How To See Europe on 50¢ a Day
A Tramp's Trip
1st Edition
Published on 26. May 2009
304 pages
978-1-62636-927-6 (ISBN)
Description
The original college-dropout backpacker that started it all-this traveler's classic is reissued here for the first time, and follows the adventures of Lee Meriwether in 1886 as he boards a steamer in Brooklyn and heads for Italy-to travel Europe on two quarters a day. Escaping a jail sentence in Italy for trying to sleep for free in the grounds of Pompeii and climbing into a volcano at midnight are just a few of the cheap adventures that Merriwether relates as he travels to Germany, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, and England, all the while commenting on the sights he sees with an eye for social justice and his own special brand of humor.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
- Table of Contents
- CHAPTER I. - THE STEERAGE TO NAPLES.
- CHAPTER II. - THE HOVELS OF NAPLES.
- CHAPTER III. - A NIGHT ON VESUVIUS, A NIGHT IN POMPEII, AND A NIGHT IN JAIL.
- CHAPTER IV. - THE CROOKED STREETS AND HANDSOME WOMEN OF CAPRI.
- CHAPTER V. - RULES FOR TRAMP TOURISTS.-HOW TO LOOK FOR A FOUR-CENT ROOM, AND HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY CENTS A DAY.
- CHAPTER VI. - A GALLERY OF SKULLS AND BONES.-IL SANTO BAMBINO.-A NEW ENGLAND LADY IN ST. PETER'S.
- CHAPTER VII. - ON THE TRAMP.-SCENES IN THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.-IN SEARCH OF A WIFE.-AMONG THE PEASANTS AND PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER VIII. - ITALIAN HIGH LIFE.-A CALL ON OUIDA.-TAKEN FOR A THIEF ON THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.
- CHAPTER IX. - AN ADVENTURE IN FLORENCE.
- CHAPTER X. - CURIOUS CARS.-THE ITALIAN RAILROAD SYSTEM.-A FUNERAL IN VENICE.-HOW GLASS EYES ARE MADE.
- CHAPTER XI. - THE STORY OF A RESTLESS TRAVELLER.-A PICKWICKIAN INCIDENT IN MILAN.-THE ROYAL FAMILY.-FAREWELL TO ITALY.
- CHAPTER XII. - ODD COMPANIONS.-AN ENTHUSIASTIC ITALIAN.-THE PROFESSOR.-CLIMBING THE ALPS.-THE SIMPLON PASS.-AN ENGLISH GIRL GIVES ME ALMS.-DIFFERENT SORTS OF TOURISTS : GERMAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH.
- CHAPTER XIII. - A TWO-CENT TRICK.-MUSICAL SURPRISES IN GENEVA.-BOGUS HISTORICAL RELICS.-ADVENTURES ON GLACIERS AND AVALANCHES.-PEASANT LIFE IN SWITZERLAND.
- CHAPTER XIV. - SCALING THE GRIMSEL PASS AT MIDNIGHT.-ECONOMY THAT LANDED US IN JAIL.-ARRESTED AS A DYNAMITER.-THE STORY OF A HAT.-GERMAN IDEAS OF ENGLISH.-SHUT UP WITH A LUNATIC.-A FLYING MENAGERIE IN BADEN-BADEN.
- CHAPTER XV. - AFOOT IN GERMANY.-POVERTY OF THE STUDENTS.-ADVENTURES OF A DUTCHMAN.-THE BOOZY LOVER.-MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
- CHAPTER XVI. - AMONG THE FACTORIES.-LIFE OF GERMAN MILL OPERATIVES.-HOW TO FORM A BEER "KNEIPER."-THE DEAD-HOUSE OF MUNICH.-ANECDOTES OF BAVARIAN PEASANTRY.-THEIR SUPERSTITION.
- CHAPTER XVII. - IN A SALT-MINE.-TWO THOUSAND FEET UNDER THE EARTH.-TROUBLES OF A PEDESTRIAN IN AUSTRIA.-I PERFORM IN THE OPERA BEFORE AUSTRIA'S EMPEROR.-A GRATIFYING SUCCESS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. - DOWN THE DANUBE.-BIG WORDS IN HUNGARY.-ABSURD DRESS OF THE PEASANTS.-MUD AND MINERAL BATHS.-THROUGH BULGARIA ON FOOT.-OUT OF FUNDS.-LOOKING FOR WORK.
- CHAPTER XIX. - THE STEERAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE.-A TURKISH FLIRTATION.-SEARCH FOR CHEAP QUARTERS.-THE GREEK RESTAURANT.-A BILL OF FARE IN FOUR LANGUAGES.-HOW I SAW THE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE FOR ONE HUNDRED PARA.
- CHAPTER XX. - SCENES IN STAMBOUL.-A TRIP TO ASIA MINOR.-THE HOWLING DERVISHES.-THEIR TERRIBLE RITES.-DINNER WITH A DAMASCUS SILK - MERCHANT.-CURIOUS CUSTOMS.-A MORMON MISSIONARY.-THE TURKS HARD TO CONVERT.
- CHAPTER XXI. - THE BLACK SEA.-DIFFICULTY IN LEAVING TURKEY AND ENTERING RUSSIA.-THE CZAR'S METHOD OF BUILDING RAILROADS: SIMPLE BUT INCONVENIENT.-PEASANTS AND PEOPLE.-CONDITION OF THE WORKING-CLASSES.
- CHAPTER XXII. - THE ELIXIR OF RAPIDITY: STRANGE STORY OF A RUSSIAN NIHILIST.
- CHAPTER XXIII. - IN THE HEART OF RUSSIA.-HOW TAXES ARE COLLECTED.-THE PILGRIM CHURCH AND THE WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD.-ARRESTED FOR WRITING IN MY NOTE - BOOK.-THE CZAR'S PALACE.-MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG.
- CHAPTER XXIV - STRIKING FEATURES OF A STRONG GOVERNMENT.-WHY YOU CANNOT LOSE YOURSELF IN BERLIN.-CHEAP LIVING IN THE GERMAN CAPITAL.-THE TOMB OF FREDERICK.-IN THE REICHSTAG.-BISMARCX AND THE EMPEROR.-MUSICAL NOTES.
- CHAPTER XXV. - AMSTERDAM.-A LONG SERMON.-HONORS TO AN ACTRESS.-STORY OF A DUTCHMAN'S NOSE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. - PEASANT LIFE IN BELGIUM.-CURIOUS IDOL IN BRUSSELS.-ITALY REVISITED.-THE POTENTIALITY OF A FLANNEL SHIRT.-OLD FRIENDS AND BEGGARS IN NAPLES.-FLOUNDERING IN FRENCH.-WHY PARIS IS MAGNIFICENT.-THE THIRD NAPOLEON.-PAT-RONIZING PARIS THEATRES TO AVOID BUYING FUEL.-A FUSSY ENGLISHMAN.
- CHAPTER XXVII. - FACTORY LIFE IN ENGLAND.-THE SPINNERS AND WEAVERS OF HALIFAX.-TABLE OF WAGES AND PRICES.-TIMIDITY OF LONDONERS.-FRIGHTENED BY TIN CANS AND OVERCOATS.-VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS.-HOW TO LIVE ON FOUR CENTS A. DAY.-AT THE GRAVE OF GOLDSMITH.-WRETCHED CONDITION OF LONDON DOCK-YARD LABORERS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. - ENGLISH ENGINES AND ROADS.-A SOCIALIST MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.-ODD ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF TEMPERANCE AND IRISH HOME RULE.-HINTS TO PEDESTRIANS.-SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF "THE TRAMP TRIP."
- APPENDIX.
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