E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Michael Punch, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr) Note: Images of the original pages are available through the Bibliotheque nationale de France. See http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-103524 THREE YEARS IN EUROPE; Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met by W. WELLS BROWN A Fugitive Slave. With A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR by WILLIAM FARMER, Esq. London: Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Street, Without. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1852 [Illustration: W. Wells Brown.] CONTENTS. MEMOIR OF WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, _Page_ ix-xxix AUTHOR'S PREFACE, xxxi-xxxii LETTER I. Departure from Boston--the Passengers--Halifax--the Passage-- First Sight of Land--Liverpool, 1-9 LETTER II. Trip to Ireland--Dublin--Her Majesty's Visit--Illumination of the City--the Birth-Place of Thomas Moore--a Reception, 9-21 LETTER III. Departure from Ireland--London--Trip to Paris--Paris--The Peace Congress: first day--Church of the Madeleine--Column Vendome-- the French, 21-38 LETTER IV. Versailles--The Palace--Second Session of the Congress--Mr. Cobden--Henry Vincent--M. Girardin--Abbe Duguerry--Victor Hugo: his Speech, 38-49 LETTER V. M. de Tocqueville's Grand Soiree--Madame de Tocqueville--Visit of the Peace Delegates to Versailles--The Breakfast--Speechmaking-- The Trianons--Waterworks--St. Cloud--The Fete, 50-59 LETTER VI. The Tuileries--Place de la Concorde--The Egyptian Obelisk--Palais Royal--Residence of Robespierre--A Visit to the Room in which Charlotte Corday killed Marat--Church de Notre Dame--Palais de Justice--Hotel des Invalids--National Assembly--The Elysee, 59-73 LETTER VII. The Chateau at Versailles--Private Apartments of Marie Antoinette--The Secret Door--Paintings of Raphael and David-- Arc de Triomphe--Beranger the Poet, 73-82 LETTER VIII. Departure from Paris--Boulogne--Folkstone--London--Geo. Thompson, Esq., M.P.--Hartwell House--Dr. Lee--Cottage of the Peasant--Windsor Castle--Residence of Wm. Penn--England's First Welcome--Heath Lodge--The Bank of England, 83-104 LETTER IX. The British Museum--A Portrait--Night Reading--A Dark Day--A Fugitive Slave on the Streets of London--A Friend in the time of need, 104-116 LETTER X. The Whittington Club--Louis Blanc--Street Amusements--Tower of London--Westminster Abbey--National Gallery--Dante--Sir Joshua Reynolds, 117-134 LETTER XI.