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                            NASBY IN EXILE:

                                  OR,

                         SIX MONTHS OF TRAVEL

                                  IN

             England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany,
                       Switzerland and Belgium,

                    WITH MANY THINGS NOT OF TRAVEL.

                                  BY

                            DAVID R. LOCKE,

                         (Petroleum V. Nasby.)

                        PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.

                          TOLEDO AND BOSTON:

                       LOCKE PUBLISHING COMPANY.

                                 1882.

                              COPYRIGHT,

                                 1882,

                          BY DAVID R. LOCKE.

                         ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

                     BLADE PRINTING AND PAPER CO.,
                        _Printers and Binders_,
                              TOLEDO, O.




PREFACE.


On the afternoon of May 14, 1881, the good ship "City of Richmond,"
steamed out of New York harbor with a varied assortment of passengers on
board, all intent upon seeing Europe. Among these was the writer of the
pages that follow.

Six of the passengers having contracted a sort of liking for each other,
made a tour of six months together, that is, together most of the time.

This book is the record of their experiences, as they appeared
originally in the columns of the TOLEDO BLADE.

It is not issued in compliance with any demand for it. I have no
recollection that any one of the one hundred thousand regular
subscribers to the TOLEDO BLADE ever asked that the letters that
appeared from week to week in its columns should be gathered into book
form. The volume is a purely mercantile speculation, which may or may
not be successful. The publishers held that the matter was of sufficient
value to go between covers, and believing that they were good judges of
such things, I edited the letters, and here they are.

The ground we went over has been gone over by other writers a thousand
times. We went where other tourists have gone, and what we saw others
have seen. The only difference between this book and the thousands of
others that have been printed describing the same scenes, is purely the
difference in the eyes of the writers who saw them. I saw the countries
I visited with a pair of American eyes, and judged of men and things
from a purely American stand-point.

I have not attempted to describe scenery, and buildings, and things of
that nature, at all. That has been done by men and women more capable of
such work than I am. Every library in America is full of books of that
nature. But I was interested in the men and women of the countries I
passed through, I was interested in their ways of living, their
industries and their customs and habits, and I tried faithfully to put
upon paper what I saw, as well as the observations and comments of the
party that traveled and observed with me.

I have a hope that the readers of these pages will lay the book down in
quite as good condition, mentally and physically, as when they took it
up, and that some information as to European life will result from its
perusal. As I make no promises at the beginning I shall have no
apologies to make at the ending.

It is only justice to say that much of the descriptive matter is the
work of Mr. ROBINSON LOCKE, who was with me every minute of the time,
and the intelligent reader will be perfectly safe in ascribing the best
of its pages to his pen.

I can only hope that this work, as a book, will meet with the same
measure of favor that the material did as newspaper sketches.

D. R. L.

_Toledo, Ohio, June 29, 1882._




ILLUSTRATIONS.


No.                                                                 PAGE

  1. FRONTISPIECE.
  2. The Departure                                                    18
  3. "Shuffle Board"                                                  22
  4. The Betting Young Man from Chicago                               24
  5. "Dear, Sea-sickness is only a Feminine Weakness,"                27
  6. Lemuel Tibbitts, from Oshkosh, Writes a Letter                   29
  7. Every Sin I Had Committed Came Before Me                         33
  8. Off for London                                                   35
  9. Public Buildings, London                                         36
 10. The Indian Policy                                                39
 11. The Emetic Policy                                                39
 12. A London Street Scene                                            45
 13. A London Steak                                                   50
 14. "And is the Them Shanghais?"                                     53
 15. Sol. Carpenter and the Race                                      60
 16. Leaving for the Derby                                            62
 17. By the Roadside                                                  64
 18. English <DW64> Minstrelsy                                         66
 19. The Roadside Repast                                              67
 20. The Betting Ring                                                 73
 21. "D----n the Swindling Scoundrel"                                 74
 22. Egyptian Room, British Museum                                    76
 23. A Bold Briton Trying the American Custom                         79
 24. A London Gin Drinking Woman                                      80
 25. The Poor Man is Sick                                             81
 26. "That <DW65> is Mine"                                            82
 27. St. Thomas Hospital                                              92
 28. Interior of a Variety Hall                                       95
 29. The Magic Purse                                                  98
 30. The Man who was Music Proof                                     100
 31. Madame Tussaud                                                  102
 32. Wax Figures of Americans                                        103
 33. "Digging Corpses is all Wrong"                                  105
 34. Improved Process of Burke and Hare                              106
 35. Isle of Wight                                                   107
 36. The London Lawyer                                               110
 37. The Old English Way of Procuring a Loan                         118
 38. "Beware of Fraudulent Imitations"                               120
 39. The Old Temple Bar                                              122
 40. The Sidewalk Shoe Store                                         125
 41. "Sheap Clodink"                                                 127
 42. "Dake Dot Ring"                                                 133
 43. A Lane in Camberwell                                            135
 44. The Tower of London                                             136
 45. The Jewel Tower                                                 140
 46. Sir Magnus' Men                                                 142
 47. Horse Armory                                                    144
 48. St. John's Chapel                                               145
 49. St. Thomas' Tower                                               146
 50. General View of the Tower                                       147
 51. The Bloody Tower                                                148
 52. Drowning of Clarence in a Butt of Wine                          149
 53. The Byward Tower from the East                                  150
 54. The Beauchamp Tower                                             151
 55. The Overworked Headsman                                         152
 56. The Persuasive Rack                                             153
 57. The Byward Tower from the West                                  154
 58. The Middle Tower                                                155
 59. The Beef Eater                                                  156
 60. The Flint Tower                                                 157
 61. The Traitor's Gate                                              158
 62. What Shall We Do with Sir Thomas?                               159
 63. The Easiest Way                                                 160
 64. The Suits Come Home                                             163
 65. The Candle Episode                                              168
 66. The Little Bill                                                 169
 67. Getting Ready to Leave a Hotel                                  169
 68. The Last Straw                                                  170
 69. The Cabman Tipped                                               170
 70. The Universal Demand                                            171
 71. The Lord Mayor's Show                                           173
 72. A Second Hand Debauch                                           175
 73. The Anniversary Ceremonies                                      178
 74. In the Harbor                                                   179
 75. Isle of Wight                                                   182
 76. The Unfinished Entries in the Diary                             184
 77. Westminster Abbey                                               186
 78. Exterior of the Abbey                                           187
 79. Entrance to the Abbey                                           188
 80. The Poet's Corner                                               191
 81. Henry VII.'s Chapel                                             193
 82. Chapel of Edward                                                197
 83. Effigy Room                                                     200
 84. The Abbey in Queen Anne's Time                                  201
 85. "If She Ever Miscalculates She's Gone,"                         204
 86. The Death of the Trainer                                        206
 87. The Gorgeous Funeral Procession                                 207
 88. Monument to the Trainer                                         208
 89. The Side Show Zulu                                              210
 90. The Lost Finger                                                 212
 91. On the Thames                                                   218
 92. Sandwiches at New Haven                                         222
 93. Off Dieppe--Four A. M.                                          224
 94. "Have You Tobacco or Spirits?"                                  225
 95. Fisher Folk--Dieppe                                             227
 96. Fisher Women--Dieppe                                            228
 97. Fisher Boy and Child                                            229
 98. The Boys of Rouen                                               232
 99. Rouen                                                           233
100. The Professor Stood Before it                                   234
101. Cathedral of Notre Dame                                         235
102. House of Joan d'Arc                                             235
103. Harbor of Rouen                                                 236
104. St. Ouen--Rouen                                                 238
105. The Showman in Paris                                            240
106. Bloss' Great Moral Spectacle                                    241
107. Tower of St. Pierre                                             242
108. Old Houses--Rouen                                               242
109. The Professor's Spectacles                                      245
110. Old Paris                                                       246
111. Liberty, Fraternity, Equality                                   247
112. New Paris                                                       248
113. The Louvre                                                      250
114. A Boulevard Cafe                                                252
115. A Costume by Worth                                              253
116. A Magazine on the Boulevard                                     254
117. Mr. Thompson's Art Purchases                                    256
118. The American Party Outside a Cafe                               259
119. The Avenue de L'Opera                                           261
120. Cafe Concerts                                                   262
121. The Faro Bankeress                                              266
122. French Soldiers                                                 267
123. Parisian Bread Carriers                                         269
124. Queer--to Frenchmen                                             271
125. The Porte St. Martin                                            272
126. A Very Polite Frenchman                                         275
127. "Merci, Monsieur!"                                              277
128. Paris Underground                                               279
129. Interior of the Paris Bourse                                    280
130. The Arc du Carrousel                                            282
131. "How Long Must I Endure This?"                                  285