Title	Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice
Date	1897-1925
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 very nice and clean besides some pencil marks on the inside front and rear cover blanks pages, you can erase them.

Rare Antique Photo Book !

Presented for you at this auction, is a wonderful RARE book, richly illustrated with 369 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 #1. 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...

NORWAY... Fine Norwegian Station, A Cariole, The National Vehicle, Luxury in Norway, A Peasant Girl, A Norwegian Pony, A Farm Scene, A Maud Muller, A Hay Cart, At a Farm House, A Norwegian Hay-field, Do You Prefer Pork to Fish?, Norwegian Peasants, Norway Scenery, A Traveler’s Paradise, A Norwegian Highway, Apparent Isolation, A Land of Perpetual Sunlight, Norwegian Boulders, Disintegrated Mountains, A Norway Precipice, A Characteristic Cascade, A Thing of Beauty, View near Borgund, Borgund Church, A Girl of Norway, An Open-air Boudoir, Seltunsaasen in Laerdal, A Landing Place, Laerdalsoren, Waiting for Tourists, A Fjord, An Arm of the Sea, Sailing through Switzerland, The Naerofjord, Continually growing Narrower, Walls of a Fjord, Naero Valley, Heights and Depths, An Ocean Avenue, A Sublime Waterfall, Fjord Scenery, The Naerodal, The Jordalsnut, Stalheim, The View from Stalheim, The Kaiser at Stalheim, A Scene near Stalheim, A Lovely Cascade, Gates Ajar, All Ready to Shake Hands, A Peasant’s Cottage, Rural Life, A Norwegian Youth, A Beast of Burden, A Fishing Station, The Scene of an Adventure, A Characteristic Landscape, Engineering Skill, A Viking Ship, A Lonely Point, Eidfjord in Hardanger, Excursion Boat, An Ancient Boat of Norway, The Land of the Vikings, A Street in Bergen, The Bergen Fish Market, Odde, Monsters of the Deep, Bergen’s Drink Road, Curing Fish, A Busy Day in Bergen, The Grave of Ole Bull, Ole Bull, The Norwegian Coast, A Wonderful Panorama, Molde, View from Molde, The Romsdalhorn, The Witches’ Peaks, Stuflaaten, A New England Souvenir, Trondhjem, A Norwegian Railway, A Railway Station, A Norwegian Harbor, Touring on Foot, A Village Maiden, Entrance to a Fjord, Trondhjem Cathedral, The Tunnel at Torghatten, The Tunnel at Torghatten, An Excursion Steamer, One of the Loffodens, Fishing on the Coast, Scene from Brothansdalen, Tromso, Laplanders, Reindeer and Sledge, A Little Lap, Life in Lapland, Hammerfest, The Gulf Stream’s Terminus, The Meridian Shaft, Norwegian Flora, Harbor of Hammerfest, North Cape, Stupendous Cliffs, The Midnight Situ, King Oscar’s Monument; North Cape, King Oscar II., The Harbor of Christiania, Harbor of Christiania, The Harbor of Christiania, The Victoria Hotel, Mr. Bennett, The Traveler’s Friend, A Northern Landscape, In Norway, Christiania Fjord, The Palace at Christiania, A View near Christiania, An Ambiguous Sign, A Bit of Norway, Lake Mjosen, A Wise Captain, A Landing Pier, In the Heart of Norway, A Lovely Drive, Saetersdalen.

SWITZERLAND... A Chateau near Interlaken, Interlaken, Jungfrau from Interlaken, Parliament Buildings, Berne, The High Bridge at Berne, Between Interlaken and the Jungfrau, On Lake Thun, The Staubbach, Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Going to Murren, Zurich, Comfort in Switzerland, Modern Alpine Climbing, Murren, A Hotel at Murren, A View from Murren, Murren, Hotel Des Alps, A Glacier, A Chilling Passageway, Ghostly Fingers, Lausanne, Hay-making, Upon the Heights, A Swiss Farm-house, The Geissbach, Mount Pilate from Lucerne, The Reichembach, The Promenade, The Quay, Lucerne, Lucerne and Mount Pilate, The Alpine Elevator on Mount Pilate, The Lion of Lucerne, Brunnen, on Lake Lucerne, Making a Landing, Tell’s Chapel, Montreux, Altar in Tell’s Chapel, Lake Lucerne by Night, Fluelen, on Lake Lucerne, The Axenstrasse, In the Engadine, Mountain Galleries, Engineering Skill, St. Gotthard Tunnel, Vitznau on Lake Lucerne, A Portion of the St. Gotthard, The St. Gotthard Railway, Amsteg, The Devil’s Bridge, Goschenim on the St. Gotthard, Driving Over the Alps, Peasant Girl, One of the Many, Hospice St. Bernard and Lake, A Swiss Village, Where Avalanches Fall, A Swiss Ossuary, A Corridor in the Hospice, Dogs of St. Bernard, Brothers of St. Bernard, Old City Gate, Basle, Chamonix and Mount Blanc, Mer de Glace from Hotel Montaverde, Appalling Precipices, Zurich, with Distant Alps, Frozen Cataracts, Frozen Cataracts, Crossing a Glacier, A Perilous Seat, Irresistible Congealed Processions, Chamonix and Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc from Chamonix, De Saussure and Belmat, A Mountain Mausoleum, Climbers in Sight, Alpine Perils, The Weissbach, An Ice Wall, Huts of Shelter on Mont Blanc, Where Several Alpine Climbers Rest, A Sea of Clouds, Cavernous Jaws, Basle: the Bridge and Cathedral, A Bridge of Ice, English Church, Chamonix, Mountain Climbers, The Birth-place of Avalanches, Mountain Mules, A Frail Parapet, Up Among the Clouds, On the Gemini, Leuk, Parboiled Patients, A Low Bridge, A Waitress at Leuk, National Monument, Geneva, The Rhone at Geneva, Geneva, The Brunswick Monument, Rousseau’s Island, Geneva, Rue de Mont Blanc, Dogs at Work, Geneva, Lake Geneva, Castle of Chillon, Lausanne, on Lake Geneva, While the Steamer Waits, Castle and Cathedral, Lausanne, On the Shore, Castle of Chillon, Dungeon of Chillon, The Matterhorn Exacted Speedy Vengeance, Historic Waters, Zermatt, Safe from Mountain Perils, Falls of the Rhine, Shaffhausen, The Fiend of the Alps, Moonlight on the Matterhorn, Brine, The Matterhorn, The Bernese Oberland, A Swiss Hero.

ATHENS... Athene, Old and New, Old and New, View of Mars Hill from the Acropolis, Through Grecian Waters, The Distant Citadel, A Walk Around the Acropolis, A Walk Around the Acropolis, The Propylaea, The Propylaea, The Summit of the Acropolis, The Parthenon, Exterior, The Parthenon, Interior, The Acropolis, A Portion of the Frieze, Front View of the Parthenon, Fragments, Some of the Spoils, The Caryatides of the Erectheum, Portal of the Erectheum, The Stage of the Theatre of Bacchus, Athene, Mercury, An Ancient Chair, The Odeon, Interior of the Odeon, Sophocles, The Theatre of Bacchus, The Front of the Stage, Platform of Demosthenes, Departed Glory, Temple of Olympian Jove, The Arch of Hadrian, The Sentinels, The Elgin Marbles in the British Museum, Mars Hill, In the Time of Paul, Prison of Socrates, Socrates, A Relic of the Athenian Forum, Temple of Theseus, Byron at Missolonghi, A Ruined Capital, Maid of Athens, The Byzantine Church, Residence of Dr. Schliemann, Athens from the Odeon of Herod, The Academy of Science, The Disk-thrower, An Athlete, The Stadium, Some of the American Athletes, Thomas Burke, The Soldier of Marathon, Loues, The Lantern of Demosthenes, Venus of Melos, Homer, Plato. 

VENICE... Statue of Victor Emanuel, The Railway Station, The Bay of Venice, A Liquid Labyrinth, Like a Huge Sea-wall, The Ocean City, The Grand Canal, Venetian Palaces, A Marine Porte Cochere, Browning Palace, Home of Desdemona, In the Days of Shylock, The Rialto, The City of Silence, The City of Silence, Venice by Moonlight, On the Grand Canal, The Rialto, A Familiar Scene, The Heart of Venice, The Edge of the Piazzetta, The Doge’s Palace, The Doge’s Palace, Santa Maria Della Salute, Along the Shore, A Corner of the Ducal Palace, the Judgment of Solomon, A Ducal Portal, The Colonnades, A Well-curb, The Courtyard of the Doges, The Giants’ Steps, A Landing Near the Ducal Palace, Apartments in the Doge’s Palace, Apartments in the Doge’s Palace, The Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Statue of Colleoni, a Venetian General, The Winged Lion, The Golden Age of Venice, Island of San Giorgio, A Venetian Fisher Boy, Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark’s Cathedral, St. Mark’s Cathedral, The Bronze Horses, The Portal of St. Mark’s, Corner of the Cathedral, A Venetian Lane, A View on the Grand Canal, Interior of St. Mark’s Cathedral, The Statues of the Apostles, A Type of Gondolier, A Fisherman, The Piazza Di San Marco, Feeding The Pigeons, Waiting Gondolas, In a Gondola, Like a Beautiful Mirage, In Venice at Sunset.  

A sampling of the author's writings... 
  
 Another portal to this land of mountains, rivaling Interlaken in attractiveness, is Lucerne, reclining peacefully beside its noble lake. I do not know a resting-place in Switzerland which is in all respects so satisfying as this. Its hotels are among the finest in the world; the town itself is pretty and attractive; and in the foreground is a panorama too varied to become monotonous, too beautiful ever to lose its charm. Mount Pilate and the Rigi guard Lucerne like sentinels, the one on the east, the other on the west, like halting places for the morning and the evening stars. Directly opposite, upon the southern boundary of the lake, miles upon miles of snow-capped mountains rise against the sky, as if to indicate the limit of the world.

 
One of the sentinels of Lucerne, as I have said, is Mount Pilate. Toward this the faces of all tourists turn, as to a huge barometer; for by its cap of clouds Pilate foretells the weather which excursionists must look for. There is hardly need to recall the popular derivation of the mountain's name. It was in olden times believed that Pontius Pilate, in his wanderings through the world, impelled at last by horror and remorse, committed suicide upon its summit. On this account the mountain was considered haunted. At one time the town authorities even forbade people to ascend it on a Friday! But now there is a hotel on the top, and every day in the week, Friday included, a railway train climbs resolutely to the summit, enabling thousands to enjoy every summer a view scarcely to be sur- passed in grandeur or extent at any point among the Alps.

 
No allusion to Lucerne would be complete without reference to that noble product of Thorwaldsen's genius, which, in more respects than one, is the lion of the place. It is difficult to imagine a more appropriate memorial than this, of the fidelity and valor exhibited one hundred years ago by the Swiss guard, who in defense of Louis XVI laid down their lives at the opening of the French Revolution. No view does justice to this famous statue. Within a monstrous niche, which has been hollowed out of a perpendicular cliff, reclines, as in some mountain cave, the prostrate figure of a lion, thirty feet in length. It is evident that the animal has received a mortal wound. The handle of a spear protrudes from his side. Yet even in the agony of death he guards the Bourbon shield and lily, which he has given his life to defend. One paw protects them; his drooping head caresses them, and gives to them a mute farewell. Beneath the figure, chiseled in the rock, are the names of the officers murdered by the mob; while above is the brief but eloquent inscription: "To the fidelity and bravery of the Swiss." In the whole world I do not know of a monument more simple yet impressive.