RUDYARD KIPLING: FROM SEA TO SEA

RUDYARD KIPLING'S 1889 VISIT TO AMERICA
chapters 22 to 37 of FROM SEA TO SEA
       

THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF
RUDYARD KIPLING
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Volume 16: FROM SEAT TO SEA. LETTERS OF TRAVEL PART II 1899
This volume contains Kipling's description of his 1889 visit to North America.

The following chapters have been transcribed in this blog, with pictures and links added.  Note that this was not published until some time later, with consequent distortions of memory and order, such as the location of the Stampede Tunnel.

Chapter XXII: pp. 18-32  On the City of Peking (a ship), 20 days from Yokahama to San Francisco; Queen's Birthday (May 24, 1889)

Chapter XXIII: pp. 33-50  San Francisco

Chapter XXIV: pp. 51-63  San Francisco (continued)

Chapter XXV: pp. 64-81  San Francisco (continued)

Chapter XXVI:  pp. 82-100  By train to Portland and Steamboat to The Dalles

Chapter XXVII:  pp. 101-121  Back to Portland; Salmon fishing in the Clackamas.  By Train to Tacoma, then by steamer to Seattle and Vancouver

Chapter XXVIII:  pp. 122-135  To Victoria; back to Tacoma; by train to Pasco and the Rockies.

Chapter XXIX:  pp. 136-148  Livingstone, Montana; Yellowstone national Park; 4th of July

Chapter XXX: pp. 149-167  Yellowstone (continued): Mammoth Hot Springs; Norris Geyser Basin

Chapter XXXI: pp. 168-189  Yellowstone (continued): Cañon of the Yellowstone; back to Livingstone

Chapter XXXII: pp. 190-206  Salt Lake City

Chapter XXXIII: pp. 207-218  Between Salt Lake and Omaha

Chapter XXXIV: pp. 219-229  Across the Great Divide

Chapter XXXV: pp. 230-248  Chicago

Chapter XXXVI: pp. 249-264  Musquash

Chapter XXXVII: pp. 265-283  An Interview with Mark Twain