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Edward L. Ryerson Travelling Fellowship, 1941-42 / ([Streator, Ill.], 1942), by Alton Crew Thomas and Edward L. Ryerson Traveling Fellowship (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ot Ki︠a︡khty na istoki Zheltoĭ ri︠e︡ki [electronic resource]. (Tip. V. S. Balasheva, 1888), by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich cre Przhevalʹskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
The world of to-day, a survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce. (London, 1911), by Ascot Robert Hope Moncrieff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Avranches / ([Peronnas] : Tour Gile, 1995), by Félix Jourdan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Young Americans abroad (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898), by Edward Everett Hale, Susan Hale, and Lothrop Publishing Company (page images at Florida)
Across the continent (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897), by Kate Tannatt Woods (page images at Florida)

Filed under: Description and travel -- Fiction

Rip Van Winkle and other sketches (New York: Useful Knowledge Publishing Company, 1882), by Washington Irving (page images at Florida)

Filed under: Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction

The Holidays at Llandudno (London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1868), by Joseph Martin Kronheim and Petter & Galpin Cassell (page images at Florida)
The wanderers by sea and land (New-York: D. Appleton and Co., 1855), by Samuel G. Goodrich, Ernest Meyer, and D. Appleton and Company (page images at Florida)
The oriental story book (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855), by Wilhelm Hauff, G. P. Quackenbos, John William Orr, and D. Appleton and Company (page images at Florida)
Molly and Kitty, or, Peasant life in Ireland (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co., 1856), by Olga Eschenbach, Maria Burg, Trauermantel, Nichols Crosby, and S.W. Chandler & Bro (page images at Florida)
Rollo in Switzerland (Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1858), by Jacob Abbott, William Jay Baker, John Andrew, Smith & Andrew Baker, Boston Stereotype Foundry, and Taggard & Chase Brown (page images at Florida)
The rainbow of charity, or, The best feelings of the heart (Philadelphia ;: New York, 1857), by Mary Durang, S. Douglas Wyeth, and Fisher & Brother (page images at Florida)
The wanderers by sea and land (London: Knight and Son, 1856), by Samuel G. Goodrich, J Knight, and Knight and Son (page images at Florida)
Pictures from the Pyrenees, or, Agnes' and Kate's travels (London: Griffith and Farran, 1857), by Caroline Bell, John Leighton, Griffith and Farran, and J. Wertheimer and Co (page images at Florida)
Stories of the Canadian forest, or, Little Mary and her nurse (New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1857), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, George Harvey, and C.S. Francis & Co (page images at Florida)
The land of mystery, or, Scenes and incidents in Central Africa (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1859), by A. E. P and American Sunday School Union (page images at Florida)
The ice-maiden (Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt, 1863), by H. C. Andersen, Fanny Fuller, Frederick Leypoldt, Frederick W Christern, and King & Baird (page images at Florida)
Dear old England (London: James Nisbet and Co., 1872), by Jane Anne Winscom, illust. by William Luson Thomas and John Batholomew (page images at Florida)
The Settlers at home (London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1870), by Harriet Martineau, illust. by Edmund Evans (page images at Florida)
Winter in Spitzbergen (New York: M. W. Dodd, 1852), by Johann Andreas Christoph Hildebrandt, trans. by E. Goodrich Smith, illust. by John D Felter (page images at Florida)
Willie and Lucy abroad (London, Manchester, Brighton: Religious Tract Society, 1875), by Agnes Giberne, illust. by Kronheim & Co (page images at Florida)
Young Americans abroad, or, Vacation in Europe (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1852), by John Overton Choules (page images at Florida)
Marco Paul's voyages & travels (New York: Harper & Bros., c1852), by Jacob Abbott, illust. by Carl Emil Doepler, William Roberts, and Lossing & Barritt (page images at Florida)
Marco Paul's voyages & travels (New York: Harper & Brothers, c1853), by Jacob Abbott, illust. by Carl Emil Doepler, John William Orr, and Lossing & Barritt (page images at Florida)
Marco Paul's voyages & travels (New York: Harper & Brothers, c1852), by Jacob Abbott, illust. by Carl Emil Doepler, Lossing & Barritt, and Bobbett & Edmonds (page images at Florida)
Marco Paul's voyages & travels (New York: Harper & Brothers, c1852), by Jacob Abbott, illust. by Carl Emil Doepler and Bobbett & Edmonds (page images at Florida)
Marco Paul's voyages & travels (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1852), by Jacob Abbott, illust. by Carl Emil Doepler and Bobbett & Edmonds (page images at Florida)
Little Lily's travels (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1873), illust. by Robert Paterson and William Small (page images at Florida)
Pictures of Sweden (London: Richard Bentley, 1851), by H. C. Andersen (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in Australasia (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
The Children in the valley (London: Religious Tract Society, c1889), by Hughs and Knight, illust. by Mary Ellen Edwards (page images at Florida)
Janet M'Laren, or, The Faithful nurse (New York: Pott, Young, & Co., c1880), by William Henry Giles Kingston (page images at Florida)
Adventures of two youths in a journey to Siam and Java (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
The home amid the snow, or, Warm hearts in cold regions (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, n.d.), by Charles Ede (page images at Florida)
Travellers' stories (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1873), by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen and Boston Stereotype Foundry (Electrotyper) (page images at Florida)
Walks in and around London (London: T. Woolmer, n.d.), illust. by Joseph Swain, H Prater, and J. R Hodes (page images at Florida)
Adve ntures of two youths in a journey to Egypt and the Holy Land (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by Josiah Wood Whymper and Bobbett & Edmonds (page images at Florida)
Adventures of two youths in a journey to Ceylon and India (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
Adve ntures of two youths in a journey through Africa (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
The lost child (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1872), by Henry Kingsley, illust. by Lorenz Frølich (page images at Florida)
The story of Mark Raffles, or, An English boy's adventures among the Japanese (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, n.d.), by William Dalton (page images at Florida)
The lost child (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1871), by Henry Kingsley, illust. by Lorenz Frølich (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers on the Congo (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888), by Thomas Wallace Knox and Henry M. Stanley (page images at Florida)
A day in the woods (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1878), illust. by Dietrick (page images at Florida)
Happy little Edward (New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, 1850) (page images at Florida)
Three Vassar girls in the Holy Land (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1892), by Elizabeth W. Champney (page images at Florida)
Paul and Virginia (New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1892), by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, illust. by Maurice Leloir (page images at Florida)
Young Americans in Tokio (Boston: Charles E. Brown & Co., 1892), by Edward Greey (page images at Florida)
Zigzag journeys on the Mississippi (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1892), by Hezekiah Butterworth (page images at Florida)
Zigzag journeys in Australia, or, A visit to the ocean world (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1891), by Hezekiah Butterworth, illust. by Charles Barbant and Henri Théophile Hildibrand (page images at Florida)
Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1891), by Elizabeth W. Champney (page images at Florida)
A Jolly trip, or, Where we went and what we saw last summer (Cincinnati Ohio: E.R. Curtis & Co., 1891), by Emory Adams Allen (page images at Florida)
The Knockabout club on the Spanish main (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1891), by Frederick A Ober (page images at Florida)
Our boys in India (Boston: Charles E. Brown, 1892), by Harry W French, illust. by Émile Antoine Bayard, W. J Mozart, E Kremer, and John Andrew & Son (page images at Florida)
The Redfords (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1886), by George Cupples (page images at Florida)
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland (Boston: Estes & Lauriat, n.d.), by Elizabeth W. Champney, illust. by James Wells Champney (page images at Florida)
The Red Mountain of Alaska (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895?), by Willis Boyd Allen (page images at Florida)
Zigzag journeys on the Mediterranean (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1893), by Hezekiah Butterworth, illust. by Henry M Snyder (page images at Florida)
Martin Rattler, or, A boy's adventures in the forests of Brazil (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1893), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
The world of ice, or, The whaling cruise of "The Dolphin" and the adventures of her crew in the Polar regions (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1893), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
Little Mr. Van Vere of China (Boston: Dana Estes & Company, c1898), by Harriet A. Cheever, illust. by Etheldred B. Barry (page images at Florida)
Little Mr. Van Vere of China (Boston: Dana Estes & Company, c1898), by Harriet A. Cheever, illust. by Etheldred B. Barry (page images at Florida)
Where there's a will there's a way (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861), by Alice B. Haven, Augustus Hoppin, D. Appleton and Company, and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
Freaks on the fells, or, Three months' rustication (Philadelphia et al.: J.C. Winston Co., 1885), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
Paul and Virginia (New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1854), by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Helen Maria Williams, John William Orr, and C.S. Francis & Co (page images at Florida)
The desert home, or, The adventures of a lost family in the wilderness (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852), by Mayne Reid, illust. by William Harvey and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in the Far East (New York (Franklin Square): Harper & brothers, 1880), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
The treasure of the Inca (Philadelphia: Lutheran Board of Publication, 1873), by Franz Hoffmann, trans. by J. F Smith, illust. by Van Ingen & Snyder (page images at Florida)
The peasants of the Alps (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1870) (page images at Florida)
Where there's a will there's a way (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861), by Alice B. Haven, illust. by Augustus Hoppin and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
The dog Crusoe (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1861), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
Rambles and adventures in the wilds of the west (London: Religious Tract Society, 1873), by Catherine Cooper Hopley (page images at Florida)
Uncle John's adventures and travels (London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1887) (page images at Florida)
The charcoal-burner, or, Kindness repaid (London: Blackie & Son, 1883) (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in South America (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by Richardson & Cox (page images at Florida)
The children on the plains (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1880), by Sarah S Baker (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in Great Britain and Ireland (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by G. P Nicholls (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in northern Europe (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by Henry J Pyle (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in Mexico (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by Edouard Riou, Allen Williams, Félix Jean Gauchard, and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
The gorilla hunters (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1894), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
The boy travellers in central Europe (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893), by Thomas Wallace Knox (page images at Florida)
The great island, or, Cast away in Papua by Willis Boyd Allen (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897), by Willis Boyd Allen and C.J. Peters & Son (Typographer ) (page images at Florida)
Young Americans in Spain (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1899), by Susan Hale (page images at Florida)
Georgie's present, or, Tales of Newfoundland (London: James B. Knapp, 1898), by C. L. Brightwell (page images at Florida)
The century book of the American revolution (New York: The Century Co., 1897), by Elbridge Streeter Brooks, Chauncey M. Depew, and Sons of the American Revolution -- Empire State Society (page images at Florida)
The dog Crusoe and his master (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)

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