OUR HOST.
A FLIGHT IN SPRING
IN THE CAR LUCANIA FROM NEW YORK
TO THE PACIFIC COAST AND BACK
DURING APRIL AND MAY, 1898, AS TOLD
BY THE REV. J. HARRIS KNOWLES
NEW YORK
1898
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED
FOR FREDERICK HUMPHREYS, M.D.
No. 750
Copyright, 1898, by
J. HARRIS KNOWLES
Dedication
TO THE LUCANIANS:
- "THE KING AND THE QUEEN"
- "THE APOSTLE AND THE ANGEL"
- "THE FAIRY PRINCESS"
- "JUNO AND PSYCHE"
- "THE GYPSY QUEEN"
- "THE PRINCESS"
- "MINERVA AND JUPITER"
- "MERCURY," AND
- "THE SPANISH COUNT"
THESE RANDOM JOTTINGS OF OUR HAPPY "FLIGHT IN SPRING," ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY THEIR FRIEND
"THE POPE"
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| I. | |
| The Circumstances of the Flight. — The Start. — The Car "Lucania." — The Kitchen. — The Cook. — The Poetic Dinner. — Our Accommodations. — Visitors at Newark. — Improvised Theatricals. — Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington. — The Approaching War Crisis | 1 |
| II | |
| On through the South. — Thomasville, Georgia. — Dr. Humphrey's Winter Home. — Southern Flowers. — The Old Plantation. — War Declared. — They Leave To-day | 8 |
| III | |
| Departure from Thomasville. — Pet Superstitions. — Montgomery, Alabama. — The Capitol. — The Public Fountain. — Montgomery to New Orleans | 15 |
| IV | |
| New Orleans. — Surviving Traces of Spanish and French Occupation. — Jackson Square. — Cathedral of St. Louis. — The Cemeteries. — Melancholy Perspectives. — Audubon Park. — Graves for Sale. — The French Market. — Mobile and New Orleans as Seen Nearly Thirty Years Ago. — St. Charles Hotel. — A Dinner at Dr. Mercer's | 19 |
| V | |
| Impressions of New Orleans. — Its Harbor. — The Levee at Night. — Southern Texas. — Its Forests, Flowers, and Birds. — The Prairie Pool | 25 |
| VI | |
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