FOR TRAVELERS IN EUROPE AND THE EAST. BEING A GUIDE THROUGH GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, ITALY, EGYPT, SYRIA, TURKEY, GREECE, SWITZERLAND, TYROL, SPAIN, RUSSIA, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN. BY W. PEMBROKE FETRIDGE. WITH A RAILROAD MAP, CORRECTED UP TO 1868. SEVENTH YEAR. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. PARIS: GALIGNANI & CO., No. 224 RUE RIVOLI. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO. ; J. A. ADAMS, 59 FLEET STREET. THE Author of "Harper's Hand-book" wishes to inform all Hotel-keepers that favorable notices of their houses can not be obtained by purchase; that complaints of dishonesty or inattention, properly substantiated, will cause their houses to be stricken from the list of good establishments, which will be arranged alphabetically at the end of the book, corrected every year, by adding new houses and striking out the bad. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 151386 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1899. Favors from Travelers.-Although the Author of "Harper's Hand-book" has made arrangements to keep it as perfect as possible, and purposes devoting his time to that purpose, he would still be under many obligations to Travelers if they personally note any inaccuracies or omissions, and transmit them to him, either at the Grand Hotel, Paris, or to the care of his publishers, Harper & Brothers, New York. Blank leaves will be found at the end of the book for the purpose of noting any corrections. Advertisers wishing to discontinue their advertisements, must inform the Publishers on or before the 1st of March of each year, that the necessary alterations may be made in time for the New Edition. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern ΤΟ JOSEPH W. MILLER, Esq., IN WHOSE COMPANY THE AUTHOR VISITED THE RUINS OF BAALBEC; 66 ROAMED THROUGH THE CROOKED STREET CALLED STRAIGHT” OF DAMASCUS; BATHED IN THE JORDAN AT ITS SOURCE; AND FEASTED AT THE SUMMIT OF THE PYRAMIDS, THIS WORK IS Dedicated, IN REMEMBRANCE OF PLEASANT DAYS SPENT TOGETHER IN THE EAST, BY HIS FRIEND, W. PEMBROKE FETRIDGE. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH YEAR. THE remarkable success of "Harper's Hand-book" for the last five years has stimulated the publishers to renewed exertions to make it the most correct and useful work of the kind published. The author, who resides in Europe the greater portion of his time, has during the last year rewritten a great portion of the work, adding and correcting up to May, 1868, which is two years later than any European Hand-book published. The advantages of this are evident, as every few months there are new lines of railways being opened, bringing desirable places of resort within a few hours' time, which formerly took days to reach. As there is no yearly issue of any European Hand-book, it is the intention of the publishers to continue to publish a new edition every year, correcting up to the latest moment. |