Seeing Europe through the Eyes of the Famous Authors (Vol 1-8)
Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Makepeace Thackeray, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Grant Allen, Bayard Taylor, Victor Hugo, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Augustus J. C. Hare, William Howitt, Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Summary
A two-fold purpose has been kept in view during the preparation of this book – on the one hand, to refresh the memories and, if possible, to enlarge the knowledge, of readers who have already visited Europe; on the other, to provide something in the nature of a substitute for those who have not yet done so, and to inspire them with new and stronger ambitions to make the trip. Contents: Great Britain and Ireland: London Cathedrals and Abbeys Castles and Stately Homes English Literary Shrines Other English Scenes Scotland Ireland France and the Netherlands: Paris The Environs of Paris Old Provence Cathedrals and Chateaux Various French Scenes Belgium Holland Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland: The Rhine Valley Nuremberg Other Bavarian Cities Berlin and Elsewhere Vienna Hungary Austria's Adriatic Ports Other Austrian Scenes Alpine Resorts Alpine Mountain Climbing Other Alpine Topics Italy, Sicily, and Greece: Rome Florence Venice Three Famous Cities Naples and Its Environs Other Italian Scenes Sicilian Scenes The Mainland of Greece The Greek Islands
