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ABROAD AT HOME

by

JULIAN STREET

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     THE NEED OF CHANGE

     Fifth Anniversary Edition. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg.
     Cloth, 50 cents net. Leather, $1.00 net.

     PARIS A LA CARTE

     "Gastronomic promenades" in Paris. Illustrated by May Wilson
     Preston. Cloth, 60 cents net.

     WELCOME TO OUR CITY

     Mr. Street plays host to the stranger in New York. Illustrated by
     James Montgomery Flagg and Wallace Morgan. Cloth, $1.00 net.

     SHIP-BORED

     Who hasn't been? Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. Cloth, 50 cents
     net.

     ABROAD AT HOME

     Cheerful ramblings and adventures in American cities
     and other places. Illustrated by Wallace Morgan. Cloth, $2.50 net.

     For Children

     THE GOLDFISH

     A Christmas story for children between six and sixty.
      Illustrations and page Decorations. Cloth, 70 cents net.

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[Illustration: The St. Francis at tea-time.--With her hotels San
Francisco is New York, but with her people she is San Francisco--which
comes near being the apotheosis of praise]

ABROAD AT HOME

American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street

With Pictorial Sidelights by Wallace Morgan







[Illustration]

New York
The Century Co.
1915

Copyright, 1914, by
The Century Co.

Copyright, 1914, by
P. F. Collier & Son, Inc.

Published, November, 1914




  TO MY FATHER
  the companion of my first railroad journey




The Author takes this opportunity to thank the old friends, and the new
ones, who assisted him in so many ways, upon his travels. Especially, he
makes his affectionate acknowledgment to his wise and kindly companion,
the Illustrator, whose admirable drawings are far from being his only
contribution to this volume.

--J. S.

New York,
October, 1914.




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                        PAGE

  STEPPING WESTWARD


        I STEPPING WESTWARD                         3

       II BIFURCATED BUFFALO                       21

      III CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS                40

       IV MORE CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS           48


  MICHIGAN MEANDERINGS

        V DETROIT THE DYNAMIC                      65

       VI AUTOMOBILES AND ART                      77

      VII THE MAECENAS OF THE MOTOR                91

     VIII THE CURIOUS CITY OF BATTLE CREEK        105

       IX KALAMAZOO                               121

        X GRAND RAPIDS THE "ELECT"                127


  CHICAGO

       XI A MIDDLE-WESTERN MIRACLE                139

      XII FIELD'S AND THE "TRIBUNE"               150

     XIII THE STOCKYARDS                          164

      XIV THE HONORABLE HINKY DINK                173

       XV AN OLYMPIAN PLAN                        181

      XVI LOOKING BACKWARD                        187


  "IN MIZZOURA"

     XVII SOMNOLENT ST