ILLUSTRATIONS
| | Facing Page |
| [Castello Mezzatorre] | | Title |
| [Lime Walk, Oxford] | | 10 |
| [National Gallery, London, fronting Trafalgar Square] | | 16 |
| [Ventnor] | } |
| [Tennyson's House] | } | 20 |
| [Shanklin, Isle of Wight] | } |
| [Street in Bonchurch] | } | 22 |
| [Stoke-Poges, where Gray's "Elegy" was written] | | 24 |
| [National Gallery, Edinburgh, Castle on Hill in background] | | 30 |
| [Dryburgh Abbey, where Sir Walter Scott is buried] | | 32 |
| [Dunluce Castle] | | 36 |
| [Trinity College, Dublin] | | 48 |
| [Old Steps and Sea Wall, Capri] | | 54 |
| [Isola di Capri] | | 56 |
| [Amalfi] | | 58 |
| [Street Scene, Naples] | | 60 |
| [The Pincian Hill, Rome] | | 68 |
| [Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome] | | 74 |
| [Piazza della Signoria, Florence] | | 82 |
| [Stairway Bargello Palace, Florence] | | 84 |
| [The Grand Canal, Venice] | | 86 |
| [Lake Maggiore, Isola Bella, Italy] | | 92 |
| [Amsterdam] | | 106 |
| [Ship Canal cut across the Isthmus of Corinth] | | 116 |
| [The Acropolis as It Was] | } |
| [The Acropolis as It Is] | } | 118 |
| [Landing at Smyrna] | | 120 |
| [Constantinople] | | 122 |
| [The Galata Bridge, Constantinople] | | 126 |
| [Modern Nürnberg] | } |
| [Old Nürnberg] | } | 136 |
| [Rue de Rivoli, showing Tuileries Gardens] | | 140 |
| [Bois de Vincennes] | } |
| [Château d'Amboise] | } | 150 |
| [Campo Santo, Genoa] | | 156 |
| [Valley of the Rhone] | } |
| [Corniche Road between Nice and Monaco] | } | 158 |
| [Château d'If] | } |
| [Almeria, Spain] | } | 160 |
BY WAY
OF PREAMBLE
Ah me, ah me, that I should be
So torn by my inconstancy;
I fain would go—I tarry so,
But see the world, I must—heigh-ho.