Letters to the young from the Old World : $b Notes of travel — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Letters to the young from the Old World : $b Notes of travel
John Stuart Mill · en
After a few weeks she handed me two letters. I examined them, and told
her they were just what was desired, and that we would take as many
more as she felt disposed to write. More than fifteen thousand readers
of the _Young Disciple_ know the result. For months they were delighted
with these letters, and even before they were completed in the paper the
author received many communications urging her to bring them out in book
form. Many mothers wrote her and urged that the book should be published,
that it was greatly needed, and would be the means of accomplishing
much good among the children and young people. Even the children write
sister Miller and insist upon her publishing her letters in a book. These
requests became so urgent that the author finally decided to carefully
revise the letters, write more fully on some points, and give the result
of her labors in this neat little volume. We bespeak for it an extensive
circulation, a careful reading and a wide field of usefulness.
J. H. MOORE.
_Mt. Morris, Ill., Sept. 25, 1894._
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Across the Atlantic.—The Aller.—Small Sleeping Rooms.—A
Singular Kitchen.—Last Farewell.—Seasickness.—Children on the
Ship.—Four Little Boys.—Fog Horn.—The Lookout.—Icebergs.—A
Little Sailor Boy.—Porpoises and Sea Gulls.—Taking on the
Pilot.—Lights on the Other Shore.—Landing. 11
CHAPTER II.
Land.—Bremen.—On the Way to Denmark.—Copenhagen.—Religion
of Denmark.—Singing.—A Farmhouse.—Malmo.—Market Place in
Sweden.—Limhamn.—Fishermen and Boats.—Beautiful Lakes
of Sweden.—Children in Sweden and their Bows.—Pine
Branches.—Mother and Babe.—A Meal along the Way. 31
CHAPTER III.
Norway.—Kong Halfdan.—Fjords.—Hay Transfer.—Government
Vessel.—Two Young Girls.—A Glacier.—The Captain’s Kindness.—The
Beautiful Picture.—Tromsö.—A Floating Buoy.—Eider
Ducks.—Lapp Family.—Reindeer.—Torghatten.—Fish.—The Trap
for Salmon.—Hammerfest.—The White Polar Bear.—The Drunken
Sailor.—Arctic Ocean.—Whaling Station.—The Little White
Church.—Striking a Reef of Rocks. 57
CHAPTER IV.
The Story of a German Boy.—The Priest.—Catholic Woman.—Corps
of Singers.—My Singing Lesson.—Funeral Procession.—Children
Playing.—Wooden Shoes.—Neatness of the German Children.—Their
Politeness.—Cologne.—Its Cathedral.—Height of Towers.—Odd
Costumes.—Art Gallery.—The Picture I Saw. 88
CHAPTER V.
Calais.—English Channel Experience.—Reaching the Pier.—Going
Ashore.—London.—The Fog.—Show Lights.—British Museum.—National
Gallery.—The Tricky Monkey.—Westminster Abbey.—The Tower. 103