Project Gutenberg 2012-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 179 Guild, Curtis 1827 1911 Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands Reading ease score: 52.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by K Nordquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands" by Curtis Guild is a travel memoir written in the late 19th century. This engaging work chronicles the author's nearly seven-month-long journey through Europe, combining vivid descriptions of iconic landmarks and cultural observations. Guild aims to provide readers with a detailed account of his experiences, evoking both the allure of the sights he visits and the practicalities of travel, making it a useful guide for prospective tourists. The opening of the narrative introduces Guild's motivations for travel, reminiscing about childhood dreams of seeing far-off places like London, Dublin, and Paris. He reflects on the transition from youthful aspirations to the reality of planning such a trip, discussing initial jitters and logistical challenges, such as the cost of travel and the nature of life aboard a steamship. As he embarks on his journey, Guild sets the stage for a series of insightful sketches, describing not just the locations he visits but also the contrasts he observes between American tourists and the European way of life—laying the foundation for a richly detailed exploration of foreign lands. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41233/41233-h/images/cover.jpg en Europe -- Description and travel D Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1292765 1292713 2025-01-16T16:51:40.783444 2023-09-18T05:34:00.627056 text/html text/html 1306705 2012-10-29T18:55:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 589894 2012-10-29T18:56:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 633707 2025-01-16T16:51:53.698361 application/epub+zip 649472 2025-01-16T16:51:42.580423 application/epub+zip 604442 2025-01-16T16:51:41.708395 application/epub+zip 949822 2025-01-16T16:52:02.766313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 871278 2025-01-16T16:51:52.660386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827681 2022-09-18T19:37:10.083114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1223443 1223223 2024-10-17T11:03:59.541818 2023-09-18T05:33:59.247033 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1222921 2012-10-29T18:54:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 473761 2012-10-29T18:56:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1222974 2012-10-29T18:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 473488 2012-10-29T18:56:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21253 2025-01-16T16:52:02.914301 application/rdf+xml 7964 2025-01-16T16:51:41.818409 image/jpeg 1906 2025-01-16T16:51:41.764406 image/jpeg 615253 2025-01-16T16:51:40.909393 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog