Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo

book went to dine at the —— Club, quite unconscious o

tour Mr. James was about to take. The Peninsular and Oriental Company had arranged an excursion in the Mediterranean, by which, in the space of a couple of months, as many men and cities wer

ur life you will never probably have a chance again to see so much in so short a time. Consider — it is as easy as a journey to Paris or to Baden.” Mr. Titmarsh considered all these things; but also the difficulties of the situation: he had but s

s outstanding engagements — to write letters to his amazed family, stating that they were not to expect him at dinner on Saturday fortnight, as he would be at Jerusalem on that day — to purchase eighteen shirts and lay in a sea stock of

ter never went abroad at all, and wrote the following pages, out of pure fancy, in retirement at Putney; but ma

interest now that it had formerly) — that I can’t but recommend all persons who have time and means to make a similar journey — vacation idlers to extend their travels and pursue it: above all, young well-educated men entering life, to ta