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The Old World and Its Ways

The Old World and Its Ways

by William Jennings Bryan

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Author
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Title
The old world and its ways : describing a tour around the world and journeys through Europe
Credits
E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)
Language
English
LoC Class
G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject
Voyages around the world
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45376
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45376
Release Date
April 15, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE Old World and Its Ways — William Jennings Bryan
  2. 2.Author's Preface
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — CROSSING THE PACIFIC—HAWAII.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HOSPITALITY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — JAPAN—HER HISTORY AND PROGRESS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — INDUSTRIES, ARTS AND COMMERCE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND RELIGIONS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — EDUCATION AND RELIGION
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — KOREA—"THE HERMIT NATION."
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — CHINA—AS SHE WAS
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — CHINA—AS SHE WAS. — PART SECOND.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — EDUCATION, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — CHINA'S AWAKENING.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — CHINESE EXCLUSION [2]
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE PHILIPPINES—NORTHERN ISLANDS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE PHILIPPINES—THE MORO COUNTRY.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM—Continued.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — JAVA—THE BEAUTIFUL.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — NETHERLANDS INDIA.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — IN THE TROPICS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — BURMA AND BUDDHISM.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — EASTERN INDIA.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — HINDU INDIA.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — MOHAMMEDAN INDIA.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — WESTERN INDIA.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — BRITISH RULE IN INDIA.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — ANCIENT EGYPT.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — MODERN EGYPT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — AMONG THE LEBANONS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — THE CHRISTIAN'S MECCA.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — GALILEE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — GREECE—THE WORLD'S TEACHER.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE BYZANTINE CAPITAL.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — IN THE LAND OF THE TURK.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — HUNGARY AND HER NEIGHBORS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE DUMA.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — AROUND THE BALTIC.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — DEMOCRATIC NORWAY—HER SUN, HER SCENERY AND HER CORONATION.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — ENGLAND'S NEW LIBERAL GOVERNMENT.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — HOMES AND SHRINES OF GREAT BRITAIN.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. — GLIMPSES OF SPAIN.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. — A WORD TO TOURISTS.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. — AMERICAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. — WORLD PROBLEMS.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. — A STUDY OF GOVERNMENTS.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. — THE TARIFF DEBATE IN ENGLAND. [13]
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. — IRELAND AND HER LEADERS.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. — GROWTH OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
  54. 54.CHAPTER L. — FRANCE AND HER PEOPLE.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LI. — THE REPUBLIC OF SWITZERLAND.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LII. — THREE LITTLE KINGDOMS.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIII. — BELGIUM.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIV. — THE NETHERLANDS.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LV. — GERMANY AND SOCIALISM.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVI. — RUSSIA AND HER CZAR.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVII. — ROME—THE CATHOLIC CAPITAL.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII. — TOLSTOY, THE APOSTLE OF LOVE.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LIX. — NOTES ON EUROPE. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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