In Pastures New

IN PASTURES NEW - 1895 - CONTENTS -- In London CHAPTER 1. GETTINGA CQUAINTE W D I TH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE a a . . a a a a a 11. A LJFE O N THE OCEA W N AVE, W ITH MODERN VARIATIONS a a r a 111. WITH MR. PEASLE I Y N DARKEST L ONDON IV. How IT FEEL T S O GET INTO LONDO A N N D THEN BE ENGULFED a . . a a a V. As TO THE IMPORTAN O C F E T HE PASSPORT AND THE HANDY L ITTLE C ABLE C ODE VI. WHAT O NE MANP ICKE U D P IN LONDON AN D SENT BACK TO HIS BROTHER . . . VII. How AN AMERICAENN JOY L S I FE FOR EIGHT MINUTES AT A TI IE . l . . . . VIII, A CHAPTER O F FRENCH JU STIC AS E DEALT OUT IN THE DREYFU C S A SE . . . . IX. THE STORY O F WHAT HAPPENE T D O AN AMERICAN C ONSUL . . a In hTaples X. MR. PEASLE A Y N D HIS VIVID IMPRESSIONS OF FOREIG P N AR TS . . . . . . vii PAGE 3 17 37 55 63 72 83 90 98 117 viii CONTENTS In Cairo CHAPTXR XI. CAIRO AS THE ANNUAL S TAMPINGGR OUND FOR AMERICAN A S N D WHY T HEY M AKE THETRIP . . . . l . . l ., XII. ROUND ABOUT CAIRO, WITH AND WITHOUT THE ASSISTANC O E F THE DRAGOMA OR N SIMON LE GRE O E F THE ORIENT l . XIII. ALL ABOUT OUR VISIT TO THE PYRAMI O D F CHEOPS a a XIVa DASHIN U G P THE NILE IN COMPANY W ITH MR. PEASLE A Y N D OTHERS . . . XV. DAY BY DAY O N THE DROWS N Y I LE, WITH f SOMETHIN A Q BO U T THE WONDERFUL HASSIM a a a a XVI. THE M OHAMMEDA F N LY AND OTHER CREA TURES ALONG THE NILE . l . XVII. IN AND AROUND LUXOR W, ITH A SIDE L IGHT ON RAMESES TH E GREAT . . . . XVIII. THE ORDINAR H Y U MA F N A ILING OF S THE ANCIENTM OGULS l . . . l l . XIX. ROYAL TOMBS A ND OTHER PLACES O F AMUSEMENT . In Cairo XX. MR. PEASLE A Y ND HIS FINAL S IZE-UP OF E G Y P T . . . . . . . . . PAQB 135 152 168 185 203 225 242 261 274 298 - CHAPTER I - GETTINGACQUAINTED WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - IT may be set down as-a safe proposition that every man is a bewildered maverick when he wanders out of his own little bailiwick. Did you ever see a stock broker on a stock farm, or a cow puncher at the Waldorf A man may be a large duck in his private puddle, but when he strikes deep and strange waters he forgets how to swim. Take some captain of industry who resides in a large city of the Middle West. At home he is unquestionably IT. Everyone knows the size of his bank account, and when he rides down to business in the morning the conductor of the trolley holds the car for him. His fellow passengers are delighted to get a favouring nod from him. When he sails into the new office building the elevator captain gives him a cheery but deferential good morning. In his private office he sits at a 500 roll top desk from Grand Rapids, surrounded by push buttons, and when he iiqS. the c . vo l o eLne a, k8o, is expected to hop. m .1 At noon . hi hes to hiS clsub fcS luncheon. The head .. . l 2 L m s waiter j-t inp L diG te r t . r e E e t b get at him and relieve him of his hat and then leads him to the most desirable table and hovers over him even as a mother hen broods over her first born. This Distinguished Citizen, director of the First National Bank, trustee of the Cemetery Association, member of the Advisory Committee of the Y. M. C. A., president of the Saturday Night Poker Club, head of the Commercial Club, and founder of the Wilson County Trotting Association, is a whale when he is seated on his private throne in the corn belt. He rides the whirlwind and commands the storm...