Produced by Al Haines [Illustration: Cover art] [Frontispiece: _Holds it the same as a slide trombone_] IN PASTURES NEW BY GEORGE ADE TORONTO THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED 1906 _Copyright, 1906, by_ McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. Published, October, 1906 Copyright, 1906, by George Ade _Many of the letters appearing in this volume were printed in a syndicate of newspapers in the early months of 1906. With these letters have been incorporated extracts from letters written to the Chicago Record in 1895 and 1898. For the use of the letters which first appeared in the Chicago Record, acknowledgment is due Mr. Victor F. Lawson._ CONTENTS _In London_ CHAPTER I. Getting Acquainted with the English Language II. A Life on the Ocean Wave, with Modern Variations III. With Mr. Peasley in Darkest London IV. How it Feels to Get into London and then be Engulfed V. As to the Importance of the Passport and the Handy Little Cable Code VI. What one Man Picked up in London and Sent Back to His Brother _In Paris_ VII. How an American Enjoys Life for Eight Minutes at a Time VIII. A Chapter of French Justice as Dealt Out in the Dreyfus Case IX. The Story of What Happened to an American Consul _In Naples_ X. Mr. Peasley and His Vivid Impressions of Foreign Parts _In Cairo_ XI. Cairo as the Annual Stamping Ground for Americans and Why They Make the Trip XII. Round about Cairo, with and without the Assistance of the Dragoman or Simon Legree of the Orient XIII. All about our Visit to the Pyramid of Cheops XIV. Dashing up the Nile in Company with Mr. Peasley and Others XV. Day by Day on the Drowsy Nile, with Something about the Wonderful Hassim XVI. The Mohammedan Fly and other Creatures along the Nile XVII. In and around Luxor, with a Side Light on Rameses the Great XVIII. The Ordinary Human Failings of the Ancient Moguls XIX. Royal Tombs and other Places of Amusement _In Cairo_ XX. Mr. Peasley and his Final Size-up of Egypt IN LONDON CHAPTER I GETTING ACQUAINTED 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.