Pictures From Italy And American Notes For General Circulation - Taschenbuch

WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS, NKW ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION. VOLUME XT. PICTURES FBOM ITALY, AND AMBBICAN NOTES. CONTENTS. PICTUEES FROM ITALY. By Edwin P. Whipple ..... xi THM HEADERS PASSPORT . ....... I GOING TiniOTTGn FRANCE ..., . 4 LYONS, THE RHONE, AND THE GOBLIN OF AVIGNON . . . .12 AVIGNON TO GENOA .......... 21 GENOA AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD .. 26 TO PARMA, MODENA, AND BOLOGNA . . . . . 57 THKOUGH BOLOGNA AND FEURARA ...... 6t AN ITALIAN DEEAM .......... 72 BY VERONA, MANTITA, AND MILAN, ACROSS THE PASS OF THE SIMPLON INTO SWITZERLAND ....... 81 TO EOME BY PISA AND SIENA . ....... 97 BOMB ., ., . Ill 1 RAPED DIORAMA TO NAPLES ...., ... 156 NAPLES . ...... 15 POMPEII HERCTTLANEUM . . . . . . . 163 vi CONTENTS. PAGE A, RAPID DIORAMA continued - VESUVIUS ... 1G7 RETURN TO NAPLES 170 MONTE CASINO .174 FLORENOB .177 AMERICAN NOTES, CHAPTER I. GOING AWAY 185 II. THE PASSAGE OUT 193 III. BOSTON . 208 IV. AN AMERICAN RAILROAD. LOWELL AND ITS FACTORY SYSTEM 245 T. WORCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RXVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK 254 VI, NEW YORK . ., . . . . . 263 VII. PHILADELPHIA, AND 1T8 SOLITARY PRISON . . .281 VIII. WASHINGTON. THE LEGISLATURE. AND TEE PRESIDENTS HOUSE 297 IX. A NIGHT STEAMER ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. VIRGINIA ROAD, AND A BLACK DRIVER. RICHMOND. BALTIMORE. THE HARRISBURG MAIL, AND A GLIMPSE OF THE CITY. A CANAL BOAT 313 X. SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE CANAL BOAT, ITS DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND ITS PASSENGERS. JOURNEY TO PITTSBURG ACROSS THE ALEEC1HANY MOUNTAINS. PJLTT8BURG . . 830 CONTENTS. Vli IH. UTER PAGB XI. FROM riTTSBURG TO CINCINNATI IN A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. CINCINNATI 341 XII. FROM CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE IN ANOTHER WESTERN STEAMBOAT AND FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS INANOTHER. ST. LOUIS 350 XIII. A JATTNT TO THE LOOKING-GLASS PR A TRIE AND BACK . . 362 XIV. RETURN TO CINCINNATI. A STAGE-COACH RIDE FROM THAT CITY TO COLUMBUS, AND THENCE TO SANDUSKY. SO, BY LAKE ERIE, TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA .... 370 XV. IN CANADA TORONTO KINGSTON MONTREAL QUEBEC ST. JOHNS. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN LEBANON J THE SHAKER VILLAGE AND WEST POINT . . .387 XVI. THE PASSAGE HOME 405 XVII. SLAVERY . 413 CONCLUDING REMARKS - 429 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PICTURES FROM ITALY. PORTRAIT OF CHARLES DICKENS Frontispiece. CIVIL AND MILITARY 45 ITALIAN PEASANTS 68 THE CHIFFONIER 95 IN THE CATACOMBS ........... 132 AMERICAN NOTES. VIEW OF MR. DICKENSS RESIDENCE . 185 EMIGRANTS 192 THE SOLITARY PRISONER 200 BLACK AND WHITE 304 THE LITTLE WIF . ........ H