Published by Good Press, 2019

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       FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY

       1892-95

       IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK

       ACROSS A CONTINENT

       THE EDGE OF THE EAST

       OUR OVERSEAS MEN

       SOME EARTHQUAKES

       HALF-A-DOZEN PICTURES

       'CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS'

       ON ONE SIDE ONLY

       LEAVES FROM A WINTER NOTE-BOOK

       (1895)

       LETTERS TO THE FAMILY

       1908

       THE ROAD TO QUEBEC

       (1907)

       A PEOPLE AT HOME

       CITIES AND SPACES

       NEWSPAPERS AND DEMOCRACY

       LABOUR

       THE FORTUNATE TOWNS

       MOUNTAINS AND THE PACIFIC

       A CONCLUSION

       EGYPT OF THE MAGICIANS

       1913

       I

       SEA TRAVEL

       II

       A RETURN TO THE EAST

       III

       A SERPENT OF OLD NILE

       IV

       UP THE RIVER

       V

       DEAD KINGS

       VI

       THE FACE OF THE DESERT

       VII

       THE RIDDLE OF EMPIRE

FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY

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1892–95

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      IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK. ACROSS A CONTINENT. THE EDGE OF THE EAST. OUR OVERSEAS MEN. SOME EARTHQUAKES. HALF-A-DOZEN PICTURES. 'CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS.' ON ONE SIDE ONLY. LEAVES FROM A WINTER NOTE-BOOK.

IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK

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      After the gloom of gray Atlantic weather, our ship came to America in a flood of winter sunshine that made unaccustomed eyelids blink, and the New Yorker, who is nothing if not modest, said, 'This isn't a sample of our really fine days. Wait until such and such times come, or go to such and a such a quarter of the city.' We were content, and more than content, to drift aimlessly up and down the brilliant streets, wondering a little why the finest light should be wasted on the worst pavements in the world; to walk round and round Madison Square, because that was full of beautifully dressed babies playing counting-out games, or to gaze reverently at the broad-shouldered, pug-nosed Irish New York policemen. Wherever we went there was the sun, lavish and unstinted, working