Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water


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(3.5 stars; 4 reviews)

Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America," this book is a record of the author's travels with her husband through the British Empire and America in the late 1800's. In the words of the author, "It is but a simple Journal of what we saw and did." Their travels took them across the Atlantic to the U.S. and Canada, then across the Pacific to New Zealand, Australia, then on to the Dutch East Indies, the Straits settlements, the Indian subcontinent and Egypt - Summary by knotyouraveragejo (17 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Chapter I. Across the Atlantic 6:02 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter II. New York, Hudson River and Niagara Falls 32:05 Read by BettyB
Chapter III. The Dominion of Canada 24:49 Read by Shirantha
Chapter IV. The American Lakes, and the Centres of Learning, Fashion and Govern… 24:07 Read by BettyB
Chapter IV. The American Lakes, and the Centres of Learning, Fashion and Govern… 17:54 Read by BettyB
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 1 21:31 Read by Wayne Cooke
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 2 22:48 Read by Wayne Cooke
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 3 21:50 Read by Wayne Cooke
Chapter VI. San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley, Part 1 26:33 Read by JSWS
Chapter VI. San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley, Part 2 30:51 Read by roselbex
Chapter VII. Across the Pacific, Part 1 20:37 Read by BettyB
Chapter VII. Across the Pacific, Part 2 16:14 Read by BettyB
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes a… 30:33 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes a… 28:09 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes a… 32:56 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes a… 25:12 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter IX. The South Island of New Zealand: Its Alps and Mountain Lakes, Part 1 20:09 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter IX. The South Island of New Zealand: Its Alps and Mountain Lakes, Part 2 21:05 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter X. Australia -Tasmania and Victoria, Part 1 25:27 Read by jenno
Chapter X. Australia -Tasmania and Victoria, Part 2 26:13 Read by jenno
Chapter XI. Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, Part 1 25:30 Read by jenno
Chapter XI. Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, Part 2 24:54 Read by jenno
Chapter XII. Within the Barrier Reef, Through Torres Straits to Batavia 32:22 Read by jenno
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 1 23:51 Read by roselbex
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 2 24:17 Read by roselbex
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 3 19:56 Read by roselbex
Chapter XIV. The Straits Settlements, Part 1 22:30 Read by roselbex
Chapter XIV. The Straits Settlements, Part 2 22:06 Read by roselbex
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 1 27:12 Read by roselbex
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 2 25:11 Read by roselbex
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 3 18:48 Read by roselbex
Chapter XVI. The Shrines of the Hindu Faith, Part 1 18:31 Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Chapter XVI. The Shrines of the Hindu Faith, Part 2 18:33 Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Chapter XVII. The Scenes of the Indian Mutiny, Part I 27:09 Read by roselbex
Chapter XVII. The Scenes of the Indian Mutiny, Part 2 24:23 Read by roselbex
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 1 18:13 Read by BettyB
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 2 26:45 Read by BettyB
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 3 34:37 Read by jenno
Chapter XIX. Gwalior and Rajputana, Part 1 24:48 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter XIX. Gwalior and Rajputana, Part 2 32:09 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter XX. The Home of the Parsees 30:42 Read by prajak
Chapter XXI. Through Egypt - Homewards, Part 1 31:12 Read by allegro200Hz
Chapter XXI. Through Egypt - Homewards, Part 2 26:41 Read by allegro200Hz

Reviews

Simple


(3 stars)

Her observations are indeed simple - I tuned out once she started name-dropping British aristocrats