Constance Naden; A Memoir (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...then, as frail O for thy voice to soothe and bless What hope of answer, or redress? Behind the veil, behind the veil." In Memoriam, TENNYSON. After leaving Birmingham, on the death of her grandmother, from whom she inherited a very handsome fortune, Miss Naden started, September 29th, 1887, with her friend, Mrs. Daniell, for an extended tour, proceeding across Germany and down the Danube, stopping at Vienna, Buda-Pesth, and other interesting places, on their way to Constantinople--the approach thereto by the Bosphorus, in the early morning, being described as "one of the sensations which are not often repeated in this life"--where a pause was made; then on to Broussa, Cyprus, Smyrna, Baalbec, Damascus, Palestine, and Cairo. After a trip up the Nile to Assouan, they returned to Cairo, and from thence proceeded to Bombay and Calcutta, their furthest stage being Darjeeling, close to the highest Himalaya range, and they subsequently made the tour of the principal towns of the north-west Provinces, including Agra, Delhi, Benares, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Jeypur, &c. In her interesting memoir, previously referred to, Mrs. Daniell has given a graphic picture of this delightful tour, and she specially mentions, among other reminiscences, that "Miss Naden thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated that never-to-be-forgotten three weeks voyage to Assouan and back, commencing with the Pyramids of Gheezeh, ascending that of Cheops and penetrating into its central sepulchral chamber. Of all the marvels on the Nile, including Thebes, Luxor, Phylae, &c, the great temple and avenues of the Sphinxes, at Karnak, as seen by moonlight, seemed to impress her most. Their grandeur, solemnity, and associations, actually made her kneel, from an over-mastering impuls...