Title	The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico
Date	1898-1925
Author	John L. Stoddard
Size	6 1/2 x 9 inches
Condition	Beautiful flexible cover with gothic style raised design. Some wear and discoloration to the cover. Inside pages are nice and clean.

Rare Antique Photo Book !

Presented for you at this auction, is a wonderful RARE book, richly illustrated with 372 high quality vintage photos taken in the late 1800's ! The photos were printed into this book via the highest quality printing method at that time.

 
In 1874, John L. Stoddard started his world travels and began writing a 15 volume world travel set titled "John Stoddard's Lectures" of which this book is volume #7. While becoming a world famous lecturer for more than 20 years, his voyages took him to every remote corner of the globe. He was a member of the Author's Club Of London and the Literary Society Of Rome - two of the most prestigious organizations of their time.

Imagine these images being taken with a camera back in those early days of photography when they even did some hand tinting! You will take a journey with the author John Stoddard and view many historical, cultural, and incredible photographs of over 100 years ago!  The "Old Country" as it was many years ago. Writing about his travels, John Stoddard gave his readers detailed stories and interesting information about his travels so that every American could have a glimpse, first hand, of the "Old World" beyond our shores.

Illustrations found in this book...

THE RHINE... The Freedom Seeking Rhine, A Glimpse of Baden - Baden, Baden - Baden, The Theatre, The Restaurant, The Hotel Messmer, In the Allee at Baden, The Park, Conversation House and Hotel Messmer, The Music Stand, In the Conversation House, The Waldsee, The Old Gaming Hall, Hornberg in the Black Forest, The River Oos, The Promenade of the Drinking Hall, The Drinking Hall, Das Alte Schloss, The Gateway, The Entrance, The Banquet Hall in the Old Castle, Ruined Walls, A Corridor in the Castle, The Bathing Establishment, The Lichtenthal Allee, Waterfall in the Black Forest, In the Black Forest, The Ruins of All Saints, Heidelberg, The Castle from the River, Heidelberg from the River, Heidelberg Park, A Corner in the Courtyard, The Courtyard of Heidelberg Castle, Statue Covered Walls, A Historic Fa ade, Sculptured Kings and Warriors, A Rhenish Ruin, The Great Wine Cask, A Choice of Routes, Along the Rhine, A Rhenish Castle, Statue of Gutenberg at Mainz, Mainz from the Bridge, Castle of Johannisberg, A Rhenish Hillside, A Bit of Rhineland, The Rheinfels, The Rheinstein, The Interior of the Rheinstien, Ehrenfels, The Mouse Tower, Bingen, The National Monument, Bacharach, St. Werner's Chapel, An Ancient Toll House, Castle of Schonberg, Senseless Stone, St. Goar, Rheinfels, Near St. Goar, The Lorelei, The Siren's Cliff, The Castles of the Brothers, Falkenburg, The Junction of the Rhine and Mosel, Ehrenbreitsein, The Promenade at Coblentz, Ehrenbreistein, Coblentz, Stolzenfels, The Terrace at Stolzenfels, A Room in Stolzenfels, Stolzenfels and the River Lahn, Capellen and Stolezenfels The National Monument, Ems, General View of Ems, The Covered Gallery at Ems, The Seven Mountains and Nonnenwerth, Andernach, The Drachenfels, The Ascent of the Drachenfels, The Ruined Castle of the Drachenfels, Drachenburg, View from the Drachenfels, A Glimpse from Rolandseck, Ruins of Rolandseck, The Rhine and Nonnenwerth, Lahnech, Oberlahnstein, The Island of Nonnenwerth, Bonn, Statue of Beethoven, Statue of Arndt, Cologne, Godesburg Castle, The Rhine, near Rolandseck, View of Cologne, The Cathedral, The Towers, The Glory of Cologne, The Interior of Cologne Cathedral, The Open Sea, On the North Coast, near Cefalu, Cape Zafferino, Northern Coast, Gazing at the Passing Train, Where Boats Depart, and Wreaks Return, Sicilian Castle by the Sea, Messina, from the Harbor, The Campo Santo of Messina, The Sickle of Messina, Along the Docks of Messina, Fountain in the Cathedral Square, Exporting the Island's Product, Sun Protected Street Merchants, Cicero, The Messina Cathedral, Pulpit of the Messina Cathedral, A Portion of the Cathedral Door, Mural Alters in the Cathedral, Looking up the Strait from Messina, Reggio, Opposite Sicily, Looking Across to Scylla, Between Scylla and Charybids, Scylla, The Sicilian Coast Opposite Calabria, The Ocean Deity, Where Neptune's White Maned Chargers Ran, Hannibal, In a Street of Taormina, The Driveway up to Taormina, A Courtyard in Taormina, Etna, from the Stage of the Greco-Roman Theatre, Entrance to the Theatre, Interior of the Greek Theatre, The Matchless View, A Walk at Taormina, The King of European Volcanoes, The Cathedral of Catania, Villa Bellini, Catania, Monument to Bellini, Tomb of Bellini, Catania, The Street of Etna, Catania, Catania, Looking toward the Sea, Between Catania and Etna, The Approach to Etna, The Lava blackened Coast Near Etna, The Rocks of the Cyclops, An Old Lava Current from Etna, In the Region of Death, On the Flank of Etna, Approaching the Crater, The Crater of Etna When Tranquil, The Small Harbor, Syracuse, Syracuse, Reputed Tomb of Archimedes, Syracuse, Hieron II, King of Syracuse, View of Syracuse from the Street of Tombs, A Portion of the Latomia Del Paradiso, Floral Canyons and Sunken Gardens, The Ear of Dionysius, Syracuse, The Quarry of the Capuchins, The Quarry's Labyrinth, The Quarry's Cliffs and Boulders, The Street of Tombs, Syracuse, The Grave of an American Soldier, Where the Athenians Died, Tomb of German Poet, A. Von Platen, Monument to the Purser of the Constitution, Old Ironsides, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Statue of Euripides, The Greek Theatre, Syracuse and the Harbor, from the Greek Theatre, Entrance to the Roman Amphitheatre, The Roman Amphitheatre, In the Roman Amphitheatre, Syracuse, The Great Sacrificial Alter, Built by Hieron II, The Syracuse Venus, The Fountain of Arethusa, The Arethusa Promenade, Syracuse, Fortifications of Ancient Syracuse, The Papyrus Bordered Anapo, Rowing up the Anapo, The Plant, Where Papyri are Found, The Fountain of Cyane, Sole Relic of the Temple of Olympian Jove, near the River Anapo, Etna, Seen from Syracuse, Castrogiovanni, The Ancient Enna, Castle of Castrogiovanni, Calascibetta, In the Yellow Country, A Fish Peddler, From hand to Mouth, Vender of Snails, The Age of Poverty and the Poverty of Age, Hard Times in Girgenti, Crier of Delinquent Tax Sales, America and Sicily, The Modern Girgenti, Ancient Sarcophagus, Found at Girgenti, Head of Demeter, The Fates of Sicily, Hotel Des Temples, Near Girgenti, Temple of Concordia, Girgenti, Interior of the Temple of Concordia, Temple of Juno, Girgenti, Interior of the Temple of Juno, Temple of Jupiter, Girgenti, The Prostrate Giant in the Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti, Head of Jove, Demeter, Farewell to Sicily, The Noble River, The Castle Bordered Rhine, The Rhine at Oberwesel, The Bridge at Mainz, An Alpine Glacier, The Cradle of the Rhine, The Rhine at Boppard, Pfeiffer's Gorge, The Path of the Tamin, Lake Constance, The Chateau of Arenenberg, The Boudoir of Hortense, The Chapel of Arenenberg, Statue of Hortense, The Garden at Arennenberg, The Rhine above Schaffhausen, The Falls of Schaffhausen.

BELGIUM... Historic Houses, Bruges, King of Belgium, In the Park, Brussels, The Cathedral of St. Gudule, Brussels, Rembrandt, The Burgomaster's Fountain, Brussels, Castle of the Count of Flanders, Van Eyck Square, Bruges, A Flemish Family, The Galerie St. Hubert, Brussels, The Eden, Brussels, The Hotel De Ville, House of Charles V, The House of the King, Entrance to the Bourse, gmont and Hoorn, A Brussels Park, Monument to Admiral Tromp, Godfrey De Bouillon, The Bourse, The Front of the Palace of Justice, The Column of Congress The Base of the Column, The Royal Palace, Brussels, Modern Buildings, Monument to Leopold I, The Late Queen of Belgium, The Chambers of Deputies, Palace of Justice, Brussels, Namur on the Sambre, The Coach to Watterloo, Bird's Eye View of Waterloo, La Belle Alliance, Heroes' Mound, Waterloo, Hougomont, The Close of the Battle, Ney, The Gate, Ghent, Statue of Artevelde, St. Nicholas Church, St. Bavon Abbey, Cloister of St. Bavon, Historic Houses, Bruges, The Pulpit, Old Flemish Houses, A Gate, Bruges, An Old Canal, Bruges, The Belfry of Bruges, Old Canal and Street, The City Hall, Bruges, Antwerp Harbor, The House of Rubens, The Interior of the Bourse, The National Bank and Leopold Monument, Antwerp, Van Dyck, The Cathedral, Antwerp, The Statue of Rubens, The Elevation of the Cross, Rubens, Antwerp and the Schelde.

HOLLAND... The River Amstel, Railway and Canal, Holland Cows, A Lovely Landscape, Tireless Laborers, A Dutch Waterway, Holland Women, A Bit of Holland, A Quaint Street, Holland In Winter, The Railroad Bridge, Rotterdam, Drawbridges, Rotterdam, A Canal in Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Water Barges, A Dutch Flower Market, A Characteristic Scene, Rotterdam, A Commercial Centre, Panorama of Amsterdam, The Royal Palace, Amsterdam, A side Street in Amsterdam, The Shipping, Amsterdam, A Dutch Family, tatue of Rembrandt, Amsterdam, Canine Usefulness, Dog Days, Going to Market, Heavily Loaded, A Holland Headdress, A Country Scene, Characteristic Houses, Amsterdam, The Hotel Amstel, Amsterdam, Narrow Sidewalks, A Liquid Avenue, The palace of Justice, The Hague, A Street in The Hague, The Promenade, The National Monument, The Hague, The Palace and Statue of William, The Park, The Royal Villa, The Tower of Mont Aliban, At Scheveningen, On the Beach, Fishermen's Houses, Interior of a Dutch Cottage, A Fisherman, A Scheveningen Family, Interior of a Fisherman's House, The Boats, On the Sands, Utilizing the Wind, The River Amstel, Holland Below the Ocean Level, Holland's Tireless Ally, Rotterdam Harbor.

MEXICO... In the Tropics, Our Private Car, An Adobe House, A Desert View, An Ox Team, Cactus, Lagos, Crossing the Desert, Desert near Laereon, A Feather Duster Station, The Stage Coach, Soldiers at Station, A Mexican Private Carriage, Peons at Station, A Mexican Horseman, Primitive Locomotion, On the Table Land, A Mexican Village, In the Tropics, In the Lowlands, Group by the Railroads, Police and Prisoners, Young Mexico, A Mexican Water Cart, Zacatecas, Street View, Zacatecas, Plaza Fountain, Zacatecas, The Valley of Maltroda, Water Venders Hotel at Silao, The Staircase, The Bedroom, A Street, Guanajuato, A Street and Cart, Courtyard of a Mexican House, Street in Guanajuato, Washing Tailings, The Mill, Court of the Mill, The Sick Mule, The Citadel, The Coffin Peddler, Donkey Riding, The Cemetery, An Old Grave Digger, Waiting for an Engagement, The Crypt, Milking the Maguey, A Maguey Farm, Carting Pulque to Market, A Rich Field, Huge Plants, Selling Pulque at the Railway Station, The Aquaduct, The Plaza Queretaro, The Harbor of Vera Cruz, The Fountain, Queretaro, Maximilian's Throne, The Bridge, La Cruz, House where Maximilian was Confined, The Squad of Soldiers, The Hill of the Bells, The Coffin, Falls of Juanacatlan, City of Mexico, The Railroad Station, Street with Burros, A Mexican Cab, The Alameda, The Jockey Club, Courtyard of Jockey Club, President Diaz, The Private Residence of President Diaz, The Cathedral, The National Palace, The Chamber of Deputies, The Interior of the Cathedral, The Patio of a Hacienda, The Hotel Iturbide, A Mexican House, A House of the Bear, A Mexican Balcony, Patio of Private House, Tram Cars, A First Class Funeral Car, A Second Class Funeral Car, The Entrance to the National Museum, The Aztec Calendar, Aztec Idol, The Sacrificial Stone and Idol, The Hospital of Jesus, The Painting of Cortez, The Sacred Banner, The Mounful Night Tree, The Paseo, Statue of Guatemozin, Castle of Chapultepec, Big Trees at Chapultepec, The Tree of Montezuma, Monument to Mexican Cadets, A Mexican Valley View, Mont Popocatepeti, Burro Train, Iztaccihuatl, The Train for Vera Cruz, Double Headed Engine, A Curving Bridge, A Mexican Valley, A Mexican Ox Cart, Scenery on the Vera Cruz Railway, Fruit Sellers at the Station, The Alameda at Orizaba, Corn Field and Sleeping Watcher, Farmer Boys, Orizaba, The Hand Cars, Tunnel on the Route to Tampico, Railroad to Tampico, Down the Track, Scenery on the Tampico Route, Scenery Near Tampico, Pool and Fountain, Near Las Palmas, Near Las Palmas, Indian Village, Near Las Palmas, Innocent of Dress, Heavily Loaded, Pyramid of Cholula, Interior of Church, Cholula, Giving to Two at Once, A Public Bath, View from Cholula.

A sampling of the author's writings... 
  
The leading rivers of our globe have played a most important part in its development. They are more than mere currents of descending water. Ideas float along their surface. They have ever been the great boundaries of nations. They are the grand avenues of commerce. Their beds have been held sacred as the dwelling-places of gods. They form natural barriers to ambition, and halting - places for conquest. The destinies of mankind have, therefore, been determined by their channels. Their interest increases in proportion to the historic souvenirs which seem to mingle with their foam and murmur with their waves. In this sense one of the first among the world's great rivers is the noble Rhine. Others can boast of greater breadth and volume, a longer distance traversed to the sea, and even mightier commerce borne upon their waves; but none, except the Nile, is richer in historic memories, and even that, from its remote antiquity, cannot appeal so closely to our sympathies.

The Rhine is the great avenue of central Europe, and on its silver thread, for seven hundred miles, are strung the pearls of love, adventure, romance, tragedy, and comedy, till one may fancy it a necklace of transcendent value, rich, like the "page of knowledge," with the " spoils of time." It is, in fact, its constant succession of beautiful and historic objects, each crowned with its appropriate legend, that gives to this great stream of Germany its matchless charm. Viewed as a river merely, the Hudson is in some respects superior to the Rhine ; but add to the latter the legends and the memories of two thousand years, and the scales turn. What wonder, therefore, that the Rhine is to the Germans what the Nile was to the Egyptians, — a source of national pride and delight, a never-ending theme of song and story. Within its depths are treasures of golden memories. Let down the net of fancy at almost any point, and you can bring up gems of greater value to the world than any pearls that divers find. Two thousand years ago its name was as well known beside the Tiber as it is now along the Hudson. Navigable for more than six hundred miles through the very heart of Europe, its dominion has been battled for through- out the centuries. Its banks have echoed to the shouts of war- like Gauls, Teutons, Romans, Franks, and Normans, and on its placid surface have been cast the shadows of the world's great conquerors and chieftains, — Caesar, Attila, Charlemagne, Napoleon, and Von Moltke.