The Scientific American Handbook of Travel

About this eBook

Editor

Hopkins, Albert A. (Albert Allis), 1869-1939

Title

The Scientific American handbook of travel : With hints for the ocean voyage, for European tours and a practical guide to London and Paris.

Original Publication

New York: Munn & Co. Inc., 1910.

Credits

Chris Curnow, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Europe -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79935

Release Date

November 6, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Scientific American Handbook of Travel
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PLANNING THE TRIP. — SEASON AND CLIMATE. — THERMOMETER SCALES. — COMPARATIVE SCALES OF THERMOMETER. — FEES AT PRIVATE HOUSES IN ENGLAND. — MEAN TEMPERATURE DURING EACH MONTH ( Fahrenheit ). — DRINKING WATER AND MEDICINES. — TIME. — INFORMATION AS TO TIME. — MEMORANDA FOR THE YEAR 1910. — CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1910. — MEMORANDA FOR THE YEAR 1911. — CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1911. — JEWISH CALENDAR (A.D. 1910, A.M. 5670-5671). — MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR (A.D. 1910, A.H. 1328). — GREEK & RUSSIAN CALENDAR. — JULIAN CALENDAR. — PRELIMINARY READING. — GUIDE BOOKS. — COURIERS. — INTERPRETERS. — TRAVELERS’ VOCABULARY. — PASSPORTS. — COST OF EUROPEAN TRIP. — INDEPENDENT TOURS. — A SPECIMEN TOUR FIRST AND SECOND CLASS WITH EXTRA TIME EXTENSION. — LANGUAGE. — A “GRAND TOUR”. — PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS. — EDUCATIONAL TOURS. — BARGAINING. — STEAMSHIP OFFICES. — STEAMSHIP COMPANIES IN BOSTON. — STEAMSHIP LINES, OFFICES AND PIERS, PORT OF NEW YORK. — CONSULATES IN NEW YORK. — PIER PERMITS. — VISITING STEAMSHIPS. — HOW TO GET TO HOBOKEN. — ENGAGING STEAMSHIP PASSAGE. — TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CABIN AND STEERAGE PASSENGERS LANDED AT PORT OF NEW YORK DURING THE YEAR 1909 BY THE FOLLOWING STEAMSHIP LINES. — TERMINAL PORTS AND PORTS OF CALL OF PRINCIPAL TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. — THE SECOND CABIN. — 3RD CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS. — STEERAGE. — SAMPLE BILL OF FARE FOR ONE DAY. — LOWEST OCEAN RATES To and from New York, English and Continental Ports. — HOW TO CARRY FUNDS. — LETTERS OF CREDIT. — CIRCULAR NOTES. — CURRENCY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. — FUNDS ON BOARD. — STEAMSHIP COMPANY CHECKS. — EXPRESS CHEQUES. — SENDING LETTERS ABROAD. — CLOTHING. — LADIES’ LIST OF THINGS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. — TOILET ARTICLES. — GENTLEMEN’S LIST OF THINGS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. — EVENING WEAR. — FOR STEAMER. — TOILET REQUISITES. — STEAMER TRUNKS. — STEAMER RUGS. — CAMERAS AND FIELD GLASSES. — DARK ROOM. — CABLE RATES FROM N.Y. — REGISTERED CABLE ADDRESS. — TRAVELERS’ CIPHER CODE. — TELEGRAPH AND CABLE INFORMATION. — THE PREPARATION OF DOMESTIC TELEGRAPH MESSAGES. — PREPARATION OF CABLE MESSAGES. — SENDING CABLEGRAMS ON LANDING. — MONEY BY TELEGRAPH. — TELEGRAPH RATES—NORTH AMERICA. BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND PLACES IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA. — MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE. — WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. — WIRELESS INFORMATION. — PARTIAL LIST OF MARCONI TELEGRAPH OFFICES ON SHIPBOARD. — UNITED WIRELESS. — THE DAY BEFORE SAILING. — UNITED WIRELESS COMPANY’S ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST STATIONS. — SHIPS EQUIPPED WITH UNITED WIRELESS SYSTEM—ATLANTIC, GULF. — BAGGAGE. — EXCESS BAGGAGE. — ARTICLES NOT ACCEPTED AS BAGGAGE. — BICYCLES. — TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS. — DOGS. — PLANTS. — BAGGAGE INSURANCE. — STORAGE AND FORWARDING OF BAGGAGE. — CHECKING OF BAGGAGE IN BOND. — STORAGE CHARGES. — EXPRESS RATES. — OCEAN EXPRESS TARIFF FOR SMALL SHIPMENTS. — HAND BAGGAGE, ETC. — MISDESCRIPTION OF FURS. — SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO AND FROM EUROPE.
5. 5.PART II. THE VOYAGE. — PASSENGERS’ QUARTERS. — VALUABLES. — SEATS AT TABLE. — STEAMER CHAIRS. — PACKAGES DELIVERED ON STEAMER. — CHANGE OF TIME. — TIME AND WATCH ON BOARD SHIP. — MEAL HOURS AT SEA. — CULINARY DEPARTMENT. — SMOKING ROOM. — THE BARBER. — BATHS. — LETTERS FOR RETURN BY PILOT. — TOILET ACCOMMODATIONS. — HAIR DRESSING AND MANICURING. — BEDDING. — DEPARTMENT STORE. — FRESH FLOWERS. — READING MATTER. — WRITING MATERIALS. — FANCY WORK FOR LADIES. — CLOTHES PRESSING. — LAUNDRY WORK. — WIRELESS TELEGRAPH. — DAILY NEWSPAPER. — STOCK REPORTS. — GYMNASIUM. — DIVINE SERVICE. — TYPEWRITER. — DECK GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. — THE POOL OF THE SHIP’S RUN. — “DECK QUOITS.” — “BULL BOARD.” — RULES FOR PLAYING SHUFFLE-BOARD. — MUSIC. — CONCERTS. — AMERICA. — THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. — GOD SAVE THE KING. — RULE, BRITANNIA. — THE MARSEILLAISE. — THE WATCH ON THE RHINE. — DIE WACHT AM RHEIN. — SEASICKNESS. — GETTING THE “SEA LEGS”. — DEATH OF PASSENGERS. — NURSE. — FEES. — OCEAN STOP-OVER. — FOREIGN CUSTOMS. — THE SEA POST OFFICE. — CIGARS. — SHORT DAY TOURS FROM LONDON.
6. 6.PART III. THE SHIP. — THE PRINCIPLES OF SHIP DESIGN. — THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHIP. — SAFETY AT SEA. — EQUIPMENT OF THE VESSEL. — THE WORK OF THE SHIP. — STEAMSHIP BUILDERS. — WORLD COMMERCE IN 1909.
7. 7.THE OCEAN AND NAVIGATION. — NAVIGATION. — THE COMPASS CARD. — THE PATENT LOG. — NORTH ATLANTIC ICE MOVEMENTS. — THE ORIGIN OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC ICE. — THE AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION OF ICE FROM THE ARCTIC REGION. — ICEBERGS. — FIELD ICE. — SIGNALS IN RELATION TO ICE. — LANES FOR ATLANTIC STEAMERS. — WESTBOUND. From 15th January to 14th August, Both Days Inclusive. — From 15th August to 14th January, Both Days Inclusive. — EASTBOUND. From 15th January to 23rd August, Both Days Inclusive. — From 24th August to 14th January, Both Days Inclusive. — BRIEF RULES FOR THE USE OF OIL TO PROTECT VESSELS IN STORMY WATERS. — GREAT CIRCLE SAILING. — WHAT IS LLOYD’S? — LLOYD’S REGISTER OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. — USE OF OIL TO CALM THE SEA. — HEIGHT OF WAVES. — OCEAN CLIMBING. — BUOYS. — NAUTICAL TERMS. — TABLE SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE HORIZON AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. — A FEW FIGURES ABOUT BRITISH LIGHTS. — Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. — Commissioners of Irish Lights. — TRINITY HOUSE. — STARBOARD AND PORT. — PLIMSOLL MARK. — KNOTS AND HITCHES. — FISHES OF THE DEEP SEA. — ANIMALS OBSERVED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. — FLAG SIGNALS ADOPTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CODE SIGNAL BOOK. — DISTRESS SIGNALS. — SPECIAL DISTANT SIGNALS. — THESE SIGNALS MAY BE MADE BY THE SEMAPHORE, BY CONES, BALLS AND DRUMS, OR BY SQUARE FLAGS, BALLS, PENNANTS AND WHEFTS. — THE FOLLOWING DISTANT SIGNALS MADE WITH FLAG AND BALL, OR PENNANT AND BALL, HAVE THE SPECIAL SIGNIFICATION INDICATED BENEATH THEM. — SEMAPHORES. — BOAT SIGNALS. — CYCLONES. — LIFE-SAVING SIGNALS. — THE WEATHER BUREAU. — LIST OF WEATHER BUREAU STATIONS ON THE UNITED STATES SEACOAST TELEGRAPHIC LINES. — DISTANT SIGNALS. — SUBMARINE SOUND SIGNALS. — COMPLETE LIST OF SUBMARINE SIGNAL STATIONS. — UNITED STATES — CANADA — ENGLAND — GERMANY — SPAIN — FRANCE — HOLLAND — BELGIUM — DENMARK — SWEDEN — NIGHT SIGNALS OF TRANSATLANTIC LINES.
8. 8.STATISTICAL INFORMATION. — LARGEST STEAMSHIP OWNERS IN THE WORLD. — NUMBER AND NET AND GROSS TONNAGE OF STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS OF OVER 100 TONS, OF THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, AS RECORDED IN LLOYD’S REGISTER FOR 1909-10. — FROM STEAM PACKET TO STEAM PALACE. — Reduction of Passage. — Progress in Length. — OCEAN STEAMERS. 20 Knots and over. In order of Tonnage. — VESSELS 10,000 TONS AND OVER. Speed under 20 Knots. — THE FOLLOWING TABLE CLASSIFIES OCEAN VESSELS IN 1909 ACCORDING TO SPEED AND FLAG. — THE WORLD’S LARGE AND FAST OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. — FIRST STEAMBOATS, PIONEER SAILINGS, AND EARLIEST LINES. — REGISTERED STEAM VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES ON JUNE 30, 1909, OF 5,000 TONS OR OVER. — DIMENSIONS OF THE LARGEST FAST OCEAN STEAMERS. — TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGER STEAMERS FROM NEW YORK. — TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGER STEAMERS FROM PORTS OTHER THAN NEW YORK. — STEAMSHIP RECORDS AND CASUALTIES. — STEAMSHIP RECORDS. — STEAMSHIP DISASTERS OF RECENT YEARS. — DIMENSIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL DOMES. — HEIGHT OF OFFICE BUILDINGS. — HEIGHT OF COLUMNS, SPIRES AND TOWERS. — THE WEIGHT OF BELLS. — LENGTH OF A FEW CELEBRATED BRIDGES. — SUPPLIES OF THE “DEUTSCHLAND”. — PROVISIONING THE “KRONPRINZ WILHELM” FOR A SINGLE TRANSATLANTIC TRIP. — DEPARTURES OF PASSENGERS FROM THE SEAPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES, ETC., 1868 TO 1908: Distinguishing Sex, Children or Adults, and Portion of Ship Occupied . — THE FRENCH REPUBLICAN CALENDAR. — AROUND THE WORLD IN THIRTY-EIGHT DAYS! — TOTAL PASSENGERS (INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS) ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, N.Y. — THE FUNNEL MARKS OF TRANSATLANTIC LINES. — CABLES OWNED BY NATIONS. — THE SUBMARINE CABLES OF THE WORLD. — RAILROADS OF THE WORLD. — LONG RAILWAY TUNNELS. — POPULATION OF THE WORLD. — DENSITY OF POPULATION. — RAILWAY SPEED IN ENGLAND. — PANAMA, SUEZ, AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ROUTES. — TURBINE ENGINES. — AREA, POPULATION AND COMMERCE OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. — POPULATION OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. — LONDON IN 1910 AND 1920. — DISTANCES IN KNOTS OR NAUTICAL MILES. — THE FOLLOWING TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK AND FROM LIVERPOOL TO BOSTON. — TABLE OF NAUTICAL MILES. — DISTANCES BETWEEN LIGHT VESSELS AND HEADLANDS IN THE IRISH AND ST. GEORGE’S CHANNELS FROM LIVERPOOL TO FASTNET ROCK, VIA QUEENSTOWN. — DISTANCES IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BETWEEN BISHOP ROCK AND SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS VIA PLYMOUTH AND CHERBOURG (KNOTS OR NAUTICAL MILES). — DISTANCES IN ENGLISH CHANNEL BETWEEN BISHOP ROCK AND SOUTHAMPTON DIRECT AND BETWEEN BISHOP ROCK AND FLUSHING (FOR ANTWERP) IN KNOTS OR NAUTICAL MILES — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — LINEAR MEASURE. — LAND MEASURE (LINEAR). — LAND MEASURE (SQUARE). — CUBIC MEASURE. — DRY MEASURE, U.S. — LIQUID MEASURE, U.S. — APOTHECARIES’ LIQUID MEASURE. — OLD WINE AND SPIRIT MEASURE. — DIAMOND MEASURE. — TIME. — ANGULAR MEASURE. — GEOGRAPHICAL MEASURE. — NAUTICAL MEASURE. — PERPETUAL CALENDAR. — DISTANCES IN DETAIL OF AMERICAN LIGHTS. — TABLE FOR CONVERTING NAUTICAL MILES TO STATUTE MILES. — DECIMAL SYSTEM—WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENTS OF THE FRENCH (METRIC) AND ENGLISH MEASURES. — METRIC MEASURES. — KILOMETRES AND MILES. — TIME. — GUN SALUTES. — INFORMATION IN REGARD TO RELATIVE GRADES IN THE LINE OF THE NAVY CORRESPONDING WITH THOSE OF THE ARMY. — CONTINENTAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. — POSTCARDS. — THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE. — PHOTOGRAPHS. — DEPTHS OF PORTS OF THE WORLD. — MAIL USED PRINTED MATTER HOME. — POSTAL RATES IN GREAT BRITAIN. — LETTERS. — POSTCARDS. — BOOK PACKETS. — NEWSPAPERS. — PARCELS. — REGISTRATION. — STAMPS. — POSTAL ORDERS. — MONEY ORDERS. — FOREIGN & COLONIAL MONEY ORDERS. — TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS. — TELEGRAMS. — EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES. — LATE FEE LETTERS. — APPROXIMATE TIME BY POST. — REPLY COUPONS. — PACIFIC SAILINGS. — TUNNELS OF THE WORLD. — SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH. — THE PEERAGE. — THE HOUSE OF LORDS, — SCOTTISH AND IRISH PEERS. — THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. — ANNUITIES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. — DEATH ABROAD. — SHORT DAY TRIPS FROM LONDON. — A TABLE OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. — SOVEREIGNS OF SCOTLAND FROM A.D. 1057 TO THE UNION OF THE CROWNS. — KINGS AND QUEENS OF GREAT BRITAIN. — WELSH SOVEREIGNS AND PRINCES. — PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. — FRENCH DYNASTIES AND SOVEREIGNS. — GERMANY—AUSTRIA—HUNGARY. — PRUSSIA—GERMANY. — EMPERORS OF RUSSIA. — POPES OF ROME. — RADIO-ACTIVE SPRINGS IN ENGLAND. — THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
9. 9.THE ARRIVAL. — BRITISH PORTS. — QUEENSTOWN. — FISHGUARD. — HOLYHEAD. — LIVERPOOL AND RIVERSIDE STATION TO LONDON, ETC. — CHANNEL ROUTE. — PLYMOUTH TABLE. — PASSENGERS RETURNING FROM ENGLAND VIA PLYMOUTH. — SOUTHAMPTON. — LONDON. — PART II. CONTINENTAL PORTS. — CHERBOURG. — HÂVRE. — LANDING AT BOULOGNE-SUR-MER. — ANTWERP. — LANDING AT HOEK VAN HOLLAND. — LANDING AT ROTTERDAM. — BREMEN. — HAMBURG. — GLASGOW. — GENOA. — NAPLES. — ROME. — CUSTOM HOUSE REGULATIONS. — BAGGAGE REGISTERED OUTWARDS via DOVER. — UNITED STATES CUSTOM DUTIES. — U.S. GOVERNMENT CUSTOM CIRCULAR. — ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK. — COURTESIES OF THE PORT. — HIGHEST DAY’S RUN OF VESSELS 20 KNOTS AND BETTER. — HIGHEST SPEED.
10. 10.RAILWAYS. — RAILWAY TICKETS. — LOST TICKETS. — LOST PROPERTY. — CLOAK ROOMS. — ADMISSION TO STATIONS. — CARE OF PASSENGERS. — RAILWAY FARES. — APPROXIMATE RATES AND TIME. — CIRCULAR TICKETS. — TIME BY EXPRESS TRAIN FROM BREMEN TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL POINTS. — RAIL CONNECTIONS FROM GENOA. — CHILDREN’S TICKETS. — CHILDREN’S THROUGH BOOKINGS FROM LONDON. — PART II. RAILROADS BY COUNTRIES. — PORTERS’ FEES. — RAILROADS IN BELGIUM. — RAILROADS IN AUSTRIA. — RAILROADS IN FRANCE. — FRENCH RAILWAY TICKETS. — RESTAURANT CARS. — SLEEPING CARS ABROAD. — TIME BY EXPRESS TRAINS FROM PARIS TO THE FOLLOWING CITIES. — TIME-TABLES. — FRENCH TIME-TABLES. — LIVRET-CHAUX. — RAILWAYS IN GERMANY. — EXTRACT FROM THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RUNDREISE TICKETS. — GERMAN TIME-TABLES. — HENDSCHEL’S TELEGRAPH. — FURTHER ABBREVIATIONS. — “REICHS KURSBUCH.” — SPEED. — RAILWAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN. — JUNCTIONS IN ENGLAND. — PASSENGERS IN LONDON. — TIME FROM LONDON TO THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN ENGLAND. — LONDON-PARIS. — CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA ROUTES. — COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ENGLISH AND UNITED STATES MONEY. — RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN ENGLAND. — BAGGAGE. — LONDON-PARIS.—Routes, Fares and Distances. — RAILROADS IN HOLLAND. — ITALIAN RAILWAYS. — RAILROADS IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN. — RAILROADS IN RUSSIA. — THE TRANS-SIBERIAN. — RAILROADS IN SPAIN. — SWISS TICKETS.
11. 11.TOURS. — TOURS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. — LONDON TO LIVERPOOL. — LONDON TO QUEENSTOWN. — LONDON TO GLASGOW. — COMBINED TOURS. — LONDON—BACK TO LONDON. — SHORT DAY TRIPS FROM LONDON. — TOURS FROM GLASGOW TO WESTERN HIGHLANDS. — THE ENGLISH LAKES. — ROUTES THROUGH LAKE DISTRICT. — SIDE TRIPS THROUGH HOLLAND. — SIDE TRIPS THROUGH HOLLAND. — FIFTY INDEPENDENT TOURS THROUGH EUROPE. — Tour No. 1. — Tour No. 2. — Tour No. 3. — Tour No. 4. — Tour No. 5. — Tour No. 6. — Tour No. 7. — Tour No. 8. — Tour No. 9. — Tour No. 10. — Tour No. 11. — Tour No. 12. — Tour No. 13. — Tour No. 14. — Tour No. 15. — Tour No. 16. — Tour No. 17. — Tour No. 18. — Tour No. 19. — Tour No. 20. — Tour No. 21. — Tour No. 22. — Tour No. 23. — Tour No. 24. — Tour No. 25. — Tour No. 26. — Tour No. 27. — Tour No. 28. — Tour No. 29. — Tour No. 30. — Tour No. 31. — Tour No. 32. — Tour No. 33. — Tour No. 34. — Tour No. 35. — Tour No. 36. — Tour No. 37. — Tour No. 38. — Tour No. 39. — Tour No. 40. — Tour No. 41. — Tour No. 42. — Tour No. 43. — Tour No. 44. — Tour No. 45. — Tour No. 46. — Tour No. 47. — Tour No. 48. — Tour No. 49. — Tour No. 50. — “RUNDREISE” or CONTINENTAL CIRCULAR TOURS FROM LONDON AND PARIS. — CONTINENTAL CIRCULAR TOURS FROM LONDON. — ITALIAN CIRCULAR TOURS FROM PARIS. — Examples . — RUNDREISE OR CIRCULAR TICKETS FROM LONDON. — RUNDREISE OR CIRCULAR TICKETS FROM PARIS. — FRENCH CIRCULAR TICKETS. — FARES FROM PARIS. — MISCELLANEOUS FRENCH. — RHINE TRIPS. — ITALIAN CIRCULAR TOURS. — ROUTE I. — ROUTE III. — ROUTE V. — SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. — ENTERING FROM THE SOUTH. — ENTERING FROM THE NORTH. — KILOMETRICAL OR MILEAGE TICKETS. — PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED TRIPS TO THE ORIENT. — TOURS TO EGYPT, THE NILE, AND HOLY LAND. — TOUR NO. 1. — TOUR NO. 2. — TOUR NO. 3. — TOUR NO. 4. — TOUR NO. 5. — TOUR NO. 6. — WINTER TOURS TO ITALY, THE RIVIERA, TANGIER, SPAIN, ETC. — TOUR NO. 7. — TOUR NO. 8. — TOUR NO. 9. — TOUR NO. 10. — TOUR NO. 11. — TOUR NO. 12. — TOUR 14. CHINA, INCLUDING MANCHURIA, KOREA AND JAPAN. — TOUR 15. CHINA AND JAPAN. — TOUR 16. JAPAN. — TOUR 17. A NEW WAY AROUND THE WORLD. — EGYPTIAN TOURS—GERMAN SERVICE. — DESCRIPTION OF 20 DAYS’ NILE TRIP. — ROUND THE WORLD TOURS. — Tour One. — Tour Two. — Tour Three. — Tour Four. — Tour Five. — Tour Six. — Tour Seven. — Tour Eight. — Tour Nine. — Tour Ten. — Tour Eleven. — Tour Twelve. — Variations on Extra Payments.
12. 12.HOTELS. — HOTELS IN ENGLAND. — SWISS HOTELS. — LAUNDRY. — LAUNDRY LIST. — PART II. LIST OF 2,000 HOTELS. — LIST OF FIRST-CLASS HOTELS “A”. — Hotels at Special Rates. — Hotels at $3.00. — LIST “R”. Hotels at $1.85-$2.00. — SHORT DAY TRIPS FROM LONDON. — AUTOMOBILING IN EUROPE. — HIRING AUTOMOBILES. — HIRING AUTOMOBILES BY CONTRACT. — THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. — THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF LONDON. — International League of Touring Associations. — THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA. — FOREIGN MAPS, GUIDE BOOKS, ETC. — PERMITS. — CARRYING AUTOMOBILES ABROAD. — AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. — Rules of the Road. — How to Ship an Automobile Abroad by the North German Lloyd. — Triptiques. — TRANSPORT OF MOTOR-CARS BY SEA AND RAIL. — Boulogne-Folkestone Route. — SOUTHAMPTON TO HÂVRE, SOUTHAMPTON TO CHERBOURG, SOUTHAMPTON TO ST. MALO. — MILEAGE TABLES: — NEWHAVEN-DIEPPE ROUTE. — Per Cargo Steamer. — DOVER—CALAIS ROUTE. — Detailed Information Concerning Automobiles Abroad. — Austria-Hungary. — BELGIUM. — BRITISH ISLES. — TRANSPORT OF MOTOR-CARS BY RAIL IN FRANCE. — Motor Car Sign Posts. — Roads. — A.A. Village Signs. — DENMARK. — EGYPT. — FRANCE. — FRENCH FAMILY TICKETS. — Reimportation. — TECHNICAL TERMS. — WARNINGS ON THE ROAD. — AT A GARAGE — GERMANY. — GREECE. — HOLLAND. — ITALY. — LUXEMBOURG. — NORWAY. — PORTUGAL. — SPAIN. — SWEDEN. — RUSSIA. — SWITZERLAND. — SPORTS. — CYCLES IN EUROPE. — CONTINENTAL GOLF CLUBS.
13. 13.PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LONDON. — AMUSEMENTS. — HOTELS AND THEIR TARIFFS. — TEMPERANCE, PRIVATE, HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. — TIMES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION TO PRINCIPAL PLACES OF INTEREST IN LONDON. — POSTAL FACILITIES. — SOME PLACES AND HOUSES REFERRED TO BY DICKENS.
14. 14.PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PARIS. — CABS AND MOTOR CABS. — HOTELS. — OTHER HOTELS. — BOARDING HOUSES. — RESTAURANTS. — CAFÉS. — BRASSERIES. — WINE SHOPS. — BARS (ENGLISH AND AMERICAN). — PASTRY COOKS AND TEA ROOMS. — BANKS. — NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. — BELT (CEINTURE) RAILWAY. — FURNISHED APARTMENTS. — HORSE RACING. — LAVATORIES. — LOST AND FOUND. — MESSENGER BOYS. — NUMBERING THE STREETS. — OMNIBUSES AND TRAMWAYS. — POSTAL INFORMATION. — REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS. — SERVANTS. — TELEPHONES. — DEPARTMENT STORES. — DRESSMAKERS. — THEATRES. — THEATRES. — SPECTACLES—CONCERTS. — EXPOSITIONS. — PARIS NEWSPAPERS. — BERLIN.
15. 15.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — GUIDE BOOKS.
16. 16.SELECTED MOTOR AND CYCLE TOURS. — TOURS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
17. 17.INDEX. — MAPS OF PARIS SHOWING THE MÉTROPOLITAIN (SUBWAY) SYSTEM AND HOW TO SEE PARIS IN EIGHT DAYS — DAYS AND HOURS FOR VISITING THE PRINCIPAL Museums, Palaces, Libraries, and Galleries in Paris.

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