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W. Wells Brown.

THREE YEARS IN EUROPE;

OR,
PLACES I HAVE SEEN AND PEOPLE I HAVE MET.


BY W. WELLS BROWN,
A FUGITIVE SLAVE.

WITH

A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR,
BY WILLIAM FARMER, Esq.



LONDON:
CHARLES GILPIN, 5, BISHOPSGATE STREET, WITHOUT.
EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD.
1852.
CONTENTS.

Memoir of William Wells Brown
Author's Preface

LETTER I.
Departure from Boston—the Passengers—Halifax—the Passage—First Sight of Land—Liverpool, 1-9

LETTER II.
Trip to Ireland—Dublin—Her Majesty's Visit—Illumination of the City—the Birth-Place of Thomas Moore—a Reception, 9-21

LETTER III.
Departure from Ireland—London—Trip to Paris—Paris—The Peace Congress: first day—Church of the Madeleine—Column Vendome—the French, 21-38

LETTER IV.
Versailles—The Palace—Second Session of the Congress—Mr. Cobden—Henry Vincent—M. Girardin—Abbe Duguerry—Victor Hugo: his Speech, 38-49

LETTER V.
M. de Tocqueville's Grand Soiree—Madame de Tocqueville—Visit of the Peace Delegates to Versailles—The Breakfast—Speechmaking—The Trianons—Waterworks—St. Cloud—The Fete, 50-59

LETTER VI.
The Tuileries—Place de la Concorde—The Egyptian Obelisk—Palais Royal—Residence of Robespierre—A Visit to the Room in which Charlotte Corday killed Marat—Church de Notre Dame—Palais de Justice—Hotel des Invalids—National Assembly—The Elysee, 59-73

LETTER VII.
The Chateau at Versailles—Private Apartments of Marie Antoinette—The Secret Door—Paintings of Raphael and David—Arc de Triomphe—Beranger the Poet, 73-82

LETTER VIII.
Departure from Paris—Boulogne—Folkstone—London—Geo. Thompson, Esq., M.P.—Hartwell House—Dr. Lee—Cottage of the Peasant—Windsor Castle—Residence of Wm. Penn—England's First Welcome—Heath Lodge—The Bank of England, 83-104

LETTER IX.
The British Museum—A Portrait—Night Reading—A Dark Day—A Fugitive Slave on the Streets of London—A Friend in the time of need, 104-116

LETTER X.
The Whittington Club—Louis Blanc—Street Amusements—Tower of London—Westminster Abbey—National Gallery—Dante—Sir Joshua Reynolds, 117-134

LETTER XI.
York-Minster—The Great Organ—Newcastle-on-Tyne—The Labouring Classes—The American Slave—Sheffield—James Montgomery, 134-145

LETTER XII.
Kirkstall Abbey—Mary the Maid of the Inn—Newstead Abbey: Residence of Lord Byron—Parish Church of Hucknall—Burial Place of Lord Byron—Bristol: "Cook's Folly"—Chepstow Castle and Abbey—Tintern Abbey—Redcliffe Church, 145-162

LETTER XIII.
Edinburgh—The Royal Institute—Scott's Monument—John Knox's Pulpit—Temperance Meeting—Glasgow—Great Meeting in the City Hall, 163-176

LETTER XIV.
Stirling—Dundee—Dr. Dick—Geo. Gilfillan—Dr. Dick at home, 177-184

LETTER XV.
Melrose Abbey—Abbotsford—Dryburgh Abbey—The Grave of Sir Walter Scott—Hawick—Gretna Green—Visit to the Lakes, 185-196

LETTER XVI.
Miss Martineau—"The Knoll"—"Ridal Mount"—"The Dove's Nest"—Grave of William Wordsworth, Esq.—The English Peasant, 196-207

LETTER XVII.
A Day in the Crystal Palace, 207-219

LETTER XVIII.
The London Peace Congress—Meeting of Fugitive Slaves—Temperance Demonstration—The Great Exhibition: Last Visit, 219-226

LETTER XIX.
Oxford—Martyrs' Monument—Cost of the Burning of the Martyrs—The Colleges—Dr. Pusey—Energy, the Secret of Success, 227-235

LETTER XX.
Fugitive Slaves in England, 236-250

LETTER XXI.
A Chapter on American Slavery, 250-273

LETTER XXII.
A Narrative of American Slavery, 273-305

LETTER XXIII.
Aberdeen—Passage by Steamer—Edinburgh—Visit to the College—William and Ellen Craft, 305-312
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