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 _SPECIAL EDITION_

 WITH THE WORLD'S
 GREAT TRAVELLERS

 EDITED BY CHARLES MORRIS
 AND OLIVER H. G. LEIGH

 VOL. III

 CHICAGO
 UNION BOOK COMPANY
 1901




 COPYRIGHT 1896 AND 1897
 BY
 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

 COPYRIGHT 1901
 E. R. DUMONT




[Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, CITY OF MEXICO]




CONTENTS.


 SUBJECT.                                AUTHOR.                    PAGE

 London, Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester,
     Liverpool                           OLIVER H. G. LEIGH            5
 Kenilworth and Warwick Castles          ELIHU BURRITT                25
 Windsor Forest and Castle               ANONYMOUS                    36
 The Aspect of London                    HIPPOLYTE TAINE              47
 Westminster Abbey                       NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE          56
 The Gardens at Kew                      JULIAN HAWTHORNE             64
 Chatsworth Castle                       JOHN LEYLAND                 75
 King Arthur's Land                      J. YOUNG                     84
 The English Lake District               AMELIA BARR                  93
 The Roman Wall of Cumberland            ROSE G. KINGSLEY            105
 English Rural Scenery                   SARAH B. WISTER             112
 The "Old Town" of Edinburgh             ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON      120
 In the Land of Rob Roy                  NATHANIEL P. WILLIS         129
 The Island of Staffa and Fingal's Cave  BERIAH BOTFIELD             140
 Ireland and Its Capital                 MATTHEW WOODS, M. D.        148
 From Cork to Killarney                  SARA J. LIPPINCOTT          157
 North of Ireland Scenes                 W. GEORGE BEERS             168
 Paris and Its Attractions               HARRIET BEECHER STOWE       178
 Travel in France Fifty Years Ago        CHARLES DICKENS             189
 From Normandy to Provence               DONALD G. MITCHELL          200
 A French Farmer's Paradise              M. BENTHAM-EDWARDS          211
 Cordova and Its Mosque                  S. P. SCOTT                 218
 The Spanish Bull-Fight                  JOSEPH MOORE                230
 Seville, the Queen of Andalusia         S. P. SCOTT                 238
 Street Scenes in Genoa                  AUGUSTA MARRYAT             249
 The Alhambra                            S. P. SCOTT                 257




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


VOLUME III

 THE CATHEDRAL, CITY OF MEXICO                            _Frontispiece_
 LONDON BRIDGE                                                        14
 BANK OF ENGLAND                                                      50
 WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND VICTORIA TOWER                                 62
 CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL FROM THE NORTHWEST                             114
 PRINCES STREET AND SIR WALTER SCOTT'S MONUMENT, EDINBURGH           122
 THE FORTH BRIDGE FROM THE NORTH                                     136
 CUSTOM-HOUSE, DUBLIN, IRELAND                                       150
 QUEENSTOWN HARBOR                                                   164
 GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PARIS                                            180
 THE LUMINOUS PALACE, PARIS                                          216
 THE GROTTO OF THE SIBYL, TIVOLI                                     250




 WITH THE WORLD'S
 GREAT TRAVELLERS.




THE WORLD'S GREAT CAPITALS OF TO-DAY.

OLIVER H. G. LEIGH.


LONDON.

To the ordinary eye the moon and stars have at least prettiness, perhaps
grandeur. To the trained astronomer, and the contemplative poet, the
mighty firmament overwhelms the mind with the sense of human inability
to grasp the vast. Knowing and loving the features and characteristics
of London as a lover those of his mistress, it can be imagined how such
a one despairs of doing justice, in a brief space, either to his subject
or his own sane enthusiasm. He would fain impart his knowledge, insight,
and what glimmerings of romantic fancy may add charm to the prosy
exposition, but the showman's harangue is received as art without heart.

London is a hundred captivating sights and themes for our hundred
capacities and moods. You go to it the first time with the child's
enviable eye-delight in novelty, and