Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands

OR,
SIGHTS AND SCENES
FOREIGN LANDS.
CURTIS GUILD,
EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COMMERCIAL BULLETIN.
BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD AND DILLINGHAM. 1871.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, By LEE AND SHEPARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co.
Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, No. 10 Spring Lane.

The following pages are the record of the fruition of years of desire and anticipation; probably the same that fills the hearts of many who will read them—a tour in Europe.
The habits of observation, acquired by many years' constant occupation as a journalist, were found by the author to have become almost second nature, even when the duties of that profession were thrown aside for simple gratification and enjoyment; consequently, during a journey of nearly seven months, which was enjoyed with all the zest of a first tour, the matter which composes this volume was prepared.