Three Years in Europe, by William Wells Brown, et al

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Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Title

Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

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E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Michael Punch, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France ( gallica.bnf.fr)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- Description and travel

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eBook-No.

15830

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15830

Release Date

May 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Michael Punch, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr) —
2. 2.THREE YEARS IN EUROPE; OR, PLACES I HAVE SEEN AND PEOPLE I HAVE MET. BY W. WELLS BROWN, A FUGITIVE SLAVE. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY WILLIAM FARMER, Esq. LONDON: CHARLES GILPIN, 5, BISHOPSGATE STREET, WITHOUT. EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD. 1852.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.MEMOIR OF WILLIAM WELLS BROWN.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.THREE YEARS IN EUROPE;
7. 7.LETTER I. — Departure from Boston—the Passengers—Halifax—the Passage—First Sight of Land—Liverpool.
8. 8.LETTER II. — Trip to Ireland—Dublin—Her Majesty's Visit—Illumination of the City—the Birth-Place of Thomas Moore—a Reception.
9. 9.LETTER III. — Departure from Ireland—London—Trip to Paris—Paris—The Peace Congress: first day—Church of the Madeleine—Column Vendome—the French.
10. 10.LETTER IV. — Versailles—The Palace—Second Session of the Congress—Mr. Cobden—Henry Vincent—M. Girardin—Abbe Duguerry—Victor Hugo: his Speech.
11. 11.LETTER V. — M. de Tocqueville's Grand Soiree—Madame de Tocqueville—Visit of the Peace Delegates to Versailles—The Breakfast—Speechmaking—The Trianons—Waterworks—St. Cloud—The Fête .
12. 12.LETTER VI. — The Tuileries—Place de la Concorde—The Egyptian Obelisk—Palais Royal—Residence of Robespierre—A Visit to the Room in which Charlotte Corday killed Marat—Church de Notre Dame—Palais de Justice—Hotel des Invalids—National Assembly—The Elysee.
13. 13.LETTER VII. — The Chateau at Versailles—Private apartments of Marie Antoinette—The Secret Door—Paintings of Raphael and David—Arc de Triomphe — Beranger the Poet.
14. 14.LETTER VIII. — Departure from Paris—Boulogne—Folkstone—London—Geo. Thompson, Esq., M.P.—Hartwell House—Dr. Lee—Cottage of the Peasant—Windsor Castle—Residence of Wm. Penn—England's First Welcome—Heath Lodge—The Bank of England
15. 15.LETTER IX. — The British Museum—A Portrait—Night Reading—A Dark Day—A Fugitive Slave on the Streets of London,—A Friend in the time of need.
16. 16.LETTER X. — The Whittington Club—Louis Blanc—Street Amusements—Tower of London—Westminster Abbey—National Gallery—Dante—Sir Joshua Reynolds.
17. 17.LETTER XI. — York Minster—The Great Organ—Newcastle-on-Tyne—The Labouring Classes—The American Slave—Sheffield—James Montgomery.
18. 18.LETTER XII. — Kirkstall Abbey—Mary the Maid of the Inn—Newstead Abbey: Residence of Lord Byron—Parish Church of Hucknall—Burial Place of Lord Byron—Bristol: "Cook's Folly"—Chepstow Castle and Abbey—Tintern Abbey—Redcliffe Church.
19. 19.LETTER XXIII. [A] — Aberdeen—Passage by Steamer—Edinburgh—Visit to the College—William and Ellen Craft. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.LETTER XIII. — Edinburgh—The Royal Institute—Scott's Monument—John Knox's Pulpit—Temperance Meeting—Glasgow—Great Meeting in the City Hall.
21. 21.LETTER XIV. — Stirling—Dundee—Dr. Dick—Geo. Gilfillan—Dr. Dick at home.
22. 22.LETTER XV. — Melrose Abbey—Abbotsford—Dryburgh Abbey—The Grave of Sir Walter Scott—Hawick—Gretna Green—Visit to the Lakes.
23. 23.LETTER XVI. — Miss Martineau—"The Knoll"—"Ridal Mount"—"The Dove's Nest"—Grave of William Wordsworth, Esq.—The English Peasant.
24. 24.LETTER XVII. — A Day in the Crystal Palace.
25. 25.LETTER XVIII. — The London Peace Congress—Meeting of Fugitive Slaves—Temperance Demonstration—The Great Exhibition: last visit.
26. 26.LETTER XIX. — Oxford—Martyrs' Monument—Cost of the Burning of the Martyrs—The Colleges—Dr. Pusey—Energy, the Secret of Success.
27. 27.LETTER XX. — Fugitive Slaves in England. — AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE WORLD.
28. 28.LETTER XXI. — A Chapter on American Slavery.
29. 29.LETTER XXII. — A Narrative of American Slavery.
30. 30.FINIS.

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