A Tramp Abroad Read online

  Produced by David Widger

  A TRAMP ABROAD BY MARK TWAIN

  By Mark Twain

  (Samuel L. Clemens)

  First published in 1880

  Illustrations taken from an 1880 First Edition

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  ILLUSTRATIONS:

  1.???PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR

  2.???TITIAN'S MOSES

  3.???THE AUTHOR'S MEMORIES

  4.???THE BLACK KNIGHT

  5.???OPENING HIS VIZIER

  6.???THE ENRAGED EMPEROR

  7.???THE PORTIER

  8.???ONE OF THOSE BOYS

  9.???SCHLOSS HOTEL

  10.??IN MY CAGE

  11.??HEIDELBERG CASTLE

  12.??HEIDELBERG CASTLE, RIVER FRONTAGE

  13.??THE RETREAT

  14.??JIM BAKER

  15.??"A BLUE FLUSH ABOUT IT"

  16.??COULD NOT SEE IT

  17.??THE BEER KING

  18.??THE LECTURER'S AUDIENCE

  19.??INDUSTRIOUS STUDENTS

  20.??IDLE STUDENT

  21.??COMPANIONABLE INTERCOURSE

  22.??AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE

  23.??AN ADVERTISEMENT

  24.??"UNDERSTANDS HIS BUSINESS"

  25.??THE OLD SURGEON

  26.??THE FIRST WOUND

  27.??THE CASTLE COURT

  28.??WOUNDED

  29.??FAVORITE STREET COSTUME

  30.??INEFFACEABLE SCARS

  31.??PIECE OF SWORD

  32.??FRENCH CALM

  33.??THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

  34.??A SEARCH

  35.??HE SWOONED PONDEROUSLY

  36.??I ROLLED HIM OVER

  37.??THE ONE I HIRED

  36.??THE MARCH TO THE FIELD

  39.??THE POST OF DANGER

  40.??THE RECONCILIATION

  41.??AN OBJECT OF ADMIRATION

  42.??WAGNER

  43.??RAGING

  44.??ROARING

  45.??SHRIEKING

  46.??A CUSTOMARY THING

  47.??ONE OF THE "REST"

  48.??A CONTRIBUTION BOX

  49.??CONSPICUOUS

  50.??TAIL PIECE

  51.??ONLY A SHRIEK

  52.??"HE ONLY CRY"

  53.??LATE COMERS CARED FOR

  54.??EVIDENTLY DREAMING

  55.??"TURN ON MORE RAIN"

  56.??HARRIS ATTENDING THE OPERA

  57.??PAINTING MY GREAT PICTURE

  58.??OUR START

  59.??AN UNKNOWN COSTUME

  60.??THE TOWER

  61.??SLOW BUT SURE

  62.??THE ROBBER CHIEF

  63.??AN HONEST MAN

  64.??THE TOWN BY NIGHT

  65.??GENERATIONS OF BAREFEET

  66.??OUR BEDROOM

  67.??PRACTICING

  68.??PAWING AROUND

  69.??A NIGHT'S WORK

  70.??LEAVING HEILBRONN

  71.??THE CAPTAIN

  72.??WAITING FOR THE TRAIN

  73.??A DEEP AND TRANQUIL ECSTACY

  74.??"WHICH ANSWERED JUST AS WELL"

  75.??LIFE ON A RAFT

  76.??LADY GERTRUDE

  77.??MOUTH OF THE CAVERN

  78.??A FATAL MISTAKE

  79.??TAIL PIECE

  80.??RAFTING ON THE NECKAR

  81.??THE LORELEI

  82.??THE LOVER's FATE

  84.??THE UNKNOWN KNIGHT

  85.??THE EMBRACE

  86.??PERILOUS POSTTION

  87.??THE RAFT IN A STORM

  88.??ALL SAFE ON SHORE

  89.??"IT WAS THE CAT"

  90.??TAILPIECE

  91.??BREAKFAST IN THE GARDEN 162

  92.??EASILY UNDERSTOOD

  93.??EXPERIMENTING THROUGH HARRIS

  94.??AT THE BALL ROOM DOOR

  95.??THE TOWN OF DILSBERG

  96.??OUR ADVANCE ON DILSBERG

  97.??INSIDE THE TOWN

  95.??THE OLD WELL

  99.??SEND HITHER THE LORD ULRICH

  100.??LEAD ME TO HER GRAVE

  102.??AN EXCELLENT PILOT, ONCE

  103.??SCATTERATION

  104.??THE RIVER BATH

  101.??ETRUSCAN TEAR JUG

  106.??HENRI II. PLATE

  l07.??OLD BLUE CHINA

  108.??A REAL ANTIQUE

  109.??BRIC-A-BRAC SHOP

  110.??"PUT IT THERE"

  111.??THE PARSON CAPTURED

  112.??TAIL PIECE

  113.??A COMPREHENSIVE YAWN

  114.??TESTING THE COIN

  115.??BEAUTY AT THE BATH

  116.??IN THE BATH

  117.??JERSEY INDIANS

  118.??NOT PARTICULARLY SOCIABLE

  119.??BLACK FOREST GRANDEE

  120.??THE GRANDEE'S DAUGHTER

  121.??RICH OLD HUSS

  122.??GRETCHEN

  123.??PAUL HOCH

  124.??HANS SCHMIDT

  125.??ELECTING A NEW MEMBER

  126.??OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

  127.??FRIENDS

  128.??PROSPECTING

  129.??TAIL PIECE

  130.??A GENERAL HOWL

  131.??SEEKING A SITUATION

  132.??STANDING GUARD

  133.??RESULT OF A JOKE

  134.??DESCENDING A FARM

  155.??A GERMAN SABBATH

  136.??AN OBJECT OF SYMPATHY

  137.??A NON-CLASSICAL STYLE

  138.??THE TRADITIONAL CHAMOIS

  139.??HUNTING CHAMOIS THE TRUE WAY

  140.??CHAMOIS HUNTER AS REPORTED

  141.??MARKING ALPENSTOCKS

  142.??IS SHE EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY

  143.??I KNEW I WASN'T MISTAKEN

  144.??HARRIS ASTONISHED

  145.??TAIL PIECE

  146.??THE LION OF LUCERNE

  147.??HE LIKED CLOCKS

  148.??"I WILL TELL YOU"

  149.??COULDN'T WAIT

  150.??DIDN'T CARE FOR STYLE

  151.??A PAIR BETTER THAN FOUR

  152.??TWO WASN'T NECESSARY

  153.??JUST THE TRICK

  154.??GOING TO MAKE THEM STARE

  155.??NOT THROWN AWAY

  156.??WHAT THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED

  157.??WANTED TO FEEL SAFE

  158.??PREFERRED TO TRAMP ON FOOT

  159.??DERN A DOG, ANYWAY

  160.??TAIL PIECE

  161.??THE GLACIER GARDEN

  162.??LAKE AND MOUNTAINS (MONT PILATUS)

  163.??MOUNTAIN PATHS

  164.??"YOU'RE AN AMERICAN--SO AM I"

  165.??ENTERPRISE

  166.??THE CONSTANT SEARCHER

  167.??THE MOUNTAIN BOY

  168.??THE ENGLISHMAN

  169.??THE JODLER

  170.??ANOTHER VOCALIST

  171.??THE FELSENTHOR

  172.??A VIEW FROM THE STATION

  173.??LOST IN THE MIST

  174.??THE RIGI-KULM HOTEL

  175.??WHAT AWAKENED US

  176.??A SUMMIT SUNRISE

  177.??TAIL PIECE

  178.??EXCEEDINGLY COMFORTABLE

  179.??THE SUNRISE

  180.??THE RIGI-KULM

  181.??AN OPTICAL ILLUSION

  182.??TAIL PIECE

  183.??RAILWAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

  184.??SOURCE OF THE RHONE

  185.??A GLACIER TABLE

  186.??GLACIER OF GRINDELWALD

  187.??DAWN ON THE MOUNTAINS

  188.??TAIL PIECE

  189.??NEW AND OLD STYLE

  190.??ST NICHOLAS, AS A HERMIT

  191.??A LANDSLIDE

  192.??GOLDAU VALLEY BEFORE AND AFTER THE LANDSLIDE

  193.??THE WAY THEY DO IT

  194.??OUR GALLANT DRIVER

  195.??A MOUNTAIN PASS

  196.??"I'M OFUL DRY"

  197.??IT'S THE FASHION

  198.??WHAT WE EXPECTED

  199.??WE MISSED THE SCENERY

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bsp; 200.??THE TOURISTS

  201.??THE YOUNG BRIDE

  202.??"IT WAS A FAMOUS VICTORY

  203.??PROMENADE IN INTERLAKEN

  204.??THE JUNGFRAU BY M.T.

  205.??STREET IN INTERLAKEN

  206.??WITHOUT A COURIER

  207.??TRAVELING WITH A COURIER

  208.??TAIL PIECE

  209.??GRAPE AND WHEY PATIENTS

  210.??SOCIABLE DRIVERS

  211.??A MOUNTAIN CASCADE

  212.??THE GASTERNTHAL

  213.??EXHILARATING SPORT

  214.??FALLS

  215.??WHAT MIGHT BE

  216.??AN ALPINE BOUQUET

  217.??THE END OF THE WORLD

  218.??THE FORGET-ME-NOT

  219.??A NEEDLE OF ICE

  220.??CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN

  221.??SNOW CREVASSES

  222.??CUTTING STEPS

  223.??THE GUIDE

  224.??VIEW FROM THE CLIFF

  225.??GEMMI PASS AND LAKE DAUBENSEE

  226.??ALMOST A TRAGEDY

  227.??THE ALPINE LITTER

  228.??SOCIAL BATHERS

  229.??DEATH OF COUNTESS HERLINCOURT

  230.??THEY'VE GOT IT ALL

  231.??MODEL FOR AN EMPRESS

  232.??BATH HOUSES AT LEUKE

  233.??THE BATHERS AT LEUKE

  234.??RATTIER MIXED UP

  235.??TAIL PIECE

  236.??A SUNDAY MORNING'S DEMON

  237.??JUST SAVED

  238.??SCENE IN VALLEY OF ZERMATT

  239.??ARRIVAL AT ZERMATT

  240.??FITTED OUT

  241.??A FEARFUL FALL

  242.??TAIL PIECE

  243.??ALL READY

  244.??THE MARCH

  245.??THE CARAVAN

  246.??THE HOOK

  247.??THE DISABLED CHAPLAIN

  248.??TRYING EXPERIMENTS

  249.??SAVED! SAVED!

  250.??TWENTY MINUTES WORK

  251.??THE BLACK RAM

  252.??THE MIRACLE

  253.??THE NEW GUIDE

  251.??SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES

  255.??MOUNTAIN CHALET

  256.??THE GRANDSON

  257.??OCCASIONLY MET WITH

  258.??SUMMIT OF THE GORNER GRAT

  259.??CHIEFS OF THE ADVANCE GUARD

  260.??MY PICTURE OF THE MATTERHORN

  261.??EVERYBODY HAD AN EXCUSE

  262.??SPRUNG A LEAK

  263.??A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION

  264.??A TERMINAL MORAINE

  265.??FRONT OF GLACIER

  266.??AN OLD MORAINE

  267.??GLACIER OF ZERMATT WITH LATERAL MORAINE

  269.??UNEXPECTED MEETING OF FRIENDS

  269.??VILLAGE OF CHAMONIX

  270.??THE MATTERHORN

  271.??ON THE SUMMIT

  272.??ACCIDENT ON THE MATTERHORN (1865)

  273.??ROPED TOGETHER

  274.??STORAGE OF ANCESTORS

  275.??FALLING OUT OF HIS FARM

  276.??CHILD LIFE IN SWITZERLAND

  277.??A SUNDAY PLAY

  278.??THE COMBINATION

  279.??CHILLON

  280.??THE TETE NOIR

  281.??MONT BLANC'S NEIGHBORS

  282.??AN EXQUISITE THING

  283.??A WILD RIDE

  284.??SWISS PEASANT GIRL

  285.??STREET IN CHAMONIX

  286.??THE PROUD GERMAN

  287.??THE INDIGNANT TOURIST

  288.??MUSIC OF SWITZERLAND

  289.??ONLY A MISTAKE

  290.??A BROAD VIEW

  291.??PREPARING TO START

  292.??ASCENT OF MONT BLANC

  293.??"WE ALL RAISED A TREMENDOUS SHOUT"

  294.??THE GRANDE MULETS

  295.??CABIN ON THE GRANDE MULETS

  296.??KEEPING WARM

  297.??TAIL PIECE

  298.??TAKE IT EASY

  299.??THE MER DE GLACE (MONT BLANC)

  300.??TAKING TOLL

  301.??A DESCENDING TOURIST

  302.??LEAVING BY DILIGENCE

  303.??THE SATISFIED ENGLISHMAN

  301.??HIGH PRESSURE

  305.??NO APOLOGY

  307.??A LIVELY STREET

  308.??HAVING HER FULL RIGHTS

  309.??HOW SHE FOOLED US

  310.??"YOU'LL TAKE THAT OR NONE"

  311.??ROBBING A BEGGAR

  312.??DISHONEST ITALY

  313.??STOCK IN TRADE

  314.??STYLE

  315.??SPECIMENS FROM OLD MASTERS

  316.??AN OLD MASTER

  317.??THE LION OF ST MARK

  318.??OH TO BE AT RRST!

  319.??THE WORLD'S MASTERPIECE

  320.??TAIL PIECE

  321.??AESTHETIC TASTES

  322.??A PRIVATE FAMILY BREAKFAST

  323.??EUROPEAN CARVING

  323.??A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR FIGHT

  325.??GREAT HEIDELBERG TUN

  326.??BISMARCK IN PRISON

  327.??TAIL PIECE 600

  328.??A COMPLETE WORD