Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

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THREE YEARS IN EUROPE;

Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

by

W. WELLS BROWN A Fugitive Slave.

With

A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR

by

WILLIAM FARMER, Esq.

London: Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Street, Without. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd.

1852

[Illustration: W. Wells Brown.]

CONTENTS.

MEMOIR OF WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, Page ix-xxix

AUTHOR'S PREFACE, xxxi-xxxii

LETTER I.

Departure from Boston--the Passengers--Halifax--the Passage-- First Sight of Land--Liverpool, 1-9

LETTER II.

Trip to Ireland--Dublin--Her Majesty's Visit--Illumination of the City--the Birth-Place of Thomas Moore--a Reception, 9-21

LETTER III.

Departure from Ireland--London--Trip to Paris--Paris--The Peace Congress: first day--Church of the Madeleine--Column Vendome-- the French, 21-38

LETTER IV.

Versailles--The Palace--Second Session of the Congress--Mr. Cobden--Henry Vincent--M. Girardin--Abbe Duguerry--Victor Hugo: his Speech, 38-49

LETTER V.

M. de Tocqueville's Grand Soiree--Madame de Tocqueville--Visit of the Peace Delegates to Versailles--The Breakfast--Speechmaking-- The Trianons--Waterworks--St. Cloud--The Fete, 50-59

LETTER VI.

The Tuileries--Place de la Concorde--The Egyptian Obelisk--Palais Royal--Residence of Robespierre--A Visit to the Room in which Charlotte Corday killed Marat--Church de Notre Dame--Palais de Justice--Hotel des Invalids--National Assembly--The Elysee, 59-73

LETTER VII.

The Chateau at Versailles--Private Apartments of Marie Antoinette--The Secret Door--Paintings of Raphael and David-- Arc de Triomphe--Beranger the Poet, 73-82

LETTER VIII.

Departure from Paris--Boulogne--Folkstone--London--Geo. Thompson, Esq., M.P.--Hartwell House--Dr. Lee--Cottage of the Peasant--Windsor Castle--Residence of Wm. Penn--England's First Welcome--Heath Lodge--The Bank of England, 83-104

LETTER IX.

The British Museum--A Portrait--Night Reading--A Dark Day--A Fugitive Slave on the Streets of London--A Friend in the time of need, 104-116

LETTER X.

The Whittington Club--Louis Blanc--Street Amusements--Tower of London--Westminster Abbey--National Gallery--Dante--Sir Joshua Reynolds, 117-134

LETTER XI.

York-Minster--The Great Organ--Newcastle-on-Tyne--The Labouring Classes--The American Slave--Sheffield--James Montgomery, 134-145

LETTER XII.

Kirkstall Abbey--Mary the Maid of the Inn--Newstead Abbey: Residence of Lord Byron--Parish Church of Hucknall--Burial Place of Lord Byron--Bristol: "Cook's Folly"--Chepstow Castle and Abbey--Tintern Abbey--Redcliffe Church, 145-162

LETTER XIII.

Edinburgh--The Royal Institute--Scott's Monument--John Knox's Pulpit--Temperance Meeting--Glasgow--Great Meeting in the City Hall, 163-176

LETTER XIV.

Stirling--Dundee--Dr. Dick--Geo. Gilfillan--Dr. Dick at home, 177-184

LETTER XV.

Melrose Abbey--Abbotsford--Dryburgh Abbey--The Grave of Sir Walter Scott--Hawick--Gretna Green--Visit to the Lakes, 185-196

LETTER XVI.

Miss Martineau--"The Knoll"--"Ridal Mount"--"The Dove's Nest"--Grave of William Wordsworth, Esq.--The English Peasant, 196-207

LETTER XVII.

A Day in the Crystal Palace, 207-219

LETTER XVIII.