I—NEW YORK TO LONDON
1. Leaving New York—The docks, the harbor, description of the steamer; life on the ocean.
2. The Landing: Liverpool—The new docks; the art gallery.
3. On the Way to London—The Northwestern Railway; English railway-cars; English traveling companions; the countryside.
4. The First Stop: Rugby—English Inns; Thomas Arnold and Rugby School. Brief reading from Tom Brown's School Days.
5. Arriving in London—The London cab; the motor-bus; the London lodging-house; English and American comfort.
Books to Consult—John C. Van Dyke: The Opal Sea. Hare: Walks in London. E. V. Lucas: The Friendly Town. Hawthorne: English Note-Books. William Winter: Grey Days and Gold.
By stopping in Liverpool a few days, there are several delightful side-trips possible: one to Chester, to see the cathedral, the Roman ruins, the famous walls, and the Rows; another to Hawarden, the home of Gladstone, and a third to Eaton Hall, the seat of the Duke of Westminster.
By going to London by the Midland, one passes through the Peak country; look up beautiful Haddon Hall and Chatsworth; read the Story of Dorothy Vernon and Scott's Peveril of the Peak. Going by the Great Northern, one can see the famous Five Dukeries, and pass through Sherwood Forest; read of the latter from Ivanhoe.