has granted a site of thirty-five
acres near the Edge Hill Station; a guarantee fund of $250,000 has been subscribed, and our own
Government and foreign Governments have cordially entered into the scheme. The grounds, which
contain some fine trees, are to be brilliantly illuminated at night by the electric light; there are to be
fountains, bands and open-air concerts and promenades, as at South Kensington. It has long been the
boast of Liverpool and Manchester that within a circuit of fifty miles around the Exchange in either
town there is a larger population than there is within a similar radius of Charing Cross, London. The
Liverpool Exhibition will supply for this population, and for the vast stream of Americans and others
which pour into that city, a source of interest, instruction and amusement, such as the shows in the
Horticultural Gardens give to London. The idea of illustrating by a series of object lessons the growth
and development of the art of navigation was most appropriate to the great seaport and to a maritime
nation. One of the most striking characteristics of the past century has been the improvement in our
modes of travel. It is only a hundred and one years, on the 2d of last August, since the first mail coach
was started at Bristol by Mr. John Palmer, of Bath. The public museums of the Continent are very
rich in models and examples of ancient ships, and chariots, and coaches, many of which will be exhibited
at Liverpool. There will also be models of war ships, state barges, rafts, canoes, yachts and ferry
steamers, of which latter type nothing stranger to a European eye can be imagined than the wonderful
structures that ply in New York harbor and on the rivers and coasts of the American continent. The
Exhibition deserves the wide support it has received ; and as there is no doubt of the energy and success
with which it will be carried out, a journey to Liverpool is likely to be one of the points in the summer
holiday plans of most travellers next year,"
After spending the greater part
of the day in Liverpool, we leave
by the Great Midland Railway at
4 40 P. M. for London. Seated in
a superb Pullman Parlor Car, we
pass through the magnificent and
picturesque scenery of the Peak of
Derbyshire and the Vale of Mat
lock before dark ; we steam rapidly
on and reach London at 9.45 P. M.,
and proceed at once to the Midland
Grand Hotel, where we lodge and
board during our stay in London.
The Manager cannot speak too
highly of this palatial Hotel, one of
the largest in England, and almost
without a rival in the world. TH_,THE MIDLAND GRAND HOTEL, LONDON.

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AMERICAN EXCHANGE.

CHARING CROSS STATION.

THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE IN EUROPE.

Mr. Jarrett takes pleasure in announcing to the participants in this "Mid-summer Pleasure Trip"
that Henry F. Gillig, Esq., General Manager ot the "American Exchange in Europe" has courteously
tendered the gratuitous use of his elegant reception and reading parlors in Liverpool, London and Paris,
situated in the immediate centre of business and pleasure in each of the great cities.
The Manager feels assured that his patrons, both ladies and gentlemen, will appreciate and enjoy
Mr. Gillig's liberality, as his saloons, the resort of American travelers, are commodious and well-
appointed, containing all the leading newspapers of the United States, English and Continental journals,
desk accommodation and materials for correspondence. Special cables of important events in America,
the arrival and departure of steamers from New York, Queenstown and Liverpool are daily posted on
the bulletin-board. The ladies' saloon has on file various home journals and magazines, letter writing
convenience, &c.
In this connection we may mention, not by way of advertisement, but for the benefit of our patrons,
that the American Exchange in Europe have offices at 162 Broadway, New York, where drafts, checks,
circular- notes and letters of credit are issued on London and Paris and all principal Continental cities.
Money transferred by cable to all parts of Europe. Money exchanged into European funds at the
lowest rates.

THE
American Exchange
IN EUROPE
(Limited.)
Liverpool,
22 Lime Street,
(opposite London and North
western Hotel.)

THE
American Exchange
IN EUROPE
(Limited.)London,
449 Strand,
(opposite Charing Cross
Station )

THE
American Exchange
IN PARIS
(Limited.) Paris.
35 Bouvelard des Capucines,
(entrance through the
Court.)

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LONDON,
Westminster Abbey. — In the immediate vicinity of the Houses of Parliament and close by West
minster Bridge. Services on Sunday and week days at 8 and 10 A. M. and 3 P. M.
In length 416 feet, height 102 feet, height of tower 225 feet. The Abbey is open
free to visitors during the summer from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. Here the Kings and
Queens of England have been crowned from Edward the Confessor to Victoria.
Here are buried Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Anne, William III, George II and
Queen Caroline. Monuments are erected to the immortal Shakespeare, " Rare Ben
Johnson," Spencer, Dryden, Goldsmith, Rowe, Congreve, Addison, Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, Southey, Macauley, our own Longfellow, and "last not least" the great
portrayer of " man as we find him," Charles Dickens, who sleeps the sleep that
knows no waking, between the statues of Addison and Campbell. Tablets in memory
of great artists of the histrionic profession are erected to Mrs. Oldfield, Mrs. Brace-
girdle, Mrs. Cibber and David Garrick. A monumental stone, which attracts the
attention of our countrymen, is one to Major John Andre, executed as a British spy
during the War of the Revolution, in obedience to stern military usage, by order of
Gen'l George Washington.
TOWER OF London. — The most celebrated fortress in Great Britain, and probably the most noted
building of the kind in the world, stands on the left bank of the Thames, about 500
yards below London Bridge and between the Custom House and St. Katharine's
Dock. Here were executed by the axe of the common headsman centuries ago
Anna Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Katharine Howard, wives of Henry VIII, Lady
Jane Grey and her husband, Lord Guilford Dudley, John Dudley, Earl of Warwick
and Duke of Northumberland, Sir Thomas Moore, Archbishop Cranmer and Sir
Walter Raleigh. Here the infant princes Edward V and Richard, Duke of York
were smothered by order of Crooked-Back Gloster. Henry VI was here murdered
and Clarence drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine, and hundreds of other noble men
and women were imprisoned and beheaded by the rulers and mis-rulers of the "times
they lived in." In the strong room of the tower are deposited the Royal Jewels of
England, worth fifteen millions of dollars.
Houses of Parliament.— Situated near Westminster Bridge, on the bank of the Thames, between the
river and the Abbey, and within a half mile of the great centre of London, Charing
Cross. This is one of the most magnificent buildings in Europe and the largest
gothic edifice in the world. It covers an area of eight acres, has 100 staircases, 1,100
apartments and over two miles of corridors. The entire building is fire-proof. The
river front is an immense facade, 900 feet in length, and is decorated with rows of
statues and shields of arms of the kings and queens of England from the Conquest to
the present time. Here the Lords and Commons meet to enact laws and statutes for
the government of the Queen's dominions. The Victoria Tower at the southwest
angle is one of the most stupendous works of the kind in existence; it contains the
Royal entrance, is 75 feet square, and rises to the height of 340 feet, or 64 feet less
than the height of the cross of St. Paul's.

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Squares embracing 122 square miles. The population is about 4^ millions, including 110,000
foreigners; it contains more Roman Catholics than Rome, and more Jews than Palestine.
The Police Force numbers over 10,700 men. In various directions there are more than 10
continuous miles of houses. The water supply averages 50,000,000 gallohs daily, and 400,000 gas
lamps light its streets, consuming 15,000,000 cubic feet of gas every day. The coal consumed
annually is estimated-. -at- 5, 500,000 tons, and the- annual" rental at .£20,000, 000. On an average
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BRITISH MUSEUM. — Great Russell Street, commenced in 1823 and finished in 1854. The cost of the
building was $5,000,000. It is open free every week day from 10 till 5 P. M. This
is one of the most noted of all the modern buildings in London ; its reading room is
circular in form, surmounted by an elegant dome 140 feet in diameter, and 106 feet
in height; it seats at separate desks with ease and comfort over three hundred
readers. There are thirty-five tables, some of which are reserved exclusively for ladies.
Its number of printed books exceed 1,260,000, and about 60,000 volumes are added
yearly. • It contains twice as many American books as any library in the United
States, and compared with the great public libraries of the Continent, it ranks second
only to the imperial library of Paris. The Museum is open to public view every day
during the months of June, July and August from 10 A. M. till 6 P. M.
ST. PAUL'S. — With the single exception of St. Peter's, at Rome, this cathedral stands the noblest
specimen of church architecture in the world. It occupies a former site destroyed
by the great fire of London, in 1666. The best outside view can be obtained by
standing on Blackfriars Bridge, over the Thames. The corner-stone of the present
edifice was laid June 21, 1675, and it was completed in 1710, thirty-five years after,
at a cost of $3,748,000. Monuments are here to be seen to John Howard, Sir Joshua
Reynolds, Dr. Johnson, Lord Cornwallis, (of Yorktown, Va., fame,) Sir John Moore,
Sir Astley Cooper (the surgeon), Lord Nelson, and Sir Christopher Wren, its
architect, who reached the age of ninety years, and lived to see his work completed.
The height of the ball above the dome is 352 feet from the street, and the ascent is
made by 616 steps. N. B. No elevator.
BANK OF ENGLAND.— Threadneedle street, near the Mansion House and the Royal Exchange. The
principal bank of deposit and circulation not only of Great Britain but throughout
Europe. It was founded in 1694; a portion of the present building was first used in
1724; the east and west wings were added in 1766 and 1786. The number of
persons originally employed was only 54; there are now over 1 100, with salaries
ranging (in our money) from $250 to $7,500; the cost of salaries foot up the sum
of $1,250,000. Visitors should not omit seeing the wonderful machinery invented
by John Oldham, by which the bank notes are printed and numbered with unerring
precision, in progression from 1 to 100,000, the whole accompanied by such a system
of registration and checks as to record everything that every part of the machine is
doing at any moment, and which renders fraud impossible.
KEW GARDENS.-Five miles from Hyde Park corner, on the road to Richmond; open daily to the
public (free) after 1.00 P. M. These gardens are magnificently laid out, containing
in the open air or under glass the plants, flowers and vegetable curiosities of all
countries. They can be reached by railway from Waterloo Station, or by the
Richmond and Kew Bridge omnibuses. Visitors are obliged to leave all parcels,
packages and bundles with the porter at the gate. The palm house is 362 feet long,
100 feet wide and 64 feet high, and cost $150,000; some of the palms have already
reached the highest span in the roof. The cactus hot-houses are unrivalled for the
variety and rarity of their contents. Here, too, the Victoria Regia may be seen. In
the month oi July these gardens can be viewed in their perfection.

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KOl'AL EXCHANGE, LONDON— AN EVERYDAY SCENE.

ROYAL EXCHANGE.— Opposite the Bank of England is a quadrangular edifice, with a portico on the
west facing down Cheapside, erected for the convenience of bankers and merchants.
It is said to have cost $900,000. The hour of change, the busy period, is from 3 to
5 P. M., and the great days are Tuesday and Friday. In the east part, up stairs, is
Lloyd's, the centre and focus of all intelligence, commercial and political, domestic
and foreign, where merchants, shippers and others attend to obtain shipping informa
tion, and where the business of marine insurance is carried on through underwriters.
There is no one engaged in any extensive mercantile business in London who is not
either a member or a subscriber to Lloyd's. This building must not be confounded
with the stock exchange in the immediate neighborhood, whose members, 850 in
number, consist of brokers in Bristol and foreign funds, railway and other shares.

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HYDE Park.— Situated in the very heart of the great modern Babylon, bounded by Kensington Gar
dens, Piccadilly, Park Lane and Oxford Streets; is easy of access by omnibuses from
all parts of the city, a park of 388 acres, deservedly looked upon as one of the lungs
of London. The whole park is intersected with clean-kept foot paths, and the
carriage drives are spacious and well attended. In the London season (July) between
1 1 and 1 and 5 and 7 P. M. here may be seen all the wealth, fashion and splendid
equipages of the nobility and gentry of England. Not unfrequently do the Prince and
Princess of Wales, with their children, join the calvacade, as unobtrusively, however,
as though they were only private citizens, demanding and probably desiring no rec
ognition, but invariably returning a salutation when made. As many as 600 eques
trians have been seen at one time in the bridle-road running east and west called
Rotten Row, probably a corruption of Route du Roi (King's drive). It is from 12 to
2 thickly sprinkled with the wives, daughters and sweathcarts of the aristocracy,
taking horseback exercise with papas, lovers, brothers or grooms in attendance. The
lovely sheet of water running through the park is called the Serpentine.
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 11 O'clock.*
Leaving our comfortable quarters at the Midland Grand Hotel and taking seats in carriages pro
vided by the manager of the trip, we drive through the now quiet streets, on this peaceful Sunday
.morning, a distance of a mile and a half, reaching St. Katharine's Wharf, just below London Bridge,
where we find the splendid fast and powerful side-wheel ocean steamer Baron Osy ready to start on
our trip to Antwerp. On arrival we are cordially received by her genial commander, (the popular son
of Neptune, every inch a sailor,) Capt. J. Verbist.
Hark ! " Big Ben," from the tall tower at Westminster, tolls out with clarion tongue the hour of
noon and St. Paul with sonorous chimes rings out its mid-day song, while the noble steamer, punctually
on the stroke of twelve, leaves Irongate Stairs and majestically moves out into the stream, bound down
the Thames 45 miles, across the North Sea 90 miles, and up the river Scheldt 60 miles, to the city
of Antwerp, the foremost port in northern Europe.
Looking back at the moment of starting we behold in bold relief the massive and sombre Tower
of London'; proceeding through the Pool, with its myriad of steamers, launches, barges, tugs, boats, &c,
we come upon the London Docks, just at the first entrance of which we pass over the Thames Tunnel;
a little way below is the entrance to the West India Docks; Deptford, on the right hand, is the Govern
ment dock-yard. The steamer now comes in sight of the Hospital-ship, the hulk of a 120-gun ship,
which rears itself out of the water, affording a splendid view of the size and power of an old time man-
of-war. In a short time we approach Greenwich, on the right, with its palace-like sailors' home, its
grand old park, crowned by the famous Observatory, from which place the Saxon race throughout the
world marks its longitude. Opposite Greenwich is the busy ship-yard where was built that grand
Colossus ofthe sea the " Great Eastern" steamship, which, on her first visit to New York, was exhibited
to 268,734 paying visitors by her General Manager, now the Projector of this mid-summer trip.
Still gliding swiftly down the river we soon pass Blackwell, with its East India Docks, and further
on Woolwich Arsenal is beside us, and then we come upon the town of Gravesend. Here the pilot
leaves us. The river narrows to the width of about half a mile, and the channel is full of shipping of
every class and description, from the stately ironclad to the fussy tug, from the clean-cut China clipper
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tide wait for no man," so we move on down the stream, and perchance we may meet one of the huge
steamers returning from Australia with its crowd of passengers, or we may pass one of the mammoth
"liners" with its smoke-crowned funnels, commencing her voyage across the Atlantic to the "land
of the free," our own America.
We are now approaching the Sea Reach, and soon Southend is on our left and Sheerness on our
right, and the Nore Light-ship, fifty miles from London, is right ahead. This is the first sea-light we
pass, and leaving it behind us we steam out into the North Sea. On a summer's night there are few
things more delightful and romantic than this trip. As the evening steals silently away (under the long-
continued twilight, which lasts until 10.00 P. M.) the shores of Old England become lost on the waste
of waters, and as the early morning awakes in its glory we come forth refreshed by a good night's rest
and find ourselves sailing up the Scheldt, with the fair land of Belgium on either side. The strong
salt air gives fresh vigor to our sluggish pulse, for there is no air so bracing as that which sweeps across
the Northern Sea.
But the first stage of our journey to the Continent is ending. The ship is steaming up the broad,
green-shored Scheldt. On one hand gleam the red roofs of some lone fishing village, with the great
three-storied brick church tower, topped by a tall steeple, rising above them. A black hulk stands high
on the shore close to a wind-mill which is making its morning round. Far away, under that thin lace-like
spire, which looks so high and fragile, that one may in truth say resembles rather some fair drooping
pendant from heaven than work of base mortal's, lies the city of Antwerp. At last, on the left bank,
countless masts, tapering, mingled, and massed, like a forest of dead pines, mark the splendid docks
which Napoleon built when Antwerp was to rank once more as the world's first commercial city.
Landing on the new quays, perhaps it is on the stroke of seven, when hush ! what is that ripple of tink
ling melody which seems wafted down from cloudland ? Now you hear it again, coming in waves of
clear mellow harmony one moment and in the liquid murmurs of a musical-box the next. If anything
can reconcile one to being reminded every sixty minutes that he is an hour older, surely it is the Ant
werp Cathedral chimes. They haunt you, waking and sleeping ; they play you charmingly into the
city; they play you charmingly out. Such music could have but one resting-place ; would be looked
for only in that spire of embroidered stone, which itself crowns an edifice worthy its coronet and carillon.
It may be as well to mention these chimes come from the " Great Carolus " to which Charles V stood
godfather, sonorous in its 16,000 pounds of sounding metal, with its 98 brazen companions, from the
big bass, which takes 16 strong men to move, to the tiny treble, not larger than a muffin-man's hand-bell.
At Antwerp conveyances are waiting at the quai and we are at once taken to breakfast at the
Hotel de I'Europe, situated on Place Verte, within one minute's walk of the great Cathedral.
ANTWERP.
Antwerp, with its gigantic port, its fine monuments, its museums, its churches, its 200,000 inhab
itants and its cosmopolitan population, is the real commercial and artistic capital of Belgium. The most
important public edifice of Antwerp and one of which its citizens are justly proud is the Cathedral a
magnificent building 395 feet long and 250 feet wide. The height of the steeple is 403 feet. The
interior of the Cathedral corresponds in magnificence and grandeur with the exterior ; but its chief
attraction is the masterpiece of Rubens, "The Descent from the Cross." It presents Joseph and Nico
demus removing the body of Christ from the cross, while the three Marys are near, assisting with all the
care and tenderness imaginable for fear the dead Saviour might still have the power to feel. The
suffering Mary, kneeling and looking up at her Redeemer with tears of love and sorrow, is one of the
most magnificent conceptions of female loveliness. Sir Joshua Reynolds says he considers " Rubens's

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Christ as one of the finest figures that ever was invented." In the north transept of the Cathedral is
Rubens's next best work, "The Elevation to the Cross." There are also his "Resurrection of the
Saviour " and "Assumption of the Virgin." Outside of St. Paul's Church is a representation of Calvary,
a very singular composition. At the top of the eminence there is a figure of Christ on the cross ; at the
bottom there is what is pretended to be a copy of the holy sepulchre, or some portion of it, at Jerusalem.
In one part of the grotto there is a figure d)essed to represent the Saviour as he lay in the sepulchre; in
the other there is a painting representing hell; it contains numerous faces, apparently in great torment.
The Museum, close by the Cathedral, should also be visited; its picture gallery, the finest in Flanders.
has some seven hundred paintings, with subject and artist's name attached ; it embraces Rubens, Van
dyke, Quentin Matsys, Teniers, Jordaen and Snyder.
After visiting the above buildings, we can take a stroll through the city, looking at its gay shop
windows, its public buildings, monuments, statues, &c. In the afternoon we start for Brussels.
BRUSSELS.
Leaving Antwerp from the Station du
Nord as the silver chimes are again rippling
the air with pleasant melody, we commence
our first ride on the Continent (twenty- seven
miles) in the splendid railway cars, and in an
hour we reach the city of Brussels, the charm
ing capital of Belgium, containing 400,000
inhabitants. That Brussels is Paris in minia
ture has been said by every one who has
visited it any time this twenty years ; if trite,
it is not altogether untrue. Brussels, so far
as it goes, is the gay, airy, careless, pleasant
counterpart of the French metropolis. Paris
has its Palace of the Tuileries with its fronting garden ; Brussels has its Palace du Roi with its fronting
park. Paris has its Bois de Boulogne ; Brussels has its Bois de la Cambre. Paris has its Notre Dame ;
Brussels its Ste. Gudule. Paris has its Latin quarter, its columns, its fountains, its leafy, breezy
boulevards, its countless cafes, its attractive shops, its shocking horses and artful cabmen, its gallant
and gesticulating gendarmerie, its foreign colony and mysterious refugees; Brussels reproduces these.
The upper part of the city is built on a hill ; the lower part, of which the Grand Hotel (where we stop
during our brief stay there) may be regarded as the centre of business and pleasure, is built on a
picturesque plain watered by the river Senne, which is now tunnelled over.
The principal objects of interest which can be seen during our short stay are —
BUILDINGS. — The King's Palace, in a beautiful park; St. Gudule's Cathedral; the Hotel de Ville;
the Exchange; the new Palace of Justice, costing $10,000,000.
THE GRAND SQUARES. — Place Royale, with the Palace of the Count de Flanders ; Grand Place,
containing the Hotel de Ville or City Hall ; Place des Martyrs, in which is erected a monument to the
Belgian patriots who fell fighting to gain their independence, September, 1830.
A monument to which all strangers are directed, back of the Hotel de Ville, is the " Mannikin
Fountain," a great favorite with the citizens, but as a work of art more natural than elegant. To those
who find the subject in bad taste we will answer, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
From Brussels to Cologne, via Louvain, Liege, Verviers and Aix-la- Chapelle — distance 150 miles,
time 4 hours and 45 minutes.

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COLOGNE.
On arrival at this famous historical town, we catch our first glimpse of the Rhine as we proceed
across the Cathedral Square to that marvel of regal and comfortable caravansaries the Hotel du Nord, so
well known to American travelers on the Rhine. Cologne is the largest town in Rhenish Prussia
(140,000 inhabitants), one of the most thriving commercial cities in Germany. The one grand object of
interest here is the Cathedral, one of the wonders of the world, and a right royal specimen of Gothic
architecture. It was commenced in 1248 and completed in 1880, at a cost of $1 1,500,000. The vast and
splendid proportions of the interior; the far vistas of clustered pillars in the rich, dim, half-light; the
solemn stillness and splendor of its endless aisles ; its wondrous windows ; its old, worn floors and
springing arches, glowing with soft tints where the sunlight falls ; its silent chapels in the shadowy
choir; its sacred relics and gleaming gems; its vaulted roof, reaching heavenward — all tend to impress
upon the visitor an idea of unequalled grandeur impressed with religious awe. Walk around the outside
to see the full beauty of this colossal structure. It is over 400 feet long, supported by 60 pillars ; width
of nave and aisles, 144 feet ; the nave is 160 feet high; the height ofthe ridge ofthe roof is 250 feet, the
central spire 350 feet, and the west spires are 515 feet from the floor from whence they rise — the highest
towers in the world. Visitors are admitted free to the Cathedral from 8 till 9 every morning.
In the immediate neighboihood — at Julichs platz No. 4 — may be purchased of Johann Maria Farina
the genuine eau-de-cologne, manufactured strictly according to the original prescription of his ancestor.
THE RHINE.
In order to utilize the time, the manager will, at a greatly increased expenditure, convey his party
by railway (first-class) from Cologne to Coblentz (fifty miles), where the real beauty of the Rhine com
mences. The special express train will leave the Central Station (within two minutes walk of the Hotel
du Nord and one minute from the Cathedral) at 12 20 noon, and proceed on its lightning course, passing
twenty miles from Cologne the celebrated university town of Bonn, the birth-place of Beethoven. After
leaving here we glide along the banks of the beautiful Rhine, in full view of the winding stream, with its
lovely islands ; passing the castelated tower of Drachenfels (Dragon's Rock), we now steam by, in rapid
succession, the towns of Godesberg, Konigswater, Rolandsee, Remagen, Lintz, Andernach, Newwied
and crossing the world-renowned and beautiful "Blue Moselle" we arrive at 2.20 P. M. at Coblentz. A
drive from the station, in carriages furnished by the manager, through the principal streets, will soon
bring us to the river-side, where at 3.00 P. M. we embark on one of the Rhine Company's splendid
American express steamers, and commence a six hours trip on our " point de resistance " the Rhine
from Coblentz to Mayence.
On the Rhine ! What emotion this phrase excites in the bosom of the average American.
On the Rhine ! ! What a happy completion of years of thoughtful expectancy.
On the Rhine ! ! ! Oh, memory of our school-boy days, at last we realize its fond anticipations.
The Rhine affords more genuine pleasure in the time allotted it than is found on any other holiday
highway on the Continent. Its heights may boast no fairer prospect of pastoral beauty than the Water
Gap of our own Delaware ; no vision of might and grandeur like the Hudson at West Point, as it springs
into light and shade under the towering walls of the Dunderberg; it may have nothing surpassing in
cool delight and quiet charm that of Lake George— but the Rhine is the Rhine ! the wondrous river that
has inspired brilliant scholars and misanthropic poets, and evoked exalted gush from countless people
who have "done it" and who have not. It is seen through an atmosphere of romance, but it is still a
"work divine," a blending of all beauties— stream, dell, fruit, foliage, crag, wood, mountain, vine and
" Chiefless castles breathing stern farewells
From gray but leafy walls where ruin greenly dwells."

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Starting then from Coblentz, at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle,
" Like the silence that is broken
When the wished-for word is spoken,
And the heart hath a home where it may dwell;
Like a sense of sudden bliss,
And the first long, loving kiss,
Is the meeting of the Rhine and the Moselle."
Leaving Coblentz, we ascend the upper deck and seating ourselves at one of the innumerable small
tables, dinner is served amidst our glorious surroundings. We at once have a magnificent view of
"Ehrenbreitstein" (Proud stone of honor), one ofthe strongest defences in the world. This tremendous
fortress is on a precipitous rock, inaccessible on three sides, and is termed the Gibraltar of the Rhine.
Ten million dollars have been spent on it, and the works are still progressing. In spite of repeated and
remorseless sieges, during the past hundred years, it has only fallen twice into the hands of the enemy.
Proceeding up the river a distance of four miles alongside a beautiful drive called the " Rhine
Promenade," we come upon that grand pile the royal castle of Stolzenfels (proud rock), which stands on
the brink of a towering crag. Next we pass the castle of Marksburg. Of all the fortresses that frowned
from every height along the Rhine, this is almost the only one that has escaped destruction. At the
foot of the hill stands the town of Capellen, a mile further on the right the town of Boppard, the large
building at the back of the town is the Franciscan Monastery, now turned into a seminary, and another
mile on the left is the old Roman town of Camp. From here we proceed to Salzig, in the midst of a
vast cherry orchard ; ten miles further up, and we are at the handsome town of St. Goar; on the
opposite bank is the pretty little village of St. Goarhausen, and above it stands the Cat Castle, at the
entrance to the pretty Swiss Valley.
Above St. Goar the river narrows, and foams in whirling eddies and fierce rapids between towering
cliffs that overshadow the rushing stream. On the left, jutting darkly into the river, rise the precipitous
echoing rocks of the " Charmed Lurlie." Wherever " civil
ization has spread her luminous wing " this legend has been
heard, and has become familiar to Americans through
Mendelssohn's Loreley, Wallace's opera of Lurline, and the I
dramatic story of the Naiad Queen. The rocks of the
Lurlie are the grandest on the Rhine, 450 high, and below.
them is the fatal whirlpool. Here the captivating siren sat
in her cool grotto, with her golden harp, and beguiled the
boatmen with her enchanting song, and as the men turned
to listen their boat would be drawn into the whirl, and so
they would perish.
" With a spasm the boatman hears it,
Out there in his little skiff;
He sees not the reef as he nears it,
He only looks up to the cliff!
The waters will sweep, I am thinking,
O'er skiff, aye, and boatman, ere long ;
And this is, when daylight is sinking,
What Lurlie did with her song."

LEUEND OFiTHE KHINE.

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A little higher, in mid-channel, are the hills called the "Seven Maidens." Shortly after we come
upon Oberwesel (on the right), a small town of 2,500 inhabitants; this town has turreted walls and a
loft)' structure, at the water side, called the Ox Tower. Just beyond, in the middle of the river, is a
well-preserved old castle called the Pfaltz, built by the Emperor Louis of Bavaria for a toll-house. We
now glide by, in rapid succession, the towns of Caut (left), Bacharach (right), rich in legends of sprites,
dwarfs and giants. On the west side is a jagged cliff, called the Devil's Ladder, up which, as the legend
tells, the brave knight Ruthelm, assisted by magic spells, rode to the deliverance of the fair Gerlinde
from the power of the gnomes of the mountains. The traveler is now passing the celebrated district
of the Rheingau, the principal wine-growing region of the Rhine. The manner in which the cultivation
of the vine is carried on by the side of these hills is worthy of attention, as showing the amount of
expense bestowed upon the work, all the soil being carried up by manual labor, ranged on terraces
difficult of access, and great risk is incurred by the workers of both sexes employed in the arduous task.
On the right the Gothic church of St. Clement may be seen, and 300 feet above it stands out the strik
ingly picturesque castle of Rheinstein. The rapids called Bingen Loch are next reached. There the
ruined tower of Ehrenfels is seen to the left. On a rocky island, in the midst ofthe river, stands what is
now known as the Mouse Tower, connected with which is the following strange tradition, so beautifully
rendered by Southey : "At the time when the inhabitants of Mayence were suffering from a severe
famine their wicked and covetous old Bishop, Hatto, caused a number of poor people to be burned in a
barn; he had accumulated large stores of grain in this tower, and when pressed for assistance by the
starving inhabitants took refuge there with his immediate followers. Tradition adds that the mice
having been driven from their usual haunts, effected the passage of the river, and being attracted to the
tower by the presence of the grain, succeeded in forcing an entrance, and devoured not only the grain
itself but every living thing in the tower, including the wicked old Bishop."
We are now at the thriving town of Bingen, where the steamer makes her first stop since leaving
Coblentz, four hours previously. The church bells are ringing for evening service as at seven o'clock
we leave Bingen, and the softened daylight gives us a continued view of the river, which here reaches
2,000 feet in width, and is dotted with numerous islands. Rudesheim, on the left, is famous for its vine
yards. Geisenheim, with its old church, Gothic towers and open-work spires, is seen to the left. The
castle of Johannisberg, some years ago the residence of Prince Metternich, is situated near the stream ;
the vineyards here, about 60 acres in extent, produce a yearly average of $30,000 worth of Johannis -
berger wine. Elfeld and Biebrich, with the beautiful palace of the Duke of Nassau, on the left, and
passing Castel, a fortress in Hesse Darmstadt, we are at the beautiful city of Mayence, where " mine
host," of that famous hostelry the Hotel du Rhin, stands in his door (within fifty feet of the pier where
the steamer lands) to give a hearty welcome to the representative American party. We rest at May
ence all night. This town was the birth-place of Guttenberg, the inventor of printing; and it was at
one time the most important stronghold upon the Rhine, and it was by the courage and energy of its
people that the fastnesses of the robber chiefs along its banks were destroyed and the peaceful traders
relieved from the demands of these lawless marauders.
After a good night's rest, a fine old German breakfast, and a stroll through the town, we leave
Mayence at 10.40 A. M. for Heidelberg, and run through to Darmstadt without a stop, and from
thence Yskirting the wildly romantic district known as Odenwald, or the forest of Odin. Speaking of
this remarkably beautiful region, Howitt says : " The hills, continually broken by romantic valleys,
slope rapidly down to the plain, covered with picturesque vineyards, and at their feet lie antique villages
and the richly cultivated meadows of the Rhine. On almost every steep and projecting hill or precipitous

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cliff stands a ruined castle, each with its wild history and its wilder traditions." Every conqueror, from
Csesar to Bonaparte, has marched through its valleys, and the halls of these proud castles have
echoed to the revelry or execrations of rude battalions, as success or defeat induced them to flee for
refuge and shelter.
We sojourn a few hours in Heidelberg, situated on the left bank of the Neckar, giving an opportu
nity to visit the renowned castle crowning the heights, more famous now in its green decay than in the
proud days of its strength. This famous ruin is fifteen minutes walk from the town. The cunning hand
of art was busy for six centuries in raising and adorning these walls ; the mailed hands of time and war
have defaced and overthrown them in less than two. Next to the Alhambra, at Grenada, the castle of
Heidelberg is the most magnificent ruin of the middle ages. Whilst here we will also have an opportu
nity of visiting the University, founded in 1836, famous as a school of law and medicine, and for the
many noted scholars who have adorned its professional chairs; about 800 students are in regular
attendance. Also can be seen here the famous "tun" of Heidelberg, mide in 175 1, and is the largest
wine cask in the world ; it contains 49,000 gallons. Leaving Heidelberg at 3.00 P. M., we shortly come
to the large and handsome town of Bruchsal, and soon after to Carlsruhe, a clean and cheerful city
of 4.8 000 inhabitants, built in the shape of a fan. In half an hour the station of Oos is reached ; here
we change cars for the narrow-gauge road, and in ten minutes we are at the " paradise of Europe,"
Baden-Baden," with its 50,000 summer visitors. This is a lovely and delightful spot, sheltered from the
sun abounding in pretty walks and drives, elegant residences and magnificent hotels.
At the superb Victoria Hotel, the leading one of this celebrated watering place, we find a superior
table d'hote awaiting^us.^ Having done justice to that, we are ready for a stroll through its gay streets, on
the Bazaar leading to the conversation house, where people meet in the evening to take their coffee,
ices &c. and listen to the Band_, which on Wednesday evening (the day we are there) is augmented and
gives a special weekly reunion and concert, free to all. We stop at the Victoria Hotel all night, and
leave next morning" after breakfast. Having enjoyed the hospitality of the genial host, Mr. Grosholz, we
are again seated in our palatial railway cars and are off to Strassburg, where we arrive after a two hours
ride through a beautiful and fertile country.
Strassburg was invested by the German army on the ioth of August, 1870, and the bombardment
commenced on the 19th. On the 28th of September of the same year the town surrendered with 17,000
men and 400 officers. The most imposing building is of course the Cathedral, with its famous spire 468
feet from the ground, and said to be the second highest in the world. It ranks next to St. Nicholas, at
Hamburg, and is seven feet higher than the great Pyramid. Parts of the stone-work are cut with the
delicacy of lace; notice the rich west door with its 14 statues and window; be sure to be there at noon
and see the world-renowned mechanical astronomical clock, as it strikes the hour of twelve; then the
whole of the mechanism is set in motion, the procession of Apostles takes place, &c. ; to be appreciated
it must be seen. As the shades of evening draw nigh we again seek the seclusion of the elegant railway
carriages and start on our home-stretch to Paris, passing the towns of Saarburg, Avricourt, Luneville,
Nancy, Frouard, Chalons and Epernay, arriving in Paris in time to witness the sun rise, something not
Often enjoyed by the dwellers of that gay and debonair city. On arrival at the station of the Eastern
Company, at Paris, carriages will be in waiting to convey the party to the first hotel in the world-
the Grand Hotel.

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PARIS.
Population in 1886, 2,426,000.
Three hundred and twelve miles from Strassburg. Time, %y_ hours.
Circumference of the city, 25 miles — traversed from east to west by the River Seine, and is sur
rounded by an immense wall (known as the "Fortifications,") 33 feet high, 12 feet thick, and 34,000
yards long.
Paris, the first city in the world, the Alpha and Omega of the wanderer's desire, and the Mecca of
all American travelers. The healthy go there, the pleasure seekers flock within its gates, and the poor
student, thristing for knowledge and fame, makes his residence there, for his chances of success in this
polite capital are greater than anywhere else.
Art is represented by some of the finest, most complete and superb collections of painting and
sculpture : science has its most able exponents enthroned here, and the city swarms with high class
schools and finished masters.
From morning to night, Paris is a vast recreation ground, where every species of enjoyment, from the
most frivolous to the most intellectual, can be indulged in to the heart's content.
The streets or Boulevards as they are called are the finest in the world and form a great feature, with
their magnificent shops, elegantly decorated windows, their broad pavements, and the ever busy panorama
of life constantly moving, and at nightfall, when illuminated by Electric-light, present one of the most
brilliant and beautiful sights that can anywhere be witnessed. The Boulevard des Capucines, the Rue
Scribe, the Rue de la Paix, and the Boulevard des Italiens have long been the resorts of the hundreds
of thousands of foreigners who annually'repair to the great capital. From mid-day to midnight this
particular section is perhaps more busily thronged by people of all nationalities than any other section
of the civilized world. Some one has said that the Grand Hotel is the pivotal point of Europe. Most
traveled folks know that the Rue Scribe is more cosmopolitan than French. This is the region of fine
hotels: "the Grand," "the Splendide," " the Athenee," "the Scribe," "the Chatham," "the Westmin
ster," "Mirabeau," are all within a few minutes' walk; the shops that deal in specialities for travelers,
the cafes where English and American rules of cookery are observed, the Grand Opera House, the
Madeline, Column Vendome, the telegraph offices, the cab stands, the confectioners, the curiosity sellers
and the elegant "American Exchange in Paris," are in the vicinity. The principal drives are the
Champs Elysees, Bois de Boulogne.
The following places of interest can be visited during our sojourn in this gay and fashionable
metropolis of the world.
THE LOUVRE. — The largest and most important public building in Paris, open daily (including Sunday)
from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ; no fees. The Gallery of the Louvre, second only to that of the
Vatican at Rome, is attracting the pilgrimage of all the world. Here may be seen Paul
Veronese's "Marriage of Cana;" Guido Reni's "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian;" Canaletto's
"Grand Canal of Venice;" Salvator Rosa's "Dusky Robber" and battle pieces- Murillo's
"Immaculate Conception," "Nativity" and the "Beggar Boy." Rubens, Titian and
Raphael lend color and force to the whole ; a few Vandykes look out with their sad dark
and glorious eyes ; Tenier's wonderful game, fruit and flowers ; Claude Lorraine's marvel
lous sunrises and sunsets — are here for the inspection of all.

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surface of a8i square miles, divided into 20 wards, with a mayor to each. But the authority
and position usually given to mayors in America are vested in the Prefect of the Seine who
represents the Government. Architecturally, Paris is a most attractive city, beautified by
several large parks and 40 squares, charmingly arranged and ornamented. Fashion in dress
is dictated from Paris, which is also one of the most important of the world's industrial
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Palais du Luxembourg.— Rue de Vaugirard ; open to the public every day except Monday, from
io A. M. to 5 P. M. Museum of contemporary artists and permanent exhibition of the
master-pieces of painting and sculpture, purchased by the French Government at the
different great International Exhibitions. A part of the building is reserved for the
meeting of the Senate. Among those whose works enrich this Gallery are Delacroix,
Rosa Bonheur, Pradier, Thomas Millet, Courbet, Delaunay, Jerome, Henry Mosler, &c.
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.— Situated at the entrance of Champs Elysees, has been and always will be
the concentrating point for all large assemblies, fetes, &c. ; it is in point of splendor the
most imposing square in existence ; its surroundings are such that they harmonize in all
respects, and keep the eye in continual pleasant motion ; but memory of the past causes
the visitor to pause in the midst of delightful views with a blending of horrified awe and
admiration. Here, says Morford, in his " Over Sea," in the midst of the Place de Ia Con
corde, in a few short months there was such an outpouring of royal and noble blood as
has made the world stand aghast ; here stood the scaffold on which Louis XVI died on
the 2 ist of January, 1793 ; here Marie Antoinette followed him on the 16th of October,
1794; here fell the Princess Elizabeth, Louis Philippe l'Egalite, father of King Louis
Philippe ; here Danton met his fate ; here died Charlotte Corday, for the assassination
ofthe fiend Marat; here Camille Desmoulins, St. Just and Couthon fell'; here Robespierre
himself proved that " those who take up the axe shall perish by the axe." To sum up in
one horror, here, between the 21st of January, 1793, and the 3d of May, 1795, more than
two thousand eight hundred persons fell beneath the axe of the guillotine — a river of blood
spouting from headless trunks, that, could it all have run at once, would have swept away
the scaffold and channeled its way down to the Seine.
The Grand Hotel — Occupying the entire
block bounded by Boulevard
des Capucines, Rue de. la Paix,
Place de l'Operaand Rue Scribe,
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managed hotels in the universe.
Situated in the midst of Paris,
overlooking its chief boulevard
and Place de l'Opera, the city's
most animated centre, with its
700 magnificently furnished bed-rooms, with its elegant court- yard (cour d'honneur) in
the centre, entirely roofed in with glass, and consequently supplying an out-of-door lounge,
where the cosmopolitan travelers of every land are passing each other without interruption ;
with its magnificent dining-room, of novel form and artistic ceiling; its little less princely
reading, writing and waiting-room; its inner piazzas, where one may drink, smoke, lounge
or read at ease in the midst of flowers and foliage ; its unobtrusive attendance, scarcely
seen, however felt and enjoyed ; with every modern improvement that human genius has
of late years invented, with its staff of polite, well-trained, English speaking servants, the
Grand Hotal to-day stands unrivalled as a very haven of elegant comfort and an abode
of perfect rest.
[Our midsummer pleasure party live and lodge at this hotel during their stay in Paris.]

THE GBAND HOTEL, PARIS.

24 JARRETT'S MID-SUMMER PLEASURE TRIP.
Notre Dame. — The Archbishop's Cathedral of Notre Dame is a twelfth century pile. It has two
majestic towers and three principal entrances, finely carved with subjects from the New
Testament. One scarcely realizes, until standing in the very shadow of the immense
pile, what a colossus among buildings it is in reality. Less than the London St. Paul's, it
is, however, next to it in size, and only needs a second glance to recognize the glorious
ornamentation high away in mid-air. The enormous bell in the north tower is called
" Le Bourdon,' weighs 32,000 pounds, and is only rung on state occasions. Beautiful
paintings and carvings are in the choir, which is supported by 120 massive pillars, and the
gallery by 297 pillars. Notice the marble floor, rich altar, statues of Louis XIII and
Louis XIV, and a marble group of the " Descent from the Cross."
La Madeleine. — The Church of the Madeleine is situated on the Place of the same name, opposite
the Rue Royal. The first stone was laid in 1764, and it was finished by Louis Philippe.
It is surrounded by 52 Corinthian pillars, ornamented by a splendid fagade. This building
was intended by Napoleon to represent the Temple of Fame. Notice the bas-relief over
the portico, the rich gilding, the paintings and statuary, and its three beautiful domes.
Verily, as the Parisians claim, the Madeleine is the most perfectly beautiful of all churches.
CHAMPS ELYSEES — A magnificent avenue, commencing at Place de la Concord, and extending to Place
de l'Etoile ; this elegant promenade presents the greatest panorama of gaiety that can be
seen in any part of the world.
Arc DE Triumphe — On the Champs Elysees — the largest and mightiest of all the triumpal arches of
boastful Europe. The foundation stone was laid by Napoleon I, and the structure com
pleted by Louis Philippe in 1836. It is 190 feet high, 146 feet wide, 72 feet deep, costing
$2,000,000. It is called l'Etoile, from its position in a centre from whence radiate twelve
avenues.
BOIS DE BOULOGNE — On the west side of Paris, has an area of 2,000 acres, it is the fashionable drive,
as early as 6 o'clock in the morning equestrians can be seen in all sections of this superb
park. In the afternoon towards 5 o'clock crowds of fashionable equipages throng the
avenues.
Grand Opera House. — This is one of the most gorgeous, beautiful and wonderful specimens of
modern French architecture, and is situated at the junction of Avenue de l'Opera, Rue
Scribe and Boulevard des Capucines — it was commenced in 1861, and finished in 1874, at
a cost of $5,225,000 and is the most superb place of amusement in the world — admission
from 60 cents to $3.00. The Opera House is only 2 minutes walk from the Grand Hotel.
The Morgue — A building situated on the Seine where all unknown persons who die suddenly or.by
accident are kept for three days and exposed to public view. If a person be of nervous
temperament, it is better he should not visit this place, as emotional scenes sometimes take
place there which none but those of the strongest nerves can withstand.

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Suburban Resorts of Prris.
, Paris, like London, can boast of many pretty and picturesque suburbs, a number of these being the
resort of fashionable Paris in the summer, on gala days, &c, among which may be named the following:
VERSAILLES. — This is the largest and most important town around Paris, and is about fourteen miles
from the city ; it also boasts of a fine palace. In the days of Louis XIII it was a royal
residence ; afterwards Louis XIV built his magnificent residence here, which cost the
nation ;£ 1,600,000. It contains a chapel, a museum, a historical chamber, a picture
gallery and a portrait hall, besides many other collections of great historical interest and
value. The gardens of this palace are world-famed, being the most beautiful and costly
in the universe; the great fountains play only on the first Sunday in every month, and
the sight is worth a trip across the Atlantic. As we happen to be in Paris on the first
Sunday in August, the time is most appropos and should be availed of accordingly.
SEVRES. — This locality, so famous for its porcelain, is about two miles beyond St. Cloud, the same rail
way running past both places Here is situated the manufactories of the Government,
and it is here where the celebrated Palissy ware is made. Beyond its porcelain manufac
ture it has no other interest to the visitor.
ST. Cloud — Is about five miles from the city, and the country residence of the most aristocratic portion
of the community. It has a fine park and a royal residence or chateau.
ST. Denis. — After St. Cloud, St. Denis is the most important town, and can be reached in a few min
utes by rail or omnibus from Paris ; here will be found the celebrated Abbey of St. Denis,
which contains the remains of so many French kings and queens.
St. GERMAIN. — This is said to contain the prettiest specimen of petit scenery in the world, and in con
sequence is much resorted to by the refined Parisians. It is reached in forty-five minutes
from Paris, and is well worth a visit. It possesses a royal chateau.
FONTAINEBLEAU — Is celebrated for its forest. It can be reached in two hours by rail from Paris. It
has also a palace, the gardens of which are very fine.
VINCENNES  Which is one mile from Paris, has a celebrated chateau, which contains a chapel of much
historic interest.
After three days ot enjoyable excitement in viewing the sights of Paris, we leave that city on
Sunday night at 8.50, arriving at Dieppe at midnight, where the train is run alongside of one of the
splendid large and powerful steamers, acknowledged to be the best employed in the service between
France and England. In early morning we find ourselves at the quai, New-haven, alongside of the
Company's Hotel, where we breakfast ; after which, stepping into the cars at the door, in thirty minutes
we find ourselves in that loveliest of English cities, Brighton by the sea. Two hours for promenade, then
off to London, arriving about noon. Leaving London at 5 P. M., we are on "our way home," arriving
in Liverpool at 10 P. M., where we find our quarters at the London and North-Western Hotel awaiting us.
At noon the next day, August 3d, we leave Liverpool in the noble " City of Richmond," passing
down the Mersey by daylight After a pleasant night's rest we arrive at Queenstown, receive the mails,
and depart for New York. On Friday, August 13th, " Home again from a foreign shore !"

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