The old Cathedral of San Lorenzo is about as notable a building as we have found in Genoa. It is vast, and has colonnades of noble pillars, and a great organ, and the customary pomp of gilded moldings, pictures, frescoed ceilings, and so forth. I cannot describe it, of course—it would require a good many pages to do that. But it is a curious place. They said that half of it—from the front door halfway down to the altar—was a Jewish synagogue before the Saviour was born, and that no alteration had been made in it since that time. We doubted the statement, but did it reluctantly.

See     SLC to Jane Lampton Clemens and Family, 26 Aug 1867., Yalta, Russia (UCCL 00145), n. 1. 

The Quaker City dropped anchor in the Gulf of Cagliari, some two miles from the town, at 9:00 p.m. on 13 (not 12) October. Captain Duncan wrote, “An official informed us that cholera existed at Cagliara and that foul bills of health were issued to every vessel leaving— We had heard enough and hastily leaving returned to the ship” (Charles C. Duncan 1867, entry for 13 Oct).

The Hôtel Louvre et Paix (a.k.a. Hôtel de la Marine) is a historic building in Marseille, France. Dedicated in 1863 as a luxury hotel, it was used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II. It now houses city administration offices and a C&A store.

At Sea, July 2.

Dr Folks—

Hobart (Listeni/ˈhoʊbɑːrt/) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Despite this it is the least populated state capital in Australia. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney, New South Wales. The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River, making it the most southern of Australia's capital cities. Its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world.

May 1, 1878

From Baedeker Northern Germany 1873: page 72

Twain's family was in Hamburg only one known time, April 25-30, 1878, though Sam and Joe Twichell were there for two days Aug. 20 to 21, 1892; and Sam went again (alone?) on Aug. 25 and 26 to meet the Prince of Wales.

See Bædeker Northern Germany (1886) page 162

Bædeker Northern Germany (1873)

The Alster is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central Hamburg.