------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character (_italic_). Bold characters are delimited with the ‘=’ character. The few footnotes have been collected at the end of each chapter. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE [Illustration] [Illustration: AND I ROSE TO RECEIVE MY GUEST, AND BRACED MYSELF FOR THE THUNDERCRASH AND THE BRIMSTONE STENCH WHICH SHOULD ANNOUNCE HIS ARRIVAL ] (_See p. 326_) EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE By MARK TWAIN WITH AN APPRECIATION BY BRANDER MATTHEWS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE -------------- Copyright, 1923 By The Mark Twain Company Printed in the U.S.A. -------------- _First Edition_ E-X CONTENTS