# Travel Essays — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- [An Inland Voyage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/an-inland-voyage.md): The chapter opens with a poetic epigraph from Marvell, setting a reflective tone for the journey ahead. It introduces the beginning of an inland voyage, likely by canoe, through the waterways of France, emphasizing the s
- [To Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, Bart.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/to-sir-walter-grindlay-simpson-bart.md): Stevenson dedicates the chapter to Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, recalling their shared adventures and misadventures on the river, including the procurement and eventual loss of their canal barge, the Eleven Thousand Virg
- [Preface to the First Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/preface-to-the-first-edition.md): In the preface, Stevenson humorously reflects on the act of writing a preface, comparing it to an architect showing off plans. He confesses his fear that his book may go unread and offers it as a light, unphilosophical w
- [Antwerp to Boom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/antwerp-to-boom.md): The chapter describes the departure from Antwerp docks with the canoes Arethusa and Cigarette, the author's first experience sailing a canoe, reflections on courage and self-discovery, the journey up the Scheldt and Rupe
- [On the Willebroek Canal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-willebroek-canal.md): The travelers navigate the Willebroek Canal in rain and wind, observing the leisurely life of bargees and enduring a comically disastrous lunch ashore before paddling onward toward Brussels.

> 129 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=travel_essays_se_18605kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Royal Sport Nautique](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-royal-sport-nautique.md)
- [At Maubeuge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/at-maubeuge.md)
- [On the Sambre Canalised: To Quartes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-sambre-canalised-to-quartes.md)
- [Pont-sur-Sambre: We Are Pedlars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pont-sur-sambre-we-are-pedlars.md)
- [Pont-sur-Sambre: The Travelling Merchant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pont-sur-sambre-the-travelling-merchant.md)
- [On the Sambre Canalised: To Landrecies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-sambre-canalised-to-landrecies.md)
- [At Landrecies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/at-landrecies.md)
- [Sambre and Oise Canal: Canal Boats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/sambre-and-oise-canal-canal-boats.md)
- [The Oise in Flood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-oise-in-flood.md)
- [Origny Sainte-Benoîte: A By-Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/origny-sainte-beno-te-a-by-day.md)
- [Origny Sainte-Benoîte: The Company at Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/origny-sainte-beno-te-the-company-at-table.md)
- [Down the Oise: To Moy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/down-the-oise-to-moy.md)
- [La Fère of Cursed Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/la-f-re-of-cursed-memory.md)
- [Down the Oise: Through the Golden Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/down-the-oise-through-the-golden-valley.md)
- [Noyon Cathedral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/noyon-cathedral.md)
- [Down the Oise: To Compiègne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/down-the-oise-to-compi-gne.md)
- [At Compiègne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/at-compi-gne.md)
- [Changed Times](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/changed-times.md)
- [Down the Oise: Church Interiors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/down-the-oise-church-interiors.md)
- [Précy and the Marionnettes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pr-cy-and-the-marionnettes.md)
- [Back to the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/back-to-the-world.md)
- [Epilogue to An Inland Voyage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/epilogue-to-an-inland-voyage.md)
- [Edinburgh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/edinburgh.md)
- [Introductory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-introductory.md)
- [II: Old Town—The Lands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/ii-old-town-the-lands.md)
- [The Parliament Close](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iii-the-parliament-close.md)
- [Legends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iv-legends.md)
- [Greyfriars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/v-greyfriars.md)
- [New Town—Town and Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/vi-new-town-town-and-country.md)
- [VII: The Villa Quarters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/vii-the-villa-quarters.md)
- [VIII: The Calton Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/viii-the-calton-hill.md)
- [Winter and New Year](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/ix-winter-and-new-year.md)
- [X: To the Pentland Hills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/x-to-the-pentland-hills.md)
- [Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/travels-with-a-donkey-in-the-c-vennes.md)
- [A Mountain Town in France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-mountain-town-in-france.md)
- [Velay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/velay.md)
- [The Donkey, the Pack, and the Packsaddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-donkey-the-pack-and-the-packsaddle.md)
- [The Green Donkey-Driver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-green-donkey-driver.md)
- [I Have a Goad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-have-a-goad.md)
- [Upper Gévaudan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/upper-g-vaudan.md)
- [A Camp in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-camp-in-the-dark.md)
- [Cheylard and Luc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/cheylard-and-luc.md)
- [Our Lady of the Snows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/our-lady-of-the-snows.md)
- [Father Apollinaris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/father-apollinaris.md)
- [The Monks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-monks.md)
- [The Boarders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-boarders.md)
- [Upper Gévaudan (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/upper-g-vaudan-continued.md)
- [Across the Goulet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-goulet.md)
- [A Night Among the Pines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-night-among-the-pines.md)
- [The Country of the Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-country-of-the-camisards.md)
- [Across the Lozère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-loz-re.md)
- [Pont de Montvert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pont-de-montvert.md)
- [In the Valley of the Tarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley-of-the-tarn.md)
- [Florac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/florac.md)
- [In the Valley of the Mimente](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley-of-the-mimente.md)
- [The Heart of the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-heart-of-the-country.md)
- [The Last Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-last-day.md)
- [Farewell, Modestine!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/farewell-modestine.md)
- [The Amateur Emigrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-amateur-emigrant.md)
- [The Second Cabin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-second-cabin.md)
- [Early Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/early-impressions.md)
- [Steerage Scenes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/steerage-scenes.md)
- [Steerage Types](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/steerage-types.md)
- [The Sick Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-sick-man.md)
- [The Stowaways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-stowaways.md)
- [Personal Experience and Review](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/personal-experience-and-review.md)
- [New York](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/new-york.md)
- [Across the Plains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-plains.md)
- [Leaves from the Notebook of an Emigrant Between New York and San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/leaves-from-the-notebook-of-an-emigrant-between-new-york-and-san-francisco.md)
- [The Emigrant Train](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-emigrant-train.md)
- [The Plains of Nebraska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-plains-of-nebraska.md)
- [The Desert of Wyoming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-desert-of-wyoming.md)
- [Fellow-Passengers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/fellow-passengers.md)
- [Despised Races](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/despised-races.md)
- [To the Golden Gates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/to-the-golden-gates.md)
- [The Old and New Pacific Capitals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-old-and-new-pacific-capitals.md)
- [Monterey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/monterey.md)
- [The Woods and the Pacific](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-woods-and-the-pacific.md)
- [Mexicans, Americans, and Indians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/mexicans-americans-and-indians.md)
- [San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/san-francisco.md)
- [The Silverado Squatters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-silverado-squatters.md)
- [In the Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley.md)
- [Calistoga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-calistoga.md)
- [II: The Petrified Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/ii-the-petrified-forest.md)
- [Napa Wine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iii-napa-wine.md)
- [IV: The Scot Abroad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iv-the-scot-abroad.md)
- [With the Children of Israel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/with-the-children-of-israel.md)
- [To Introduce Mr. Kelmar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-to-introduce-mr-kelmar.md)
- [II: First Impressions of Silverado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/ii-first-impressions-of-silverado.md)
- [The Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iii-the-return.md)
- [The Act of Squatting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-act-of-squatting.md)
- [The Hunter's Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-hunter-s-family.md)
- [The Sea Fogs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-sea-fogs.md)
- [The Toll House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-toll-house.md)
- [A Starry Drive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-starry-drive.md)
- [Episodes in the Story of a Mine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/episodes-in-the-story-of-a-mine.md)
- [Toils and Pleasures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/toils-and-pleasures.md)
- [Fontainebleau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/fontainebleau.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [The Coast of Fife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-coast-of-fife.md)
- [The Education of an Engineer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-education-of-an-engineer.md)
- [Cockermouth and Keswick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/cockermouth-and-keswick.md)
- [Cockermouth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/cockermouth.md)
- [An Evangelist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/an-evangelist.md)
- [Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/another.md)
- [Last of Smethurst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/last-of-smethurst.md)
- [An Autumn Effect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/an-autumn-effect.md)
- [A Winter’s Walk in Carrick and Galloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-winter-s-walk-in-carrick-and-galloway.md)
- [Forest Notes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/forest-notes.md)
- [On the Plain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-plain.md)
- [In the Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-season.md)
- [Idle Hours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/idle-hours.md)
- [A Pleasure-Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-pleasure-party.md)
- [The Woods in Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-woods-in-spring.md)
- [Morality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/morality.md)
- [Davos in Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/davos-in-winter.md)
- [Health and Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/health-and-mountains.md)
- [Alpine Diversions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/alpine-diversions.md)
- [The Stimulation of the Alps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-stimulation-of-the-alps.md)
- [Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/roads.md)
- [On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-enjoyment-of-unpleasant-places.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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