Practical Hints for Tourists Abroad and at Home

About this eBook

Author

Phillips, Morris, 1834-1904

Title

Abroad and at Home; Practical Hints for Tourists

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Travel -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53924

Release Date

January 8, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ABROAD AND AT HOME PRACTICAL HINTS FOR TOURISTS
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.LONDON ON WHEELS. ABOVE GROUND, ON THE GROUND, AND UNDER GROUND. — THE UNDER-GROUND LINES. — ELECTRIC LINES UNDER GROUND. — HANSOMS AND FOUR-WHEELERS. — HOW THEY DRIVE. — STREET CARS. — OMNIBUSES. — ON THE TOP OF A ’BUS. — THE CITY TRAFFIC. — ADVICE FROM CHARLES DICKENS.
5. 5.LONDON HOTELS. — THE LANGHAM HOTEL. — THE GRAND. — HÔTEL MÉTROPOLE. — HOTEL VICTORIA. — LONG’S HOTEL. — THE BRISTOL. — THE HOTEL ALBEMARLE. — THE BURLINGTON HOTEL. — THE SAVOY. — HOTEL WINDSOR. — BAILEY’S HOTELS. — IN JERMYN STREET. — THE NORFOLK’S MODERATE CHARGES. — THE FIRST AVENUE. — OTHER HOTELS. — A FEW BOARDING HOUSES.
6. 6.WHERE TO LUNCH IN LONDON, AND WHERE NOT TO LUNCH. — IN REGENT STREET. — THE GRILL ROOM OF THE GRAND. — SIMPSON’S DIVAN.
7. 7.RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND. — LUGGAGE AND BAGGAGE. — A ROYAL RAILWAY TRIP. — THE NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
8. 8.AN HOUR WITH SPURGEON.
9. 9.THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL’S.
10. 10.THE QUEEN’S MEWS.
11. 11.A QUESTION OF HATS.
12. 12.LONDON ODDITIES.
13. 13.POVERTY AND CHARITY IN ENGLAND.
14. 14.WHERE IS CHARING CROSS?
15. 15.MARGATE, AN ENGLISH WATERING PLACE.
16. 16.TWO BRIGHTON HOTELS.
17. 17.A VISIT TO BLEAK HOUSE.
18. 18.TAKIN’ NOTES IN EDINBORO’ TOWN.
19. 19.THE BURNS MONUMENT.
20. 20.RIGHT REVEREND THE MODERATOR, JAMES MACGREGOR, D. D.
21. 21.CROSSING THE CHANNEL.
22. 22.PARIS HOTELS. — THE GRAND HOTEL. — HOTEL CONTINENTAL. — HOTEL MEURICE. — HOTEL CHATHAM. — HOTEL BINDA. — HOTEL ANGLO-FRANÇAIS.
23. 23.PENSIONS OF THE FIRST CLASS.
24. 24.THE RESTAURANTS OF PARIS.
25. 25.THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BANKING CO.
26. 26.AU BON MARCHÉ.
27. 27.THE DE SOTO. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
28. 28.THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
29. 29.A NEW SOUTHERN RESORT.
30. 30.A CUBAN CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
31. 31.ST. AUGUSTINE.
32. 32.ABOUT TAMPA.
33. 33.MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.
34. 34.SAN DIEGO AND CORONADO.
35. 35.SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.
36. 36.REDONDO BEACH.
37. 37.PASADENA.
38. 38.LOS ANGELES
39. 39.THE CALIFORNIA.
40. 40.SALT LAKE CITY.
41. 41.THE AUDITORIUM HOTEL.
42. 42.MAX O’RELL ON AMERICAN HOTELS.

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