ENGLAND, RUSSIA, DENMARK, FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY, MALTA, NORTHISTARS BY THE REV. JOHN OVERTON CHOULES, D. D., AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF MISSIONS,” “YOUNG AMERICANS ABROAD, ETC. BOSTON: AND LINCOLN. GOULD AND NEW YORK: EVANS AND DICKERSON. 1854. SE Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by GOULD & LINCOLN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS, NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, BOSTON. Printed by Geo. C. Rand, No. 3 Cornhill. To GEORGE PEABODY, ESQ., THE HONORED AND PATRIOTIC REPRESENTATIVE OF AMERICAN PRINCIPLES IN LONDON, This Narrative of a Steam Yacht Excursion in Europe, MADE BY AN AMERICAN MERCHANT, Is Inscribed with great Respect, BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND, J. O. CHOULES. PREFACE. I HAD the opportunity afforded me, by an indulgent congregation, to spend the summer of 1851 in Europe; and, on my return, I published a small volume (on which I was aided by three young friends and pupils, who were the companions of my tour), entitled "Young Americans Abroad, or Vacation in Europe." This had a favorable reception by the public, and has passed into a fourth edition and been reprinted in London. I had no idea that I should again revisit the Old World; or, at least, supposed that many years would elapse ere such a gratification could be enjoyed. Last February my valued friend, Mr. Vanderbilt, informed me that he proposed in May to take his family on a voyage to the principal seaports of Europe, in a steam yacht then building for that purpose; and he most kindly |