LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I - SHIPWRECK.

       CHAPTER II - OUTWARD BOUND.

       CHAPTER III - THE UNTRAVELLED DEEP.

       CHAPTER IV - A NEW WORLD.

       CHAPTER V - LANGUAGE, LAWS, AND LIFE.

       CHAPTER VI - AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

       CHAPTER VII - ESCORT DUTY.

       CHAPTER VIII - A FAITH AND ITS FOUNDER.

       CHAPTER IX - MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.

       CHAPTER X - WOMAN AND WEDLOCK.

       CHAPTER XI - A COUNTRY DRIVE.

       CHAPTER XII - ON THE RIVER.

       CHAPTER XIII - THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT.

       CHAPTER XIV - BY SEA.

       CHAPTER XV - FUR-HUNTING.

       CHAPTER XVI - TROUBLED WATERS.

       CHAPTER XVII - PRESENTED AT COURT.

       CHAPTER XVIII - A PRINCE'S PRESENT.

       CHAPTER XIX - A COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT.

       CHAPTER XX - LIFE, SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC.

       CHAPTER XXI - PRIVATE AUDIENCES.

       CHAPTER XXII - PECULIAR INSTITUTIONS.

       CHAPTER XXIII - CHARACTERISTICS.

       CHAPTER XXIV - WINTER.

       CHAPTER XXV - APOSTACY.

       CHAPTER XXVI - TWILIGHT.

       CHAPTER XXVII - THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

       CHAPTER XXVIII - DARKER YET.

       CHAPTER XXIX - AZRAEL.

       CHAPTER XXX - FAREWELL!

      I. SHIPWRECK.

      II. OUTWARD BOUND.

      III. THE UNTRAVELLED DEEP.

      IV. A NEW WORLD.

      V. LANGUAGE, LAWS, AND LIFE.

      VI. AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

      VII. ESCORT DUTY.

      VIII. A FAITH AND ITS FOUNDER.

      IX. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.

      X. WOMAN AND WEDLOCK.

      XI. A COUNTRY DRIVE.

      XII. ON THE RIVER.

      XIII. THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT.

      XIV. BY SEA.

      XV. FUR-HUNTING.

      XVI. TROUBLED WATERS.

      XVII. PRESENTED AT COURT.

      XVIII. A PRINCE'S PRESENT.

      XIX. A COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT.

      XX. LIFE, SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC.

      XXI. PRIVATE AUDIENCES.

      XXII. PECULIAR INSTITUTIONS.

      XXIII. CHARACTERISTICS.

      XXIV. WINTER.

      XXV. APOSTACY.

      XXVI. TWILIGHT.

      XXVII. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

      XXVIII. DARKER YET.

      XXIX. AZRAEL.

      XXX. FAREWELL.

      CHAPTER I - SHIPWRECK.

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      Once only, in the occasional travelling of thirty years, did I lose any important article of luggage; and that loss occurred, not under the haphazard, devil-take-the-hindmost confusion of English, or the elaborate misrule of Continental journeys, but through the absolute perfection and democratic despotism of the American system. I had to give up a visit to the scenery of Cooper's best Indian novels—no slight sacrifice—and hasten at once to New York to repair the loss. This incident brought me, on an evening near the middle of September 1874, on board a river steamboat starting from Albany, the capital of the State, for the Empire City. The banks of the lower Hudson are as well worth seeing as those of the Rhine itself, but even America has not yet devised means of lighting them up at night, and consequently I had no amusement but such as I could find in the conversation of my fellow-travellers. With one of these, whose abstinence from personal questions led me to take him for an Englishman, I spoke of my visit to Niagara—the one wonder of the world that answers its warranty—and to Montreal. As I spoke of the strong and general Canadian feeling of loyalty to the English Crown and connection, a Yankee bystander observed—

      "Wal,

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