HOW TO TRAVEL HINTS, ADVICE, AND SUGGESTIONS TO TRAVELERS BY LAND AND SEA ALL OVER THE GLOBE BY THOMAS W. KNOX AUTHOR OF "JOHN," "THE BOY TRAVELERS IN THE FAR EAST," REVISED EDITION NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The Knickerbocker Press Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1880, by In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. All rights of translation and foreign publication are reserved. COPYRIGHT BY THOMAS W FUtiovAs-wt toox; PREFACE. IN preparing this volume for the press the author of "How to Travel" has endeavored to supply a want whose existence has long been apparent to him. Having journeyed somewhat over the earth he is frequently consulted by friends and acquaintances who are about to travel, and wish to know what to do before setting out on their undertakings, and how to meet the various perplexities that are sure to arise. In preparing this book he has answered a great many interrogatories that have been addressed to him in person, and if the manner of his response should be considered didactic, he begs the reader to remember that the author is endeavoring to meet the questions of the would-be traveler, and, therefore, addresses him in the second person. As nearly as possible he has embodied in "How to Travel" as much information as could be wrung from him by a vigorous and thorough interrogation of a couple of long winter evenings, conducted by an inquisitive couple who were about starting on a journey around the world and up and down its surface. With the changes that are constantly going on, some of the information here given may be found slightly inac |