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Ade George. In Pastures New
In Pastures New
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IN LONDON
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE, WITH MODERN VARIATIONS
CHAPTER III
WITH MR. PEASLEY IN DARKEST LONDON
CHAPTER IV
HOW IT FEELS TO GET INTO LONDON. AND THEN BE ENGULFED
CHAPTER V
AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PASSPORT. AND THE HANDY LITTLE CABLE CODE
CHAPTER VI
WHAT ONE MAN PICKED UP IN LONDON. AND SENT BACK TO HIS BROTHER
IN PARIS
CHAPTER VII
HOW AN AMERICAN ENJOYS LIFE FOR. EIGHT MINUTES AT A TIME
CHAPTER VIII
A CHAPTER OF FRENCH JUSTICE AS DEALT. OUT IN THE DREYFUS CASE
CHAPTER IX
THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO AN AMERICAN CONSUL
IN NAPLES
CHAPTER X
MR. PEASLEY AND HIS VIVID IMPRESSIONS OF FOREIGN PARTS
IN CAIRO
CHAPTER XI
CAIRO AS THE ANNUAL STAMPING GROUND FOR AMERICANS. AND WHY THEY MAKE THE TRIP
CHAPTER XII
ROUND ABOUT CAIRO, WITH AND WITHOUT. THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DRAGOMAN OR. SIMON LEGREE OF THE ORIENT
CHAPTER XIII
ALL ABOUT OUR VISIT TO THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS
ON THE NILE
CHAPTER XIV
DASHING UP THE NILE IN COMPANY WITH MR. PEASLEY AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XV
DAY BY DAY ON THE DROWSY NILE. WITH. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL HASSIM
IN LUXOR
CHAPTER XVI
THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE
CHAPTER XVII
IN AND AROUND LUXOR, WITH A SIDE. LIGHT ON RAMESES THE GREAT
CHAPTER XVIII
THE ORDINARY HUMAN FAILINGS OF THE ANCIENT MOGULS
CHAPTER XIX
ROYAL TOMBS AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT
IN CAIRO
CHAPTER XX
MR. PEASLEY AND HIS FINAL SIZE-UP OF EGYPT
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George Ade
Published by Good Press, 2021
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On the whole, I think our telephone system is superior to that of any foreign cities. Our telephone girls have larger vocabularies, for one thing. In England the "hello" is never used. When an Englishman gathers up the ponderous contrivance and fits it against his head he asks:—"Are you there?" If the other man answers "No," that stops the whole conversation.
Travellers throughout the world should rise up and unite in a vote of thanks to whoever it was that abolished the upper berth in the newer boats. Mahomet's coffin suspended in mid air must have been a cheery and satisfactory bunk compared with the ordinary upper berth. Only a trained athlete can climb into one of them. The woodwork that you embrace and rub your legs against as you struggle upward is very cold. When you fall into the clammy sheets you are only about six inches from the ceiling. In the early morning the sailors scour the deck just overhead and you feel as if you were getting a shampoo. The aërial sarcophagus is built deep, like a trough, so that the prisoner cannot roll out during the night. It is narrow, and the man who is addicted to the habit of "spraddling" feels as if he were tied hand and foot.
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