JOHN L. STODDARD'S LECTURES NORWAY SWITZERLAND ATHENS VENICE
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John L. Stoddard.
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John L. Stoddard's LECTURES
COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES VOLUME ONE
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Copyright, 1897 By John L. Stoddard
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John L. Stoddard was born in Brookline, Mass., April 24, 1850. He graduated at Williams College, as valedictorian of his class, in 1871, and then studied theology for two years at Yale Divinity School. Next he taught Latin and French in the Boston Latin School. In 1874 he was able to gratify a long cherished desire to travel in foreign lands, and not only made the customary tour of Europe, but visited Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine and Egypt as well. He then studied in Germany, and upon his return to America, began his career as a lecturer, which for about twenty years has known no interruptions save those due to his repeated visits to remote countries. His travels embrace nearly all the habitable parts of the globe.