GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, By W. PEMBROKE FETRIDGE, AUTHOR OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PARIS COMMUNE," 99 66 HARPER'S PHRASE-BOOK," ETO. WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED MAPS AND PLANS OF CITIES. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME III. SWITZERLAND, TYROL, DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, AND SPAIN. THIRTEENTH YEAR. NEW YORK:- HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. Milan, DUMFORD DI LUIGI BROS.-Vienna, GEROLD & Co.-Berlin, ASHER & Co. THE Author of "Harper's Hand-books" wishes to inform all Hotel-keepers that favorable notices of their houses can not be obtained by purchase; that complaints of dishonesty or inattention, properly substantiated, will cause their houses to be stricken from the list of good establishments. Favors from Travelers.-Although the Author of "Harper's Hand-books" has made arrangements to keep it as perfect as possible, and purposes devoting his time to that purpose, he would still be under many obligations to Travelers if they personally note any inaccuracies or omissions, and transmit them to him, either at 13 Avenue de l'Impératrice, Paris, or to the care of his publishers, HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. Advertisers wishing to discontinue their advertisements must inform the Publishers on or before the 1st of January in each year, that the necessary alterations may be made in time for the New Edition. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH YEAR. THE success of " Harper's Hand-book" for the last twelve years has stimulated the author and publishers to renewed exertions to make it the most correct and useful work of the kind published. The author, who resides in Europe, has spent most of the year 1873 in Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and all of these countries have been entirely rewritten, while most important additions and corrections have been made in the descriptions of other countries, which will be found to vary materially from the edition of 1873. The vast amount of matter now collected has made it necessary to divide the work into three volumes, the carrying of which will be found more convenient to the tourist. The corrections are all brought down to January, 1874, which is several years later than the date of any European Hand-book of travel. The advantages of this are evident. New lines of railway are constantly opened, bringing desirable places of resort into easy communication with each other, which before were separated by days of uncomfortable posting. While every effort has been made to secure absolute correctness in the work, the author is fully aware of the difficulty of attaining perfection in this respect. As the London Spectator, in its review of the edition of 1871, justly observed, "The labor and incessant attention required to mark the changes of every year must be a severe strain on any man's faculties." The corrections and additions amount to several thousand every year; but the author is confident that no important errors have escaped his observation, and that the information gathered with so much labor will be found to be correct in every essential particular. An excellent new map of Switzerland has been expressly engraved, with sixty-nine different routes marked thereon; also four smaller maps of Switzerland. A large map of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, with numerous plans of cities, have this year been added. A new general map of Europe has been substituted for the old one. The Hand-book now contains over one hundred maps, plans, and diagrams of countries, cities, routes, and objects of interest-three times as many as are given in any other Handbook of travel. PARIS, January 1, 1874. W. P. F. |