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ILLUSTRATIONS

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CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II HEIDELBERG

CHAPTER III BAKER'S BLUEJAY YARN

CHAPTER IV STUDENT LIFE

CHAPTER V AT THE STUDENTS' DUELING-GROUND

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CHAPTER VIII THE GREAT FRENCH DUEL

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The Most Unique and Spicy Volume in Existence. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD OR, THE NEW PILGRIM'S PROGRESS BY MARK TWAIN

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1. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, [STEEL ENGRAVING] ................. FRONTISPIECE
2. TITIAN'S MOSES [FULL PAGE] ............................. "
3. THE AUTHOR'S MEMORIES [FULL PAGE].................................. 17
4. THE BLACK KNIGHT .................................................. 20
5. OPENING HIS VIZIER ................................................ 20
6. THE ENRAGED EMPEROR ............................................... 21
7. THE PORTIER ....................................................... 23
8. ONE OF THOSE ...................................................... 24
9. SCHLOSS HOTEL [FULL PAGE] ......................................... 26
10. IN MY CAGE ........................................................ 28
11. HEIDELBERG CASTLE [FULL PAGE] ..................................... 29
12. HEIDELBERG CASTLE, RIVER FRONTAGE [FULL PAGE] ..................... 33
13. THE RETREAT ....................................................... 35
14. JIM BAKER ......................................................... 36
15. "A BLUE FLUSH ABOUT IT" ........................................... 40
16. COULD NOT SEE IT [TAIL PIECE] ..................................... 42
17. THE BEER KING ..................................................... 44
18. THE LECTURER'S AUDIENCE ........................................... 45
19. INDUSTRIOUS STUDENTS .............................................. 46
20. IDLE STUDENT ...................................................... 47
21. COMPANIONABLE INTERCOURSE ......................................... 48
22. AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE ............................................. 48
23. AN ADVERTISEMENT .................................................. 49
24. "UNDERSTANDS HIS BUSINESS" ........................................ 52
25. THE OLD SURGEON ................................................... 53
26. THE FIRST WOUND ................................................... 54
27. THE CASTLE COURT [FULL PAGE] ...................................... 59
28. WOUNDED ........................................................... 64
29. FAVORITE STREET COSTUME ........................................... 64
30. INEFFACEABLE SCARS ................................................ 65
31. PIECE OF SWORD .................................................... 68
32. FRENCH CALM ....................................................... 70
33. THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED ............................................ 71
34. A SEARCH .......................................................... 72
35. HE SWOONED PONDEROUSLY ............................................ 73
36. I ROLLED HIM OVER ................................................. 74
37. THE ONE I HIRED ................................................... 75
38. THE MARCH TO THE FIELD [FULL PAGE] ................................ 78
39. THE POST OF DANGER ................................................ 80
40. THE RECONCILIATION ................................................ 81
41. AN OBJECT OF ADMIRATION ........................................... 82
42. WAGNER ............................................................ 84
43. RAGING ............................................................ 84
44. ROARING ........................................................... 85
45. SHRIEKING ......................................................... 85
46. A CUSTOMARY THING ................................................. 86
47. 0NE OF THE "REST" ................................................. 87
48. A CONTRIBUTION BOX ................................................ 88
49. CONSPICUOUS........................................................ 89
50. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 89

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51. ONLY A SHRIEK ..................................................... 91
52. "HE ONLY CRY" ..................................................... 92
53. LATE COMERS CARED FOR ............................................. 94
54. EVIDENTLY DREAMING ................................................ 96
55. "TURN ON MORE RAIN" ............................................... 98
56. HARRIS ATTENDING THE OPERA ........................................ 99
57. PAINTING MY GREAT PICTURE ......................................... 101
58. OUR START ......................................................... 103
59. AN UNKNOWN COSTUME ................................................ 104
60. THE TOWER ......................................................... 105
61. SLOW BUT SURE ..................................................... 105
62. THE ROBBER CHIEF [FULL PAGE] ...................................... 109
63. AN HONEST MAN ..................................................... 111
64. THE TOWN BY NIGHT ................................................. 112
65. GENERATIONS OF BAREFEET ........................................... 113
66. OUR BEDROOM ....................................................... 115
67. PRACTICING ........................................................ 117
68. PAWING AROUND ..................................................... 118
69. A NIGHT'S WORK .................................................... 121
70. LEAVING HEILBRONN ................................................. 123
71. THE CAPTAIN ....................................................... 125
72. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN [TAIL PIECE] ................................ 127
73. A DEEP AND TRANQUIL ECSTACY ....................................... 129
74. "WHICH ANSWERED JUST AS WELL" ..................................... 130
75. LIFE ON A RAFT .................................................... 132
76. LADY GERTRUDE ..................................................... 133
77. MOUTH OF THE CAVERN [FULL PAGE] ................................... 136
78. A FATAL MISTAKE .................................................. 137
79. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 138
80. RAFTING ON THE NECKAR [FULL PAGE] ................................. 139
81. THE LORELEI ....................................................... 141
82. THE LOVER'S FATE .................................................. 143
83. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 149
84. THE UNKNOWN KNIGHT ................................................ 151
85. THE EMBRACE ....................................................... 152
86. PERILOUS POSITION ................................................ 154
87. THE RAFT IN A STORM................................................ 157
88. ALL SAFE ON SHORE ................................................. 158
89. "IT WAS THE CAT" .................................................. 160
90. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 160
91. BREAKFAST IN THE GARDEN ........................................... 162
92. EASILY UNDERSTOOD ................................................. 164
93. EXPERIMENTING THROUGH HARRIS ...................................... 167
94. AT THE BALL ROOM DOOR ............................................. 169
95. THE TOWN OF DILSBURG .............................................. 171
96. OUR ADVANCE ON DILSBERG ........................................... 172
97. INSIDE THE TOWN ................................................... 175
98. THE OLD WELL ...................................................... 176
99. SEND HITHER THE LORD ULRICH ....................................... 178
100. LEAD ME TO HER GRAVE .............................................. 180
101. UNDER THE LINDEN .................................................. 181
102. AN EXCELLENT PILOT ONCE .......................................... 182
103. SCATTERATION ...................................................... 183
104. THE RIVER BATH [TAIL PIECE] ....................................... 183
105. ETRUSCAN TEAR JUG ................................................. 185
106. HENRI II PLATE .................................................... 185
107. OLD BLUE CHINA .................................................... 186
108. A REAL ANTIQUE .................................................... 188
109. BRIC-A-BRAC SHOP [FULL PAGE] ...................................... 189
110. "PUT IT THERE" .................................................... 192
111. THE PARSON CAPTURED ............................................... 194

112. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 195
113. A COMPREHENSIVE YAWN .............................................. 197
114. TESTING THE COIN .................................................. 198
115. BEAUTY AT THE BATH ............................................... 199
116. IN THE BATH ....................................................... 201
117. JERSEY INDIANS ................................................... 203
118. NOT PARTICULARLY SOCIABLE ......................................... 206
119. BLACK FOREST GRANDEE .............................................. 208
120. THE GRANDEE'S DAUGHTER ............................................ 209
121. RICH OLD HUSS ..................................................... 211
122. GRETCHEN .......................................................... 211
123. PAUL HOCH ......................................................... 212
124. HANS SCHMIDT ...................................................... 212
125. ELECTING A NEW MEMBER ............................................. 213
126. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES .............................................. 215
127. FRIENDS ........................................................... 216
128. PROSPECTING ....................................................... 218
129. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 220
130. A GENERAL HOWL ................................................... 223
131. SEEKING A SITUATION ............................................... 224
132. STANDING GUARD .................................................... 227
133. RESULT OF A JOKE .................................................. 228
134. DESCENDING A FARM ................................................. 229
135. A GERMAN SABBATH .................................................. 232
136. AN OBJECT OF SYMPATHY ............................................. 234
137. A NON-CLASSICAL STYLE ............................................. 236
138. THE TRADITIONAL CHAMOIS [FULL PAGE] ............................... 239
139. HUNTING CHAMOIS THE TRUE WAY ..................................... 242
140. CHAMOIS HUNTER AS REPORTED [FULL PAGE] ............................ 243
141. MARKING ALPENSTOCKS ............................................... 246
142. IS SHE EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY? ........................................ 247
143. I KNEW I WASN'T MISTAKEN .......................................... 249
144. HARRIS ASTONISHED ................................................. 255
145. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 257
146. THE LION OF LUCERNE ............................................... 259
147. HE LIKED CLOCKS .................................................. 262
148. "I WILL TELL YOU" ................................................. 265
149. COULDN'T WAIT ..................................................... 266
150. DIDN'T CARE FOR STYLE ............................................. 266
151. A PAIR BETTER THAN FOUR ........................................... 267
152. TWO WASN'T NECESSARY .............................................. 267
153. JUST THE TRICK .................................................... 267
154. GOING TO MAKE THEM STARE .......................................... 268
155. NOT THROWN AWAY ................................................... 268
156. WHAT THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED ....................................... 268
157. WANTED TO FEEL SAFE ............................................... 269
158. PREFERRED TO TRAMP ON FOOT ........................................ 269
159. DERN A DOG, ANYWAY ................................................ 270
160. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 271
161. THE GLACIER GARDEN [FULL PAGE] .................................... 272
162. LAKE AND MOUNTAINS (MONT PILATUS) ................................. 273
163. MOUNTAIN PATHS .................................................... 274
164. "YOU'RE AN AMERICAN—SO AM I" ..................................... 276
165. ENTERPRISE ........................................................ 280
166. THE CONSTANT SEARCHER ............................................. 281
167. THE MOUNTAIN BOY .................................................. 285
168. THE ENGLISHMAN .................................................... 286
169. THE JODLER ........................................................ 288
170. ANOTHER VOCALIST .................................................. 289
171. THE FELSENTHOR .................................................... 290

172. A VIEW FROM THE STATION ........................................... 291
173. LOST IN THE MIST .................................................. 293
174. THE RIGI-KULM HOTEL ............................................... 294
175. WHAT AWAKENED US .................................................. 296
176. A SUMMIT SUNRISE [FULL PAGE]] ..................................... 297
177. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 300
178. EXCEEDINGLY COMFORTABLE ........................................... 302
179. THE SUNRISE ....................................................... 303
180. THE RIGI-KULM ..................................................... 305
181. AN OPTICAL ILLUSION ............................................... 307
182. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 308
183. RAILWAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN [FULL PAGE] ............................. 309
184. SOURCE OF THE RHONE ............................................... 313
185. A GLACIER TABLE ................................................... 314
186. GLACIER OF GRINDELWALD ............................................ 317
187. DAWN ON THE MOUNTAINS ............................................. 319
188. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 322
189. NEW AND OLD STYLE ................................................ 324
190. ST. NICHOLAS, AS A HERMIT ......................................... 325
191. A LANDSLIDE ....................................................... 326
192. GOLDAU VALLEY BEFORE AND AFTER THE LANDSLIDE ...................... 327
193. THE WAY THEY DO IT ................................................ 330
194. OUR GALLANT DRIVER ............................................... 331
195. A MOUNTAIN PASS [FULL PAGE] ....................................... 332
196. "I'M OFUL DRY" .................................................... 333
197. IT'S THE FASHION .................................................. 334
198. WHAT WE EXPECTED .................................................. 335
199. WE MISSED THE SCENERY [FULL PAGE] ................................. 338
200. THE TOURISTS [TAIL PIECE] ......................................... 339
201. THE YOUNG BRIDE ................................................... 341
202. "IT WAS A FAMOUS VICTORY" ......................................... 342
203. PROMENADE IN INTERLAKEN [FULL PAGE] ............................... 343
204. THE JUNGFRAU BY M. T. ............................................. 346
205. WITHOUT IN INTERLAKEN [FULL PAGE] ................................. 349
206. WITHOUT A COURIER ................................................. 351
207. TRAVELING WITH A COURIER .......................................... 352
208. TAIL PLECE ........................................................ 351
209. GRAPE AND WHEY PATIENTS............................................ 357
210. SOCIABLE DRIVERS .................................................. 360
211. A MOUNTAIN CASCADE ................................................ 361
212. THE GASTERNTHAL ................................................... 362
213. EXHILARATING SPORT ................................................ 363
214. FALLS [TAIL PIECE] ................................................ 364
215. WHAT MIGHT BE ..................................................... 366
216. AN ALPINE BOUQUET ................................................. 367
217. THE END OF THE WORLD .............................................. 369
218. THE FORGET-ME-NOT ................................................. 371
219. A NEEDLE OF ICE [FULL PAGE] ....................................... 373
220. CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN ............................................. 375
221. SNOW CREVASSES .................................................... 376
222. CUTTING STEPS ..................................................... 379
223. THE GUIDE [TAIL PIECE] ............................................ 380
224. VIEW FROM THE CLIFF .............................................. 382
225. GEMMI PASS AND LAKE DAURENSEE ..................................... 384
226. ALMOST A TRAGEDY .................................................. 386
227. THE ALPINE LITTER ................................................. 387
228. SOCIAL BATHERS .................................................... 388
229. DEATH OF COUNTESS HERLINCOURT [FULL PAGE] ......................... 389
230. THEY'VE GOT IT ALL ................................................ 392
231. MODEL FOR AN EMPRESS .............................................. 393
232. BATH HOUSES AT LEUKE .............................................. 394

THE BATHERS AT LEUKE [FULL PAGE] .................................. 395
234. RATHER MIXED UP .................................................. 399
235. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 400
236. A SUNDAY MORNING'S DEMON .......................................... 402
237. JUST SAVED ........................................................ 406
238. SCENE IN VALLEY OF ZERMATT [FULL PAGE] ............................ 406
239. ARRIVAL AT ZERMATT [FULL PAGE] .................................... 410
240. FITTED OUT ........................................................ 413
241. A FEARFUL FALL [FULL PAGE] ........................................ 415
242. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 417
243. ALL READY ......................................................... 421
244. THE MARCH ......................................................... 422
245. THE CARAVAN [FULL PAGE] ........................................... 424
296. THE HOOK .......................................................... 427
247. THE DISABLED CHAPLAIN ............................................. 428
248. TRYING EXPERIMENTS ................................................ 428
249. SAVED! SAVED! ..................................................... 430
250. TWENTY MINUTES WORK ............................................... 431
251. THE BLACK RAM ..................................................... 432
252. THE MIRACLE ....................................................... 433
253. THE NEW GUIDE [TAIL PIECE] ........................................ 434
274. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES ............................................. 436
255. MOUNTAIN CHALET ................................................... 439
256. THE GRANDSON ...................................................... 441
257. OCCASIONLY MET WITH ............................................... 444
258. SUMMIT OF THE GORNER GRAT ......................................... 446
259. CHIEFS OF THE ADVANCE GUARD ....................................... 447
260. MY PICTURE OF THE MATTERHORN ...................................... 448
261. EVERYBODY HAD AN EXCUSE ........................................... 453
262. SPRUNG A LEAK ..................................................... 455
263. A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION ............................................. 458
264. A TERMINAL MORAINE ................................................ 461
265. FRONT OF GLACIER .................................................. 462
266. AN OLD MORAINE [FULL PAGE] ........................................ 463
267. GLACIER OF ZERMATT WITH LATERAL MORAINE ........................... 465
268. UNEXPECTED MEETING OF FRIENDS ..................................... 469
269. VILLAGE OF CHAMONIX ............................................... 472
270. THE MATTERHORN [FULL PAGE] ........................................ 475
271. ON THE SUMMIT ..................................................... 477
272. ACCIDENT ON THE MATTERHORN (1865) [FULL PAGE] ..................... 480
213. TAIL PIECE, ROPED TOGETHER ........................................ 482
274. STORAGE OF ANCESTORS .............................................. 484
275. FALLING OUT OF HIS FARM ........................................... 485
276. CHILD LIFE IN SWITZERLAND ......................................... 487
277. A SUNDAY PLAY ..................................................... 488
278. THE COMBINATION ................................................... 489
279. CHILLON ........................................................... 491
280. THE TETE NOIR ..................................................... 492
281. MONT BLANC'S NEIGHBORS [FULL PAGE] ................................ 495
282. AN EXQUISITE THING ................................................ 496
283. A WILD RIDE ....................................................... 497
284. SWISS PEASANT GIRL [TAIL PIECE] ................................... 498
285. STREET IN CHAMONIX [FULL PAGE] .................................... 501
286. THE PROUD GERMAN .................................................. 504
287. THE INDIGNANT TOURIST ............................................. 505
288. MUSIC OF SWITZERLAND .............................................. 509
289. ONLY A MISTAKE .................................................... 510
290. A BROAD VIEW [TAIL PIECE] ......................................... 511
291. PREPARING TO START [FULL PAGE] .................................... 513
292. ASCENT OF MONT BLANC [FULL PAGE] .................................. 517
293. "WE ALL RAISED A TREMENDOUS SHOUT" ................................ 519

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294. THE GRANDS MULETS ................................................. 523
295. CABIN ON THE GRANDS MULETS ........................................ 524
296. KEEPING WARM ...................................................... 526
297. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 529
298. TAKE IT EASY ...................................................... 531
299. THE MER DE GLACE (MONT BLANC) [FULL PAGE] ......................... 532
300. TAKING TOLL ....................................................... 535
301. A DESCENDING TOURIST ............................................. 538
302. LEAVING BY DILIGENCE .............................................. 539
303. THE SATISFIED ENGLISHMAN .......................................... 540
304. HIGH PRESSURE ..................................................... 542
305. NO APOLOGY ........................................................ 544
306. NONE ASKED ........................................................ 544
307. A LIVELY STREET ................................................... 546
308. HAVING HER FULL RIGHTS ............................................ 547
309. HOW SHE FOOLED US ................................................. 549
310. "YOU'LL TAKE THAT OR NONE" ........................................ 552
311. ROBBING A BEGGAR .................................................. 554
312. DISHONEST ITALY ................................................... 556
313. STOCK IN TRADE .................................................... 556
314. STYLE ............................................................. 558
315. SPECIMENS FROM OLD MASTERS ........................................ 559
316. AN OLD MASTER ..................................................... 561
317. THE LION OF ST. MARK .............................................. 562
318. OH, TO BE AT REST! ................................................ 563
319. THE WORLD'S MASTERPIECE ........................................... 565
320. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 566
321. AESTHETIC TASTES .................................................. 569
322. A PRIVATE FAMILY BREAKFAST ........................................ 571
333. EUROPEAN CARVING .................................................. 573
324. A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR FIGHT .......................................... 585
325. GREAT HEIDELBERG TUN .............................................. 592
326. BISMARCK IN PRISON ................................................ 597
327. TAIL PIECE ........................................................ 600
328. A COMPLETE WORD ................................................... 612