ISBN: 9781231054482

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RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 328 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.7in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: . . . He was generally the last person to take the train, and often might be seen at the last moment carrying the luggage of some perplexed and belated woman, and finding her a place in a railway carriage. In consequence of one act of kindness of this sort he was left behind as the train moved off, and was obliged to follow later on a local express. The pilgrims were not inappreciative of all that he did, and their feeling took shape in the spontaneous and unanimous signing of an address which was presented to his grace by the Bishop of Nottingham as we were approaching the cliffs of Dover on our return. After passing through the famous Mont Cenis tunnel, enjoying the magnificent views of the snow-covered Alps, and getting a hasty lunch at Turin, we arrived at Genoa early on Thursday afternoon. We had the rest of the day to look about that bright and beautiful city. One pilgrim had not seen it since he spent a week in one of its noisome dungeons. He had been a Papal Zouave, and when the King of Naples took Rome, instead of sending to their homes the English and Irish Zouaves, as had been promised, they were thrown into prison in Genoa until finally released by English influence. On Friday morning we started once more toward Rome. For some hours the train followed the curving shore of the beautiful Mediterranean. The sun shone brightly, and the turquoise blue of the water, the glimpses of orange-groves and villas, of crags and cliffs, and clouds of spray from the waves as they broke upon the rocks, made altogether a picture of nature not easily forgotten. A short stay at Pisa, sufficient simply for lunch and a hurried visit to the cathedral and its famous tower, and we were off again. The journey was not without its minor incidents of a humorous nature. At Spezia, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<