The innocents abroad or, The new Pilgrim's progress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.

Standardized Title:

Innocents abroad

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

Europe--Description and travel.

Europe.

Middle East--Description and travel.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (674 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, "The Innocents Abroad" (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of saints on the Cathedral of Notre Dame are "battered and broken-nosed old fellows" and tour guides "interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling." Equally irreverent about American manners (including his own) as he is about European attitudes, Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "human nature is very much the same all over the world.

Contents:

Intro

THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

PREFACE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE QUAKER CITY IN A STORM

ILLUMINATED TITLE-PAGE-THE PILGRIM'S VISION

"I 'LL PAY YOU IN PARIS"

THE START

"GOOD MORNING‚ SIR"

THE OLD PIRATE

DANCING UNDER DIFFICULTIES

THE MOCK TRIAL

"LAND, HO!"

THE CAPOTE

RUIN AND DESOLATION

PORT OF HORTA, FAYAL (FULL PAGE)

"SEKKI-YAH!"

BEAUTIFUL STRANGER

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (FULL PAGE)

"QUEEN'S CHAIR"

THE ORACLE

THE INTERROGATION POINT

GARRISON AT MALABAT

ENTERTAINING AN ANGEL

VIEW OF A STREET IN TANGIER

CHANGE FOR A NAPOLEON

THE CONSUL'S FAMILY

"POET LARIAT"

FIRST SUPPER IN FRANCE

POINTING

RINGING FOR SOAP

"WINE, SIR!"

THE PILGRIM

THE PRISONER

HOMELESS FRANCE (FULL PAGE)

RAILROAD OFFICIAL IN FRANCE

"FIVE MINUTES FOR REFRESHMENTS ." AMERICA

"THIRTY MINUTES FOR DINNER." FRANCE

THE OLD TRAVELLER

A DECIDED SHAVE

A GAS-TLY SUBSTITUTE

THE THREE GUIDES

"ZE SILK MAGAZIN"

RETURN IN WAR PAINT

NAPOLEON III

ABDUL AZIZ

THE MORGUE

WE TOOK A WALK

THE CAN-CAN

GRAVES OF ABELARD AND HELOISE

A PAIR OF CANONS OF 13TH CENTURY

THE PRIVATE MARRIAGE

AMERICAN DRINKS

ROYAL HONORS TO A YANKEE

THE GRISETTE

FOUNTAIN AT VERSAILLES

WOMEN OF GENOA

PETRIFIED LACKEY

PRIEST AND FRIAR

STATUE OF COLUMBUS

GRAVES OF SIXTY THOUSAND

ROOF AND SPIRES OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN (FULL PAGE)

CENTRAL DOOR OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN

INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL AT MILAN

BOYHOOD'S EXPERIENCE

TREASURES OF THE CATHEDRAL

CATHEDRAL AT MILAN

LA SCALA THEATRE

COPYING FROM OLD MASTERS

FACIAL EXPRESSION

THE ECHO

NOTE BOOK

A KISS FOR A FRANC

THE FUMIGATION

LAKE COMO

GARDEN, LAKE COMO (FULL PAGE)

SOCIAL DRIVER

WAYSIDE SHRINE

PEACE AND HAPPINESS

CASTLE OF COUNT LUIGI

THE WICKED BROTHER.

DISGUSTED GONDOLIER

CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARK

THE PEG

"GOOD-BY"

M'SIEUR GOR-R-DONG

MONUMENT TO THE DOGE

ST. MARK. BY THE OLD MASTERS

ST. MATTHEW . BY THE OLD MASTERS

ST. JEROME. BY THE OLD MASTERS

ST. SEBASTIAN. BY THE OLD MASTERS

ST. UNKNOWN. BY THE OLD MASTERS

RAILTO BRIDGE

BRIDGE OF SIGHS

FLORENCE

THE PENSIONER

"I WANT TO GO HOME"

THE LEANING TOWER

THE CONTRAST

ITALIAN PASTIMES

INCENDIARY DOCUMENT

A ROMAN OF 1869

MAMERTINE PRISON

OLD ROMAN

COLISEUM OF ANCIENT ROME

DID NOT COMPLAIN

HUMBOLDT HOUSE

DAN

BRONZE STATUE

PENMANSHIP

ON A BUST

VAULTS OF THE CONVENT

DRIED CONVENT FRUITS

AT THE STORE

AT HOME

SOOTHING THE PILGRIMS

ASCENT OF MT. VESUVIUS

BAY OF NAPLES

THE MUSTANG

ISLAND OF CAPRI

BLUE GROTTO

VESUVIUS AND BAY OF NAPLES

THE DESCENT

RUINS, POMPEH

FORUM OF JUSTICE, POMPEH

HOUSE, POMPEH

STROMBOLI

VIEW OF THE ACROPOLIS . LOOKING WEST

"HO!"

THE ASSAULT

THE CARYATIDES

THE PARTHENON (FULL PAGE)

WE SIDLED, NOT RAN

ANCIENT ACROPOLIS

TAIL PIECE, RUINS

QUEEN OF GREECE

PALACE AT ATHENS

STREET SCENE IN CONSTANTINOPLE (FULL PAGE)

GOOSE RANCHER

MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA

TURKISH MAUSOLEUM

SLANDERED DOGS

THE CENSOR ON DUTY

TURKISH BATH

FAR-AWAY-MOSES

A FRAGMENT

TAIL-PIECE-A MEMENTO

YALTA FROM THE EMPEROR'S PALACE

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

TINSEL KING

SHIP EMPEROR

THE RECEPTION

STREET SCENE IN SMYRNA

SMYRNA

AN APPARENT SUCCESS

DRIFTING TO STARBOARD

A SPOILED NAP

ANCIENT AMPHITHEATRE AT EPHESUS

MODERN AMPHITHEATRE AT EPHESUS

RUINS OF EPHESUS

THE JOURNEY

GRAVES OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS

THE SELECTION

CAMPING OUT

TAIL PIECE-ARABS' TENTS

A GOOD FEEDER

INTERESTING FETE

SUNDAY SCHOOL GRAPES

AN OLD FOGY

RACE WITH A CAMEL.

TEMPLE OF THE SUN

RUINS OF BAALBEC

HEWN STONES IN QUARRY

MERCY

PATRON SAINT

WATER CARRIER

VIEW OF DAMASCUS , (FULL PAGE)

STREET CARS OF DAMASCUS

FULL DRESSED TOURIST

IMPROMPTU HOSPITAL

THE HORSE "BAALBEC"

OAK OF BASHAN

DANGEROUS ARAB

GRIMES ON THE WAR-PATH

TAIL-PIECE-BEDOUIN CAMP

HOME OF ANCIENT POMP

JACK

A DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE

FIG-TREE

"FARE TOO HIGH"

SYRIAN HOUSE

TIBERIAS AND SEA OF GALILEE

THE GUARD

MOUNT TABOR

TAIL-PIECE-GATHERING FUEL

FOUNTAIN OF THE VIRGIN

"MADONNA-LIKE BEAUTY"

PUTNAM OUTDONE

THE BASTINADO

"I WEPT"

WANT OF DIGNITY

AN ORIENTAL WELL

ARABS SALUTING

FREE SONS OF THE DESERT

SHECHEM

TAIL PIECE-GATE OF JERUSALEM

BEGGARS IN JERUSALEM

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

GRAVE OF ADAM

VIEW OF JERUSALEM (FULL PAGE),

THE WANDERING JEW

MOSQUE OF OMAR

AN EPIDEMIC

CHARGE ON BEDOUINS

DEAD SEA

GROTTO OF THE NATIVITY (FULL PAGE)

JAFFA (FULL PAGE)

REAR ELEVATION OF JACK

STREET IN ALEXANDRIA

VICEROY OF EGYPT

EASTERN MONARCH

MOSES S. BEACH

ROOM No. 15

THE NILOMETER

ASCENT OF THE PYRAMIDS

HIGH HOPES FRUSTRATED

KING'S CHAMBER IN THE PYRAMID , (FULL PAGE)

A POWERFUL ARGUMENT

PYRAMIDS AND SPHYNX, (FULL PAGE)

THE RELIC HUNTER

THE MAMELUKE'S LEAP

WOULD NOT BE COMFORTED

TAIL PIECE, THE TRAVELER

HOMEWARD BOUND

BAD COFFEE

OUR FRIENDS THE BERMUDIANS

CAPTAIN DUNCAN

TAIL PIECE, FINIS

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Popular Talk of the Excursion

Programme of the Trip

Duly Ticketed for the Excursion

Defection of the Celebrities

CHAPTER II.

Grand Preparations

An Imposing Dignitary

The European Exodus

Mr. Blucher's Opinion

Stateroom No. 10

At Sea at Last

CHAPTER III.

"Averaging" the Passengers

"Far, far at Sea".

Tribulation among the Patriachs

Seeking Amusement under Difficulties

Five Captains in the Ship

CHAPTER IV.

The Pilgrims Becoming Domesticated

Pilgrim Life at Sea

"Horse-Billiards"

The "Synagogue"

The Writing School

Jack's "Journal"

The "Q. C. Club"

The Magic Lantern

State Ball on Deck

Mock Trials

Charades

Pilgrim Solemnity

Slow Music

The Executive Officer Delivers an Opinion

CHAPTER V.

Summer in Mid-Atlantic

An Eccentric Moon

Mr. Blucher Loses Confidence

The Mystery of "Ship Time"

The Denizens of the Deep

"Land-Ho

The First Landing on a Foreign Shore

Sensation among the Natives

Something about the Azores Islands

Blucher's Disastrous Dinner

The Happy Result

CHAPTER VI.

Solid Information

A Fossil Community

Curious Ways and Customs

Jesuit Humbuggery

Fantastic Pilgrimizing

Origin of the Russ Pavement

Squaring Accounts with the Fossils

At Sea Again

CHAPTER VII.

A Tempest at Night

Spain and Africa on Exhibition

Greeting a Majestic Stranger

The Pillars of Hercules

The Rock of Gibraltar

Tiresome Repetition

"The Queen's Chair"

Serenity Conquered

Curiosities of the Secret Caverms

Personnel of Gibraltar

Some Odd Characters

A Private Frolic in Africa

Bearding a Moorish Garrison (without loss of life)

Vanity Rebuked

Disembarking in the Empire of Morocco

CHAPTER VIII.

The Ancient City of Tangier, Morocco

Strange Sights

A Cradle of Antiquity

We become Wealthy

How they Rob the Mail in Africa

The Danger of being Opulent in Morocco

CHAPTER IX.

A Pilgrim in Deadly Peril

How they Mended the Clock

Moorish Punishments for Crime

Marriage Customs

Looking Several ways for Sunday

Shrewd Practice of Mohammedan Pilgrims

Reverence for Cats

Bliss of being a Consul-General.

CHAPTER X.

Fourth of July at Sea

Mediterranean Sunset

The "Oracle" is Delivered of an Opinion

Celebration Ceremonies

The Captain's Speech

France in Sight

The Ignorant Native

In Marseilles

Another Blunder

Lost in the Great City

Found Again

A Frenchy Scene

CHAPTER XI.

Getting "Used to it"

No Soap

Bill of Fare, Table d'hôte

"An American Sir!

A Curious Discovery

The "Pilgrim" Bird

Strange Companionship

A Grave of the Living

A Long Captivity

Some of Dumas' Heroes

Dungeon of the Famous "Iron Mask."

CHAPTER XII.

A Holiday Flight through France

Summer Garb of the Landscape

Abroad on the Great Plains

Peculiarities of French Cars

French Politeness

American Railway Officials

"Twenty Minutes to Dinner!"

Why there are no Accidents

The "Old Travellers"

Still on the Wing

Paris at Last

French Order and Quiet

Place of the Bastile

Seeing the Sights

A Barbarous Atrocity

Absurd Billiards

CHAPTER XIII.

More Trouble

Monsieur Billfinger

Re-Christening the Frenchman

In the Clutches of a Paris Guide

The International Exposition

Fine Military Review

Glimpse of the Emperor Napoleon and the Sultan of Turkey

CHAPTER XIV.

The Venerable Cathedral of Notre-Dame

Jean Sanspeur's Addition

Treasures and Sacred Relics

The Legend of the Cross

The Morgue

The Outrageous Can-Can

Blondin Aflame

The Louvre Palace

The Great Park

Showy Pageantry

Preservation of Noted Things

CHAPTER XV.

French National Burying Ground

Among the Great Dead

The Shrine of Disappointed Love

The Story of Abelard and Heloise

"English Spoken Here

"American Drinks Compounded Here"

Imperial Honors to an American

The Over-estimated Grisette

Departure from Paris.

A Deliberate Opinion Concerning the Comeliness of American Women.

Notes:

Originally published: The innocents abroad or, The new Pilgrim's progress; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy land; with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author. With two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. Hartford: bAmerican Publishing Co., 1869.

ISBN:

1582182477

OCLC:

559544899