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Mr Punch on the Continong, Edited

Mr Punch on the Continong, Edited

by J. A. Hammerton

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Editor
Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949
Title
Mr. Punch on the Continong
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Europe -- Description and travel -- Humor
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45700
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45700
Release Date
May 20, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE STEAM-LAUNCH IN VENICE — MR. PUNCH ON THE CONTINONG — Before the Battle After the Battle
  2. 2.OFF TO THE CONTINONG! — FACT! — FANCY AND—— — WHERE SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BETTER — "LOOK ON THIS PICTURE—— — AND ON THIS!" — ON THE BOULOGNE PIER
  3. 3.MR. PUNCH ON THE CONTINONG — TIPS
  4. 4.BREAKING THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO — FOREIGNERS IN FRANCE — THE BRITISH BATHER — NOTES FROM MR. PUNCH'S FOREIGN SKETCH-BOOK — L'ANGLAIS FIN-DE-SIÈCLE
  5. 5.A ROMAN HOLIDAY — FROM "LA CÔTE D'AZUR" — O FLATTERY, THY NAME IS FRENCHWOMAN! — OUR COMPATRIOTS ABROAD
  6. 6.WONDERS OF THE WORLD ABROAD — L'AXONG D'ALBIONG — BREAKING THE ICE — "TIP" NOT GOOD ENOUGH — 'ARRY IN 'OLLAND — A BATH AT BOULOGNE — "STRANGERS YET"
  7. 7.AN IDYLLIC ISLAND
  8. 8.COURTESY À LA SUISSE — PERFECT TRANSLATION — A SKETCH AT TROUDEAUVILLE
  9. 9.THE DAMSELS OF DIEPPE — "NO PLACE LIKE HOME!" — STUDY AT A QUIET FRENCH WATERING-PLACE — SIR GORGIUS ON THE "CONTINONG"
  10. 10.VENEZIA LA BELLA — 'ARRY IN 'OLLAND — L'EMBARRAS DES RICHESSES. AT THE CAFÉ DES AMBASSADEURS
  11. 11.'ARRY IN SWITZERLAND — "'E DUNNO OÙ IL EST!"
  12. 12.SUR LA PLAGE — AN OLD FASHIONED WATERING-PLACE — 'ARRY IN ST. PETERSBURG — A LITTLE DUOLOGUE ON THE QUAY AT BOULOGNE-SUR-MER — HARRY'S SON'S HOLIDAY REMINISCENCES—SWITZERLAND
  13. 13.WHAT TOURISTS NOTE — A SCENE AT THE "LUCULLUS" — 'ARRY AND 'ARRIET IN FRANCE
  14. 14.BEAUTIES OF BOLOGNA — UN BON MAUVAIS QUART D'HEURE — "IN SUNNY NORMANDY" — POP! POP! — SUCCESSFUL SANITATION — A CONTINENTAL TRIP
  15. 15.MRS. R. ON BOULOGNE-SUR-MER — ENGLISH AS SHE IS WRITTEN
  16. 16.LINES ON (AND OFF) AN ITALIAN MULE — "ASTONISHING THE NATIVES"
  17. 17.IN RE THE RIGI — PROVINCIAL MOSSOOS IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST
  18. 18.MUDDY MILAN — A CHOICE OF IDIOMS
  19. 19.THEN AND NOW — ALTOGETHER SATISFACTORY — A MOUNTAINEERING INCIDENT — TOURING IN ALGIERS — MR. 'ARRY BELVILLE, ON THE CONTINENT GENERALLY — MONSIEUR, MADAME, ET BÉBE
  20. 20.ADVICE TO ENGLISHMEN ABROAD — RECOLLECTIONS FROM ABROAD (FREE TRANSLATION)
  21. 21.AN ALPINE RAILWAY — WHY WE ARE SO BELOVED ON THE CONTINENT
  22. 22.ROUNDABOUT READINGS — CONSEQUENCES OF THE TOWER OF BABEL — OUR COUNTRYWOMEN IN PARIS
  23. 23.ENGLISH AS SHE IS WRIT — ON THE RIVIERA — THE TIME-HONOURED BRITISH THREAT
  24. 24.TONGUES FOR TOURISTS — AT BULLONG — FRENCH AS SHE IS SPOKE — KNOCKED 'EM IN THE OLD GHENT ROAD
  25. 25.FLORENCE IN THE FUTURE — OUR COUNTRYMEN ABROAD
  26. 26.OBJECTIONS TO PLACES — AT A FRENCH HOTEL — A FRENCH CIRCE
  27. 27.TALK FOR TRAVELLERS — OUR COUNTRYMEN ABROAD
  28. 28.INTO SPAIN — OVERHEARD NEAR BERGEN — (THE IDEAL) THE MERRY SWISS BOY (THE REAL) — (THE IDEAL) THE MERRY SWISS GIRL (THE REAL)
  29. 29.THE TOURIST'S BOOK OF FATE — GOING TO THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS AT NICE — SUDDEN INTERRUPTION OF THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS AT NICE. "SAUVE QUI PEUT!" — "L'ENTENTE CORDIALE"
  30. 30.REGRETS EN ROUTE — Mems for Travellers on the Continent. — A REMINDER
  31. 31.HOLIDAY HINTS — AN INNOCENT OFFENDER — 'ARRY'S AND 'ARRIET'S 'OLIDAY TRIP
  32. 32.The Ideal Equipment — The Needs of Paris — A Sensible Swiss Outfit — National Costume — The Tyrol and Italy. — A STAGGERER!
  33. 33.WHERE TO GO — THE "MERRY SWISS BOY"
  34. 34.THE REAL SWISS BOY
  35. 35.VENICE UNPRESERVED — THE MERRY SWISS LANDLORD TO THE TRAVELLER WHO HAS BEEN PLUNDERED — THE RETURN OF THE TOURIST — ADVANTAGES OF A CLASSICAL EDUCATION
  36. 36.FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  37. 37.THE BELFRY OF BRUGES OVERLOOKED — SIX OF ONE, HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER — A VIEW ON THE FRENCH COAST
  38. 38.A VIEW ON THE FRENCH COAST — 'ARRY'S 'OLIDAY; B'LOGNE AND BACK — HARRY'S SON'S HOLIDAY REMINISCENCES—HOLLAND — 'ARRY ON THE BOULEVARDS
  39. 39.ON THE CHEAP — A DECLARATION INDEED! — LE PIED ANGLAIS — AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION
  40. 40.TOASTS FOR TRAVELLERS — FINIS — Transcriber's Note:

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