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Glances At Europe

by Horace Greeley

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Author
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Title
Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.
Credits
Produced by Julia Miller, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Language
English
LoC Class
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
Subject
Europe -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
24930
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24930
Release Date
March 28, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GLANCES AT EUROPE: — IN A
  2. 2.Series of Letters — FROM — GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, &c. — DURING — THE SUMMER OF 1851. — INCLUDING NOTICES OF THE — GREAT EXHIBITION, OR WORLD'S FAIR.
  3. 3.BY HORACE GREELEY. — NEW YORK: — DEWITT & DAVENPORT, PUBLISHERS. — 1851. — DEWITT & DAVENPORT,
  4. 4.NO APOLOGY.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.GLANCES AT EUROPE.
  7. 7.CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.
  8. 8.OPENING OF THE FAIR.
  9. 9.THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
  10. 10.ENGLAND—HAMPTON COURT. — Counsel to the Sea-going.
  11. 11.THE FUTURE OF LABOR—DAY-BREAK.
  12. 12.BRITISH PROGRESS.
  13. 13.LONDON—NEW-YORK. — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.THE EXHIBITION. — DINNER AT RICHMOND. — EXHIBITION ITEMS.
  15. 15.SIGHTS IN LONDON. — WESTMINSTER ABBEY. — RAGGED SCHOOLS. — BRITISH ANTI-SLAVERY.
  16. 16.POLITICAL ECONOMY, AS STUDIED AT THE WORLD'S EXHIBITION.
  17. 17.ROYAL SUNSHINE. — THE LITERARY GUILD. — THE FISHMONGERS' DINNER.
  18. 18.THE FLAX-COTTON REVOLUTION.
  19. 19.LEAVING THE EXHIBITION. — POPULAR EDUCATION. — TOWN GOSSIP.
  20. 20.LONDON TO PARIS. — THE MADELEINE.
  21. 21.THE FUTURE OF FRANCE.
  22. 22.PARIS, SOCIAL AND MORAL. — SIGHTS OF PARIS. — THE FRENCH OPERA.
  23. 23.PARIS, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL. — AMERICAN ART AND INDUSTRY—BRITISH JOURNALISM.
  24. 24.THE PALACES OF FRANCE. — PASSPORTS, ETC.
  25. 25.FRANCE, CENTRAL AND EASTERN. — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.LYONS TO TURIN. — A RIDE ACROSS THE ALPS.
  27. 27.SARDINIA—ITALY—FREEDOM.
  28. 28.XXII.
  29. 29.FIRST DAY IN THE PAPAL STATES.
  30. 30.THE ETERNAL CITY. — THE COLISEUM.
  31. 31.ST. PETER'S.
  32. 32.THE ROMANS OF TO-DAY.
  33. 33.CENTRAL ITALY—FLORENCE.
  34. 34.EASTERN ITALY—THE PO.
  35. 35.VENICE.
  36. 36.LOMBARDY. — THE ITALIANS. — THE AUSTRIANS. — LEAVING ITALY.
  37. 37.SWITZERLAND. — ST. GOTHARD.
  38. 38.LUCERNE TO BASLE. — THE SWISS.
  39. 39.GERMANY. — THE RHINE. — THE GERMANS.
  40. 40.BELGIUM. — NORTH-EASTERN FRANCE.
  41. 41.PARIS TO LONDON. — LONDON AT MIDNIGHT.
  42. 42.UNIVERSAL PEACE CONGRESS.
  43. 43.AMERICA AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.ENGLAND, CENTRAL AND NORTHERN. — THE BORDER—SCOTLAND. — SCOTLAND. — EDINBURGH.
  45. 45.SCOTLAND. — GLASGOW.
  46. 46.IRELAND—ULSTER.
  47. 47.WEST OF IRELAND—ATLANTIC MAILS.
  48. 48.IRELAND—SOUTH. — GENERAL ASPECTS.
  49. 49.PROSPECTS OF IRELAND. — REPEAL. — TENANT-RIGHT. — EMIGRATION. — EDUCATION. — ENCUMBERED ESTATES. — IRISH MANUFACTURES. — PEAT MANUFACTURE. — BEET SUGAR.
  50. 50.THE ENGLISH.
  51. 51.THE END.

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