A Traveler at Forty (Part of The Collected Works of Theodore Drieser - 30 Volumes)

A TRAVELER AT FORTY BY THEODORE DREISER Author of Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, The Financier, etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED BY W. GLACKENS NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO, 1913 Piccadilly Circus TO BARFLEUR CONTENTS CHAPTER I BARFLEUR TAKES ME IN HAND ....... 3 II MISS X .......... ....... 16 III AT FISHGUARD ............. 24 IV SERVANTS AND POLITENESS . . . ..... 32 V THE RIDE TO LONDON .......... 37 VI THE BARFLEUR FAMILY .......... 47 VII A GLIMPSE OF LONDON ..... ..... 57 VIII A LONDON DRAWING-ROOM ........ 66 IX CALLS ...... . ...... .... 72 X SOME MORE ABOUT LONDON ....... .77 XI THE THAMES .............. 89 XII MARLOWE ............. 95 XIII LILLY A GIRL OF THE STREETS ....... 113 XIV LONDON THE EAST END ..... .... 128 XV ENTER SIR SCORP ......... ... 136 XVI A CHRISTMAS CALL ... ...... . . 148 XVII SMOKY ENGLAND ........ .... 171 XVIII SMOKY ENGLAND continued ........ 180 XIX CANTERBURY ........ ...... 188 XX EN ROUTE TO PARIS ........... 198 XXI PARIS ............ .... 211 XXII A MORNING IN PARIS, . . . . . 225 XXIII THREE GUIDES ....... ...... 238 XXIV THE POISON FLOWER .......... 247 XXV MONTE CARLO ........ ..... 255 XXVI THE LURE OF GOLD ..... ...... 264 XXVII WE GO TO EZE ...... . ....-.. - 275 CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER QQ XXVIII NICE - 288 XXIX A FIRST GLIMPSE OF ITALY 295 XXX A STOP AT PISA 306 XXXI FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ROME 315 XXXII MRS. Q. AND THE BORGIA FAMILY 327 XXXIII THE ART OF SIGNOR TANNI 337 XXXIV AN AUDIENCE AT THE VATICAN 345 XXXV THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS 354 XXXVI PERUGIA 365 XXXVII THE MAKERS OF FLORENCE 371 XXXVIII A NIGHT RAMBLE IN FLORENCE 380 XXklX FLORENCE OF TO-DAY 387 XL MARIA BASTIDA 398 XLI VENICE 409 XLII LUCERNE 415 XLIII ENTERING GERMANY 424 XLIV A MEDIEVAL TOWN437 XLV MY FATHERS BIRTHPLACE . . . 449 XLVI THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT 454 XLVII BERLIN 462 XLVIII THE NIGHT-LIFE OF BERLIN 474 XLIX ON THE WAY TO HOLLAND 486 L AMSTERDAM 494 LI SPOTLESS TOWN 50 LII PARIS AGAIN 507 LIII THE VOYAGE HOME ILLUSTRATIONS Piccadilly Circus Frontispiece PACING PAGE I saw Mr. G. conversing with Miss E 8 One of those really interesting conversations between Barfleur and Miss X,20 I like it, he pronounced. The note is somber, bul it is excellent work . . . . . . . . 70 Hoped for the day when the issue might be tried out physically 74 Here the Thames was especially delightful . . . 90 Barfleur 156 The French have made much of the Seine . ., . 228 One of the thousands upon thousands of cafes on the boulevards of Paris . . . . . . . . . 236 These places were crowded with a gay and festive throng - 244 I looked to a distant table to see the figure he indicated 252 My heavens, how well she keeps up . . . . 290 I sated myself on the house fronts or backs below the Ponte Vecchio - 3 4 There can only be one Venice 44 A German dance hall, Berlin . ., . . . 464 Teutonic bursts of temper ........ 482 . A. TR-AJVEI-ER. A. T