Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations by William Glackens. See 65765-h.htm or 65765-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65765/65765-h/65765-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65765/65765-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/traveleratforty00drei Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A TRAVELER AT FORTY [Illustration: Piccadilly Circus] A TRAVELER AT FORTY by THEODORE DREISER Author of “Sister Carrie,” “Jennie Gerhardt,” “The Financier,” etc., etc. Illustrated by W. Glackens [Illustration] New York The Century Co. 1913 Copyright, 1913, by the Century Co. Published, November, 1913 TO “BARFLEUR” CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I BARFLEUR TAKES ME IN HAND 3 II MISS X. 16 III AT FISHGUARD 24 IV SERVANTS AND POLITENESS 32 V THE RIDE TO LONDON 37 VI THE BARFLEUR FAMILY 47 VII A GLIMPSE OF LONDON 57 VIII A LONDON DRAWING-ROOM 66 IX CALLS 72 X SOME MORE ABOUT LONDON 77 XI THE THAMES 89 XII MARLOWE 95 XIII LILLY: A GIRL OF THE STREETS 113 XIV LONDON; THE EAST END 128 XV ENTER SIR SCORP 136 XVI A CHRISTMAS CALL 148 XVII SMOKY ENGLAND 171 XVIII SMOKY ENGLAND (_continued_) 180 XIX CANTERBURY 188 XX EN ROUTE TO PARIS 198 XXI PARIS! 211 XXII A MORNING IN PARIS 225 XXIII THREE GUIDES 238 XXIV “THE POISON FLOWER” 247 XXV MONTE CARLO 255 XXVI THE LURE OF GOLD! 264 XXVII WE GO TO EZE 275 XXVIII NICE 288 XXIX A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ITALY 295 XXX A STOP AT PISA 306 XXXI FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ROME 315 XXXII MRS. Q. AND THE BORGIA FAMILY 327 XXXIII THE ART OF SIGNOR TANNI 337 XXXIV AN AUDIENCE AT THE VATICAN 345 XXXV THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS 354 XXXVI PERUGIA 365