VIEW FROM FOOT-BRIDGE OVER CARREI,
MENTONE.
WINTERING IN THE RIVIERA
WITH
NOTES OF TRAVEL IN ITALY AND FRANCE
AND
PRACTICAL HINTS TO TRAVELLERS
BY
WILLIAM MILLER, S.S.C.
EDINBURGH
With Illustrations
LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1879.
[All Rights Reserved.]
MORRISON AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
THIS VOLUME,
CONTAINING MEMORIES OF HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER’S LAST JOURNEYINGS,
IS INSCRIBED TO
CHRISTOPHER GODWIN, ESQ., J.P.,
STOKE BISHOP, BRISTOL.
CONTENTS.
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| PAGE | |
| Preface, | x |
| I. CONTINENTAL TRAVELLING. | |
| Former and Present Times—Bugbears—Language—Passports—Impedimenta—Guide-Books—Hotels—Moneyand Exchange—Routes toParis—Cook’s and Gaze’s Railway Tickets—Voyages circulaires—SupplementaryBillets—Customs Examination—Time—RailwayArrangements—Billets—Salle d’attente—Guards and Porters—Carriages—Damesseules—Smoking—Carriage Windows—Speed—TrainPeculiarities—Stations—Omnibuses—Petite vitesse, | 1 |
| II. HOTEL AND PENSION LIFE. | |
| Hotels—Railway Results—Construction—Lifts—Charges—Bougies—Service—Rooms—Meals—Breakfast—Lunch—Table-d’hôteDinner—Supplies—Wine—Diningà la Carte—Foreign Practices—Life atTable—Pension—Charges—Extras—Fires—Gratuities—Bills—Cook’sand Gaze’s Coupons—Amusements—Tarantella Dance—Remunerationto Performers—Charades—Readings—Plays—AmateurPerformances—Musical Bands—Furnished Villas—Cost—Servants, | 43 |
| III. LOCAL MEANS OF CONVEYANCE. | |
| Private Carriages—Horses—Carriages for Hire—Whip-Cracking—Crueltyto Horses—Italian Cabs and Cabmen—Horse Bells—Fares—Pourboire and buona mano—Drives beyond Town—Crossing SwissPasses—Diligences—Steamboat Travelling—Omnibuses—Tramways, | 82 |
| IV. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. | |
| Post Rates for Letters—Underpaid Letters—Newspapers—Registration—Lettersfor Interior—Post Cards—Delivery—Poste restante—Pillars—Postmen, | 98 |
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