The illustrations of history, both by pencil and pen, are given in the disconnected way that a traveller would find them in his journeys; but they may be easily combined by memory in their chronological order, and made to form a harmonious series of pictures.
The writer has sought to amuse as well as to instruct, and for this purpose the personal experiences of the young travellers are in part given. Two of the boys, who have small means, make the trip in the cheapest possible manner. Tommy Toby meets the mishaps a thoughtless boy might experience. The other travellers have an eye for the literary and poetic scenes and incidents of the tour.
That the volume may amuse and entertain the young reader, and awaken in him a greater love of books of history, biography, and travel, is the hope of the publishers and the author.
28 Worcester St., Boston, Mass.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Journey Proposed | [3] |
| II. | Tom Toby’s Secret Society | [12] |
| III. | First Meeting of the Club | [22] |
| IV. | On the Atlantic | [51] |
| V. | The Land of Scott and Burns | [71] |
| VI. | Story Telling in Edinburgh | [84] |
| VII. | A Rainy Evening Story at Carlisle | [104] |
| VIII. | A Cloudless Day | [119] |
| IX. | A Series of Memorable Visits | [135] |
| X. | A Visit to Oxford and Woodstock | [153] |
| XI. | Letters and Excursions | [160] |
| XII. | London | [173] |
| XIII. | Belgium | [205] |
| XIV. | Upper Normandy | [226] |
| XV. | Paris | [249] |
| XVI. | Brittany | [283] |
| XVII. | Homeward | [304] |