ALTHOUGH the passport system was for a time abolished in Bavaria, Ber- gium, Denmark, Holland, France, Italy, Prussia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Austria, no English traveller should venture abroad on any account without a passport as a proof of his nationality, and as a means of identification. He may otherwise be marched under arrest, for miles along a hot, dusty road, to some Sous Prefêt's residence, under the suspicion of his not being an Englishman at all. A passport can be procured at the Foreign-Office, Downing Street, by leaving or sending a letter of recommendation from any M.P., or London banker, magistrate, clergyman, solicitor, or surgeon, and calling or sending the next day for the passport, for which a fee of 2s. is charged. The visa of the Austrian and Prussian ambassadors and French consul in London are also required at present. Those who have not time or a servant at their disposal should forward their letters of recommendation to Dorrell and Son, 15, Charing Cross, or` to Lee and Carter, 440, Strand, who for a small charge will procure the passports and visas, and will also mount the passport in a case, which Custom-houses.-The Swiss now levy import-dues only on a few bulky articles, and no examination of passengers' luggage is made on entering or leaving the country. Examinations are made on entering France, Italy, ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA, 1873. Particular attention is requested to the following Corrections and Additions. Telegrams in Switzerland cost franc, but if sent through the people of the hotels are charged 1 franc! To secure safe receipt always pay for an answer (réponse payée). PAGE 49. Lucerne. Physician, Dr. Nager, is highly recommended; speaks English, studied in England.-Swann Hotel very good. 80, col. ii. The steamer on the Lake of Thun lands her passengers on the S. side at Därligen Terminus of the Railway to Unterseen, Interlachen, and Brienz. It is called the Bödelibahn. [Neuhaus is deserted.] 81. Dr. Mani has left Interlachen. 83. Mürren. H. et Pension Mürren-a large house, new 1872; splendid view. A third hotel is just built, 1873. 94. Reichenbach H. not so good as Sauvage at Meiringen. 98. Guttanen. Inn Bär is a better sleeping place for ladies than Handek. 112. Brieg. H. Sonnenberg, new and good; a little above the village. Engelberg. New large hotel, Sonnenberg. 121. St. Gothard Railway. The works on this Pass are begun in earnest, The great Tunnel, 83 m. long ! (14,900 mètres) was commenced, 1872. below Göschenen, where the rock is gneiss, and also near Airolo, on the Italian side. 133. Kandersteg. H. et Pension Gemmi, 1872. 147. Comballaz. There is but one Inn or Pension here, and that a very uncomfortable one. 173. Geneva. The Musée Académique was removed, 1872, to the New Academy on the Bastion. 178. The Voirons. The Inn here is no longer to be recommended. 180. The Pierre aux Dames is removed to the Bastion, near the New Academy. 210. Domo d'Ossola, H. de Ville (ancienne Poste) is the best Inn. Both are dear. 267. Chiavenna. Conradi's is the only Inn for English travellers. 277. St. Moritz Baths. Hotel cuisine improved, under new manager. 290, col. ii. Bernina Inn by no means to be recommended; uncivil host. 294. Klosters-Inn, Pension Silvretta; good. A hut has been erected on the Silvretta glacier, 3 hours' walk from this, to shelter travellers. 369. The Tariff for Guides has been revised. To Monte Rosa, 40 frs. instead of 50 for guide; 25 for porter. To the Trift, 30 frs. for guide, &c. ROUTES 37 AND 129. Pedestrians going from Leukerbad to the Val d'Anniviers need not go through Sierre, but may reach the bridge across the Rhone by turning into a The Editor of the HANDBOOK for SWITZERLAND, PIEDMONT, and Savoy, is very solicitous to be favoured with corrections of any mistakes and missions which may be discovered by persons who have made ise of the book. Those communications especially will be welcomed which are founded upon personal knowledge, and accompanied by the name of the writer to authenticate them. Travellers willing to make such communications are requested to have the kindness to address them to the Editor of the HANDBOOK, care of Mr. Murray, Albemarle Street. CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.-By a recent Act of Parliament, the introduction into England of foreign pirated Editions of the works of British authors, in which the copyright subsists, is totally prohibited. Travellers will therefore bear in mind that even a single copy is contraband, and is liable to seizure at the English Custom-house. CAUTION TO INNKEEPERS AND OTHERS.-The Editor of the Handbooks has learned from various quarters that a person or persons have of late been extorting money from innkeepers, tradespeople, artists, and others, on the Continent, under pretext of procuring recommendations and favourable notices of them and their establishments in the Handbooks for Travellers. The Editor therefore thinks proper to warn all whom it may concern, that recommendations in the Handbooks are not to be obtained by purchase, and that the persons alluded to are not only unauthorised by him, but are totally unknown to him. All those, therefore, who put confidence in such promises, may rest assured that they will be defrauded of their money without attaining their object. * Certificates in praise of Inns must be signed by respectable and well-known persons. No attention can be paid to letters from Hotelkeepers in praise of their own inns; no letters received unless pre-paid. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, |