The old world and its ways
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Old World and Its Ways, by William Jennings Bryan
Yours truly W. J. Bryan
DESCRIBING
A TOUR AROUND THE WORLD AND JOURNEYS THROUGH EUROPE
ST. LOUIS The Thompson Publishing Company 1907
Copyright 1907 By William Jennings Bryan
This volume is published in response to numerous requests from many sections, and my purpose is to put in permanent and convenient form the observations made during travels in the old world.
The illustrations will throw light on the subjects treated and it is believed will add much to the interest. The photographs from which they were made were collected at the places visited or taken by members of our party. Chapters one to forty-six were written from time to time during the trip around the world.
I was accompanied on this tour by my wife and our two younger children, William J., Jr., and Grace, aged sixteen and fourteen years respectively. The trip was taken for educational purposes and proved far more instructive than we anticipated.
We left our home September 21, 1905, sailed from San Francisco September 27, and arrived in New York August 29, 1906—the day before the date fixed for the home-coming reception in that city—and reached Lincoln September 5, sixteen days less than a year after our departure.
William Jennings Bryan
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William Jennings Bryan
Author's Preface
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I.
CROSSING THE PACIFIC—HAWAII.
CHAPTER II.
JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE.
CHAPTER III.
JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HOSPITALITY.
CHAPTER IV.
JAPAN—HER HISTORY AND PROGRESS.
CHAPTER V.
INDUSTRIES, ARTS AND COMMERCE.
CHAPTER VI.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND RELIGIONS.
CHAPTER VII.
EDUCATION AND RELIGION
CHAPTER VIII.
KOREA—"THE HERMIT NATION."
CHAPTER IX.
CHINA—AS SHE WAS
CHAPTER X.
CHINA—AS SHE WAS.
CHAPTER XI.
EDUCATION, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER XII.
CHINA'S AWAKENING.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE PHILIPPINES—NORTHERN ISLANDS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
CHAPTER XV.
THE PHILIPPINES—THE MORO COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM—Continued.
CHAPTER XVIII.
JAVA—THE BEAUTIFUL.
CHAPTER XIX.
NETHERLANDS INDIA.
CHAPTER XX.
IN THE TROPICS.
CHAPTER XXI.
BURMA AND BUDDHISM.
CHAPTER XXII.
EASTERN INDIA.
CHAPTER XXIII.
HINDU INDIA.
CHAPTER XXIV.
MOHAMMEDAN INDIA.
CHAPTER XXV.
WESTERN INDIA.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BRITISH RULE IN INDIA.
CHAPTER XXVII.
ANCIENT EGYPT.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MODERN EGYPT.
CHAPTER XXIX.
AMONG THE LEBANONS.
CHAPTER XXX.
THE CHRISTIAN'S MECCA.
CHAPTER XXXI.
GALILEE.
CHAPTER XXXII.
GREECE—THE WORLD'S TEACHER.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE BYZANTINE CAPITAL.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
IN THE LAND OF THE TURK.
CHAPTER XXXV.
HUNGARY AND HER NEIGHBORS.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE DUMA.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
AROUND THE BALTIC.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
DEMOCRATIC NORWAY—HER SUN, HER SCENERY AND HER CORONATION.
CHAPTER XL.
ENGLAND'S NEW LIBERAL GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER XLI.
HOMES AND SHRINES OF GREAT BRITAIN.
CHAPTER XLII.
GLIMPSES OF SPAIN.
CHAPTER XLIII.
A WORD TO TOURISTS.
CHAPTER XLIV.
AMERICAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.
CHAPTER XLV.
WORLD PROBLEMS.
CHAPTER XLVI.
A STUDY OF GOVERNMENTS.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
IRELAND AND HER LEADERS.
CHAPTER XLIX.
GROWTH OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
CHAPTER L.
FRANCE AND HER PEOPLE.
CHAPTER LI.
THE REPUBLIC OF SWITZERLAND.
CHAPTER LII.
THREE LITTLE KINGDOMS.
CHAPTER LIII.
BELGIUM.
CHAPTER LIV.
THE NETHERLANDS.
CHAPTER LV.
GERMANY AND SOCIALISM.
CHAPTER LVI.
RUSSIA AND HER CZAR.
CHAPTER LVII.
ROME—THE CATHOLIC CAPITAL.
CHAPTER LVIII.
TOLSTOY, THE APOSTLE OF LOVE.
CHAPTER LIX.
NOTES ON EUROPE.
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