Jones' Regular Swiss Round. Albert Smith's Mont Blanc. Alcot's Travels in Europe. Forbes's Physican's Diary in Switzerland. Mrs. Stowe's Sunny Memories. Calvin and the Swiss Reformation. Encyclopedia, Newspaper Articles, English, American, and Swiss, etc., etc., etc. Papers written specially by Arthur Sketchley, Thomas Cook, Edwin Hodder, J. Plummer, Mrs. N. Fowler, and others. Appendix. AS S intimated in the prospectus of this Guide Book, one of the main objects of its publication is to illustrate and exemplify the tourist system established by Messrs. Cook and Son. The innumerable programmes and announcements issued by that firm have fully advertised throughout the length and breadth of the land the extent of their tourist operations, and the facilities they offer to the travelling public; and this entirely obviates the necessity and desirability of dilating in these pages upon the unquestionable advantages of such a system, embracing in its ramifications every nook and corner of the civilised world. It shall be our purpose rather to indicate with brevity the best manner in which the pages of this Guide-book may be utilised as a handbook and supplement to Cook's Travelling Tickets. The Appendix will, for the sake of simplicity, be divided into the following sections : I.-Programme of Routes, and an Index, shewing the pages in the Guide-book proper, at which may be found the information appertaining to each place. II. Explanation of "Cook's Hotel Coupons." III.-List of Hotels at which the Coupons are accepted. IV. Hints and Suggestions to Tourists. PROGRAMME OF ROUTES. The following is a selection of a few of the principal Paris and Swiss Tours advertised in "Cook's Excursionist.” The fares are not quoted, as they are liable to fluctuation; but the "Excursionist" is published at frequent intervals during the tourist season, and contains the latest and fullest information on all points of fares, routes, etc., etc. ROUTE I.-London, Dieppe, Paris, Fontainebleau, Dijon, consult pages 13, 16, 38, 190, Maçon, Culoz, Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, 191, 102, 189, 188, 105, 100, Berne, Neuchâtel, Pontarlier, Dijon, Paris, Dieppe, 93, 138, 187, 190, 38, London, or Paris, Calais, London, 16, ROUTE II.-London, Paris, Troyes, Belfort, Mülhausen, Bâle, consult pages 13, Olten, Lucerne, Alpnacht, Brunig Pass, Brienz, 55, 79, 79, 85, 54, Giessbach, Interlacken, Thun, Berne, Fribourg, Lausanne, Geneva, Culoz, Maçon, Dijon, Paris, 189, 190, 38, ROUTE III.-London, Paris, Fontainebleau, Dijon, Pontarlier, consult pages 13, 38, 191, 190, 187, Dôle, Neuchâtel, Berne, Lausanne, St. Maurice, Martigny, Tête Noire or Col de Balme, Chamouny, 128, 121, 112, Geneva, Culoz, Maçon, Dijon, Paris, London, ROUTE IV.—GREAT OBERLAND, CHAMOUNY, AND ALPINE TOUR.-Bâle, Zurich, Coire, Splugen Pass, Colico, consult pages 99 Como, Lugano, Bellinzona, St. Gothard Pass, Hospenthal, Flüelen, Lucerne, Alpnach, Brienz, 183, 76, 79, 85, Giessbach, Interlacken, Thun, Berne, Fribourg, 55, 102, Geneva, 85, 88, Lausanne, Villeneuve, Martigny, Chamouny, 131, 128, 92, 93, 100, 112, 105. ROUTE V.-EAST SWISS TOUR.-Bâle, Neuhausen, Falls of Rorschach, Coire, Zurich, Zug, Lucerne, Bernese 159, 144, 148, 55, Oberland, Berne, Lausanne, Geneva, 79 ROUTE VI.-BERNESE OBERLAND, AND CENTRAL ALPINE TOUR.-Bâle, Olten, Berne, Bernese Oberland, 36 36 Rhone Valley, Brigue, Sierre, Martigny, Bouveret, COOK'S CONTINENTAL HOTEL Next in importance to the free and pleasant working of tourist tickets for France, Switzerland, and Italy, are the collateral arrangements for the accommodation of parties travelling with the tickets. Before issuing a single ticket for Switzerland in 1863, Mr. Thomas Cook made a special visit to the country, for the purpose of selecting in each principal city, town, and place of tourist resort one good reliable hotel, where, on fair terms, his travellers might be assured of safe and comfortable accommodation; and now, after the test of eleven seasons, we have abundant cause for satisfaction with the selection which he made, and the numerous additions which have since been made to the hotel list. We have in a very few solitary cases had complaints of seeming inattention; but on investigation of the allegations we have generally found that there has been misapprehension and mistake on the part of the tourist or the hotel proprietor. We scarcely have heard of a single instance in which explanation and redress have not been cheerfully accorded when the irregularity has been proved. In the character of the hotels selected there is great diversity of style and management: in some instances we have entered into arrangements with the proprietors of the largest and most pretentious-looking establishments, whilst in other places the less showy in appearance and profession have been preferred; but in all cases the freedom and comfort of the visitors have been the objects chiefly sought. In this our selection has been singularly fortunate, for the same ends have been attained in palatial establishments and in houses of plainer style and of fewer external attractions. Take for example the Victoria at Interlacken, a house |