After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819

A series of epistolary reminiscences written in the years after Waterloo recounts travels through western Europe from 1815 to 1819. The narrator combines battlefield and military memories with detailed accounts of cities, landscapes, museums, and theatres, offering candid judgments on painting, sculpture, music and drama and notes on translations and linguistic pursuits. Political reflections thread the narrative, expressing sympathy for France and Napoleon and disillusionment with the postwar regime, while personal tastes—poetry, northern myths, and theatrical life—shape many descriptive passages.