LETTERS OF TRAVEL

THE DOMINIONS EDITION

LETTERS OF TRAVEL

(1892-1913)

BY RUDYARD KIPLING

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1920

The Letters entitled 'FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY'
were published originally in The Times ; those
entitled 'LETTERS TO THE FAMILY' in The Morning
Post
; and those entitled 'EGYPT OF THE MAGICIANS'
in Nash's Magazine .

COPYRIGHT

This Edition is intended for circulation only in India
and the British Dominions over the Seas


CONTENTS

FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY (1892)—
In Sight of Monadnock
Across a Continent
The Edge of the East
Our Overseas Men
Some Earthquakes
Half-a-Dozen Pictures
'Captains Courageous'
On One Side Only
Leaves from a Winter Note-Book


LETTERS TO THE FAMILY (1907)—
The Road to Quebec
A People at Home
Cities and Spaces
Newspapers and Democracy
Labour
The Fortunate Towns
Mountains and the Pacific
A Conclusion


EGYPT OF THE MAGICIANS (1913)—
Sea Travel
A Return to the East
A Serpent of Old Nile
Up the River
Dead Kings
The Face of the Desert
The Riddle of Empire




FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY

1892-95

IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK.
ACROSS A CONTINENT.
THE EDGE OF THE EAST.
OUR OVERSEAS MEN.
SOME EARTHQUAKES.
HALF-A-DOZEN PICTURES.
'CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS.'
ON ONE SIDE ONLY.
LEAVES FROM A WINTER NOTE-BOOK.


IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK

After the gloom of gray Atlantic weather, our ship came to America in aflood of winter sunshine that made unaccustomed eyelids blink, and theNew Yorker, who is nothing if not modest, said, 'This isn't a sample ofour really fine days. Wait until such and such times come, or go to suchand a such a quarter of the city.' We were content, and more thancontent, to drift aimlessly up and down the brilliant streets, wonderinga little why the finest light should be wasted on the worst pavements inthe world; to walk round and round Madison Square, because that was fullof beautifully dressed babies playin

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