Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months

The narrative recounts a ten-month circumnavigation, describing a transcontinental crossing, California cities and Yosemite, a Pacific voyage to Japan with temple visits and street scenes, stops in China and Hong Kong, Ceylon and India with temples and the Taj Mahal, passage through the Red Sea to Egypt with Cairo and the pyramids, Mediterranean ports, and visits in Spain including the Alhambra and major cathedrals. Vivid scene-setting, local customs, markets, religious ceremonies, natural wonders, and public institutions are combined with practical travel notes and reflective observations on the educative value of travel and the impressions left by diverse peoples and places.