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Letters from Bayard Taylor on Alpine Travel in 1858
Excerpts recount Bayard Taylor’s Swiss Alps journey from Goldau to Interlaken, describing mountain passes, glaciers, and valleys. He notes guides, Swiss songs, hotel life, and the changing European travel scene, with reflections on hospitality, language, and social manners. The narrative blends vivid scenery with personal observations of travelers, inns, and landscape.
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Bayard Taylor
Tribune
Germa
Germany
Goldau
Gunset
Zug
Joseph
New York
Luis
Gue
Anting
Bernens Alps
Finsteraar-horn
Jungfrau
Mount
Ida
Rhine
Tmot
Karest
Flutlen
Altort
Joseph Enpeels
Beyss
St Guthard
Switzerland
Tony
Thad
Joee
Jadet
Lellson
Fiat
Andormalt
Jonny Lind
Furen Pass
Rhout
Grimsel
Aar
Meyringen
Scholleck
Grindelwalt
Wen- Alp
Lantertrannga
Interlaken
High Alps
Wetterhorn
Wongern Alps
Estes
Hanlek
Tnterlacken
Barnesa Alps
Céatt
Hos- Sree
Glasiers
Adanes
Ford
Indy
Interlacken
Berne
Geneva
Europe
Chamouni
Mount Blanc
Albert Smith
Sant He
Rome
Mount Blaze
Merte’ Glace
Montinvert
Jerri
Simplon
St. Gothund
Trrond'te
Epéet
Alps
Tuly
Milan
Vernon
Railetsky
Verona
Covenclo
Prrosein
Radéteky
Italy
Carayssil
Piantro
Venice
Padua
Bologna
Tata
Orvieto
Florence
Powers
James Lenox
fairiy-Belkstov
Power
California
Ebbby
William B. Astor
Galthail
Floren
Jefferson
Riine
Appian Way
Pius IX
St. Peters
Ier
Sardinia
Tuscany
Genoa
Turin
Dlepy
Sar- Jintaches
Victor Emanuel
Chambery
Mont Cenis
Niles
Savoy
Géneva
Aix
Laké of Annecy
Rousseau
Lamarting
Raphael
Lausanne
Sinter
Col. Stevens
Maryland
American Colonization Society
Liberia
Mary Carolina Stevens
Baltimore American
J. H. B. Latrobe
Elisha Whittlesey
James Hull