James De Mille's complete comic travel-adventure follows the eccentric Dodge Club across France and Italy in 1859. Their journey brings chaotic transport, cultural misunderstandings, bandits, romance, political upheaval, and a relentless series of ingenious escapes. This unabridged text contains all fifty-seven original chapters.
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Chapter 1
Chapter I: Paris.--The Dodge Club.--How To Speak French.--How To Raise A Crowd. -
Chapter 2
Chapter II: Orleans.--How To Quell A Landlord.--How To Fight Off Humbugs; And How To Travel Without Baggage. -
Chapter 3
Chapter III: The Rhone In A Rain.--The Mad Frenchman.--Suicide A Capital Crime In France. -
Chapter 4
Chapter IV: Marseilles. -
Chapter 5
Chapter V: The Retired Organ-Grinder.--The Senator Philosophizes.--Evils Of Not Having A Passport. -
Chapter 6
Chapter VI: Lazaroni And Macaroni. -
Chapter 7
Chapter VII: Dolores.--An Italian Maid Learns English.--A Romantic Adventure.--A Masquerade, And What Befell The Senator.--A Charming Domino.--A Moonlight Walk, And An Astounding Discovery. -
Chapter 8
Chapter VIII: Adventures And Misadventures.--A Wet Grotto And A Boiling Lake.--The Two Fair Spaniards, And The Donkey Ride. -
Chapter 9
Chapter IX: A Drive Into The Country.--A Fight With A Vetturino.--The Effect Of Eating "Hard Boiled Eggs."--What They Saw At Paestum.--Five Temples And One "Mill." -
Chapter 10
Chapter X: On The Water, Where Buttons Sees A Lost Idea And Gives Chase To It, Together With The Heart-Sickening Results Thereof. -
Chapter 11
Chapter XI: The Senator Has Such A Fancy For Seeking Useful Information!--Curious Position Of A Wise, And Well-Known, And Deservedly-Popular Legislator, And Undignified Mode Of His Escape. -
Chapter 12
Chapter XII: Herculaneum And Pompeii, And All That The Sight Of Those Famous Places Produced On The Minds Of The Dodge Club. -
Chapter 13
Chapter XIII: Vesuvius.--Wonderful Ascent Of The Cone.--Wonderful Descent Into The Crater.--And Most Wonderful Disappearance Of Mr. Figgs, After Whom All His Friends Go, With Their Lives In Their Hands.--Great Sensati... -
Chapter 14
Chapter XIV: Magnificent Attitude Of The Senator; Brilliancy Of Buttons; And Pluck Of The Other Members Of The Club: By All Of Which The Greatest Effects Are Produced. -
Chapter 15
Chapter XV: Dolores Once More.--A Pleasant Conversation.--Buttons Learns More Of His Young Friend.--Affecting Farewell. -
Chapter 16
Chapter XVI: Dіck Relates A Family Legend. -
Chapter 17
Chapter XVII: Night On The Road.--The Club Asleep.--They Enter Rome.--Thoughts On Approaching And Entering "The Eternal City." -
Chapter 18
Chapter XVIII: A Letter By Dіck, And Criticisms Of His Friends. -
Chapter 19
Chapter XIX: St. Peter'S!--The Tragic Story Of The Fat Man In The Ball.--How Another Tragedy Nearly Happened.--The Woes Of Meinherr Schatt. -
Chapter 20
Chapter XX: The Glory, Grandeur, Beauty, And Infinite Variety Of The Pincian Hill; Narrated And Detailed Not Columnarily But Exhaustively, And After The Manner Of Rabelais. -
Chapter 21
Chapter XXI: Harmony On The Pincian Hill.--Music Hath Charms.--American Melodies. --The Glory, The Power, And The Beauty Of Yankee Doodle, And The Mercenary Soul Of An Italian Organ-Grinder. -
Chapter 22
Chapter XXII: How A Bargain Is Made.--The Wiles Of The Italian Tradesman.--The Nаked Sulky Beggar, And The Jovial Well-Clad Beggar.--Who Is The King Of Beggars? -
Chapter 23
Chapter XXIII: The Manifold Life Of The Café Nuovo, And How They Received The News About Magenta.--Excitement.--Enthusiasm.--Tears.--Embraces. -
Chapter 24
Chapter XXIV: Checkmate! -
Chapter 25
Chapter XXV: Buttons A Man Of One Idea.--Dіck And His Measuring Tape.--Dark Eyes. --Susceptible Heart.--Young Maiden Who Lives Out Of Town.--Grand Collision Of Two Abstracted Lovers In The Public Streets. -
Chapter 26
Chapter XXVI: Consequences Of Being Gallant In Italy, Where There Are Lovers, Husbands, Brothers, Fathers, Cousins, And Innumerable Other Relatives And Connections, All Ready With The Stiletto. -
Chapter 27
Chapter XXVII: Dіck On The Sick List.--Rapture Of Buttons At Making An Important Discovery. -
Chapter 28
Chapter XXVIII: What Kind Of A Letter The Senator Wrote For The "New England Patriot," Which Shows A Trite, Liberal, Unbiased, Plain, Unvarnished View Of Rome. -
Chapter 29
Chapter XXIX: The Lonely One And His Comforter.--The True Medicine For A Sick Man. -
Chapter 30
Chapter ХXX: Occupations And Peregrinations Of Buttons. -
Chapter 31
Chapter XXXI: Buttons Acts The Good Samaritan, And Literally Unearths A Most Unexpected Victim Of An Atrocious Robbery.--Gr-R-R-A-Cious Me! -
Chapter 32
Chapter XXXII: Another Discovery Made By Buttons. -
Chapter 33
Chapter XXXIII: Brekekek Koax Koax Koax. -
Chapter 34
Chapter XXXIV: The Senator Pursues His Investigations.--An Intelligent Roman Touches A Chord In The Senator'S Heart That Vibrates.--Results Of The Vibration.--A Visit From The Roman Police; And The Great Race Down The... -
Chapter 35
Chapter XXXV: Dіck Makes Another Effort, And Begins To Feel Encouraged. -
Chapter 36
Chapter XXXVI: Showing How Difficult It Is To Get A Laundress, For The Senator Wanted One, And Not Knowing The Language Got Into A Scrape, Not By His Own Fault, For He Was Careful About Committing Himself With The Lad... -
Chapter 37
Chapter XXXVII: Rome.--Ancient History.--The Prehistoric Era.--Critical Examination Of Niebuhr And His School.--The Early History Of Rome Placed On A Right Basis.--Explanation Of History Of Republic. --Napoleon'S "Cae... -
Chapter 38
Chapter XXXVIII: Italian Travel, Roads, Inns.--A Grand Breakdown.--An Army Of Beggars.--Six Men Hunting Up A Carriage Wheel; And Plans Of The Senator For The Good Of Italy. -
Chapter 39
Chapter XXXIX: Triumphant Progress Of Dіck.--Gendarmes Foiled.--The Dodge Club Is Attacked By Brigands, And Every Man Of It Covers Himself With Glory.--Scream Of The American Eagle! -
Chapter 40
Chapter XL: Pleasant Mediations About The Wonders Of Tobacco; And Three Pleasant Anecdotes By An Italian Brigand.