CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Off for Europe-Parade in Chicago - Decorations of the

"Special"-Scenes in the Suburbs - Fun on Board-Recep-

tion in New York at the Grand Union Hotel—“Marching Down

Broadway"-Life on the Ocean Wave-A Sabbath at Sea —

Land, Ho! - Queenstown - Liverpool — Railway Traveling in

England - English Landscapes

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CHAPTER II.

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Arrival at York, and Reception by the Craft - The Old Roman

Wall-Historical Sketch of the Ancient Capital of the North-

St. Mary's Abbey-St. Leonard's Hospital-York Minster-

York and its Relations to Freemasonry Considered-Abstract

of the Address on Freemasonry of Rev. Sir S. W. Young-

M. de Lamartine on Freemasonry-Pope Leo XIII.'s Opinion

of the Order-Notice from the York Herald-Abstracts of Valu-

able Addresses on Freemasonry of Bros. Todd, Young and Bell

on the Institution of Freemasonry Delivered at Various

Periods - The Grand Masonic Banquet at York

CHAPTER III.

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Visit to Cambridge - Historical Sketch of the University-

How it is at Present Conducted - Cambridge Under-graduates,

and how they Live at the University-Trinity College-Ma-

caulay and Sir Isaac Newton-Other Distinguished Graduates—

Arrival in the World's Greatest Metropolis-On a Bus for

Hyde Park-Sights on London Streets-Hyde Park and Rot-

ten Row-The Princess of Wales and the Right Hon. W. E.

Gladstone" Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works" at Madam Tussauds'

Museum — Charles Dickens-Napoleon the Great - The Tower

of London - The Crown Jewels - Tower Green - The Waiter's

Gate-Tower Hill-St. Peter's Chapel .

62-90

CHAPTER IV.

St. Paul's Cathedral - Naval and Military Heroes-The

Whispering Gallery-Up into the Ball-Down into the Crypts-

Lord Wellington's Funeral Car-Some Stunning Statistics-

Westminster Abbey-The National Walhalla, or Temple of

Fame-Tombs of King, Warriors, and Statesmen - The Poets'

Corner - Gay's Epitaph - Shakespeare's Pall-bearer - Old

Pan's Tomb — The Savory Theater, and Miss Fortescue, Lord

Garmoyle's fiancée - Biggest Breach of Promise Verdict on

Record-The "Complete Letter Writer"-The Lord Chan-

cellor of England

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91-119

CHAPTER V.

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Off for the Continent and La Vie Parisienne — Hardships of

English "Drivers" and "Stokers"

Crossing the Channel-

American Boarding School patois and Parisian French Com-

pared-Tom Hood's Wholesome Advice to all Tourists who

do not Parlez vous Francais — Captain O'Shea's Trouble with

the "Lingo"-Boulogne and Bonaparte's "Army of En-

gland"-England's Imminent Danger at that Period-First

Impressions of Paris-Paris by Night—A French Dejeuner —

Excursion to Versailles-Site of the Execution of Jacques de

Molay French Gamins-"All the Glories of France"-The

Rooms of the Crusades-Gallery of the Empire - Gallery of

Battles-The Grand Fountain at Versailles - Grand Trianon—

Petit Trianon-The Gallery of Glass - Saint Cloud - The Arch

of Triumph-Eden Theater--The Madeleine-Notre Dame -

The Wonders of the Louvre.

120-151

CHAPTER VI.

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The Champs Elysees, a wonderful Cosmorama - Beautiful
Paris hard to Conceive as the Scene of the Reign of Terror
The Place de la Concorde-The Site of the Guillotine-Terri-
ble Catastrophe in Connection with the Celebration of the
Nuptials of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette - The Eight

CONTENTS.

Statues of the Place de la Concorde - The Tomb of the

Emperor Napoleon the Great-The Hotel des Invalides-

Napoleon's Old Veterans-The Column of July on the Site of

the Bastile-The Cemetery of Pére la Chaise-Wreaths of

Immortelles-Some Distinguished Dead — Marshal Ney — The

Pantheon-Rousseau and Voltaire - Mirabeau and Marat—

The Morgue-Pen Picture of the Temple- The Ancient Strong-

hold of the Knights Templars of France-Some of its Dis-

tinguished Inmates in Modern Times

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CHAPTER VII.

The Fall of Jerusalem-Its Possession by the Moslems-

William de Beau-Jeu Grand Master of the Templars at the Siege

of Acre and Death of William de Beau-Jeu-The Siege of

Acre - Valiant and Almost Unparalleled Bravery of the Knights

of the Red Cross and Knights Templars During the Siege - The

Temple House of Acre - William de Beau-Jeu Killed and Suc-

ceeded by Gaudini - Fall of Acre, and Flight to Cyprus of the

handful of Surviving Christian Knights Under the Grand Master

Gaudini - Death of Gaudini in 1295 and the Election of the

Illustrious Jacques de Molay as his Successor - Cyprus the

Stronghold of the Order-Character of James de Molay-

Alliance with Cazan Khan Emperor of Persia Against the

Moslems-Alliance, however, Produces no Great Results-

Conspiracy Against the Templars-James de Molay Betrayed

Into the Hands of Philip the Fair, King of France-Simul-

taneous Seizure of all the Strongholds of the Order in France

by Treachery-Cruel Imprisonment, and Torture of the Temp-

lars-Death at the Stake-End of James de Molay-Retribu-

tion-How the Order of the Templars was Preserved from

Extinction
178-212

CHAPTER VIII.

The Vendome Column-The Grand Opera House - L'Afri
caine-Goody-by to Paris - Fontainebleau -The Valley of the
Rhone-Arrival at Geneva-The Lake of Geneva Geneva the

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Early Beloved of Protestantism-The Birthplace of Rousseau,

and the Scene of John Calvin's Labors-Calvin's House -

Geneva Historically Considered - Various Sights of the City -

Residence of Many Persons noted in the History of Europe

Cathedral of Saint Pierre-Calvin the "Protestant Pope".

Some of his Sumptuary Laws-Calvin in the rôle of a Man-

Milliner-Scenes on the Lake - Visit to the Castle of Chillon -

Sketch of the Famous Prisoner, Bonnivard - How Byron Came

to Write the Poem-Lausanne, where Gibbon Finished the

"Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
212-246

CHAPTER IX.

Freigberg-Berme-The Lake of Thun-Interlaken, the

Saratoga of Switzerland - The Jungfrau-Swiss Carvings —

The Casino-Le Chevallier-Visit to the Mer de Glace at Grin-

denwald - Scenes Along the Valley of the Lutschine - The

Yodlyn - The Ranz des Vaches - Climbing the Glacier-Senator

Sawyer Affects a Sedan Chair-The Awful Silence of the

Alpine Peaks-The Avalanche - The Dangers of the Grinden-

wald Glacier- A Sabbath in Switzerland― Reunion of the Pil-

grims - The Lake of Brienz-The Geissbach Falls -A Beautiful

Valley - The Brunig Pass - Lake Lungern-The Sarner See-

Bonaparte's Timber Glide
247-272

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CHAPTER X.

The Lake of Lucerne - View of the City of Lucerne from the

Lake Rigi-Kulm and Mount Pilatus-The Scene of Tell's

Famous Exploits - The Lion of Lucerne - The Hofkirche of

Lucerne - Sketch of the Organization of the Swiss Confedera-

tion-The Death of the Gessler-Visit to Tell's Chapel-The

Spot where Gessler was Shot-Was Tell only a Myth-The

Tomb of Erasmus of Rotterdam at Bâle, with some Remarks on

Luther and Erasmus-Strasbourg and its Great Cathedral with

its Wonderful Clock-Its Marvelous Fortifications, and its

Strength as a Strategic Point - Gutenburg, the Inventor of

Printing

273-304

Heidelberg-Historical Sketch of the Palatinate-The

Castle - Michael Angelo's façade - View from the Parapet-

The Valley of the Neckar-The Big Tun-The Blown-up

Tower-The University-Worms, Immortalized by Martin

Luther - Parallel Between Luther and Erasmus in Regard to

the Part Each Played in Forwarding the Reformation-Die

Watcht am Rhein — Mayence - The Bridge of Boats-Bingen

on the Rhine-The Legend of Bishop Hattlo and the Mouse-

Tower-The Legend of the two Brothers, and the Beautiful

Hildegarde-Legend of the Sirens - The Fortress of Ehren-

breitstein-Rhine Scenery-Byron's Beautiful Farewell to the

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Rhine

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CHAPTER XII.

Cologne, and its Wondrous Cathedral- Matchless View from

the Graceful Spire - German Soldiers as Compared with the

Followers of the Marseillaise―The Church of Saint Ursula, and

the Legend of the Eleven Thousand Virgins - Panorama of the

Battle of Gravelotte-Aix-la-Chapelle, and the Tomb of Charle-

magne, the Great Emperor of the West, who was the Model

Exemplar of Napoleon the Great-Brussels-Picture Galleries-

Church of St. Gudolf-Brussels Lace-The Wiertz Museum-

The Hotel de Ville-The Mannikin - The Duchess of Rich-

mond's Ball-Visit to Waterloo-Sketch of the Battle - The

Duke of Wellington's Unfavorable Opinion of Napoleon, Whom

he Called "Jonathan Wild the Great"-One of the Napoleon's

Veterans Contra-Wellington Likened to Brutus, and Bonaparte

to Cassius, in Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar

CHAPTER XIII.

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The City of Antwerp-Cathedral Spire-Rubens' Master-
piece-The Descent from the Cross - The Ascent of the Cross-
Quenten Matsys-The Blacksmith Painter - Rubens - Van
Dyke-Picture Galleries -- Birthday of Henri Flamande, the
Flemish Poet-Panorama of Waterloo- Back Across the

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