The largest First Class Hotel in New England. Centrally located on HANOVER STREET.

Convenient to the Railroads, Theatres, Post Office, and the great Business Centre of Boston. The American House contains 400 APARTMENTS and 50 SUITES OF ROOMS, with all conveniences and modern improvements, and is furnished in the most sumptuous manner. Bath-Rooms and Water Conveniences adjoin the Apartments. BILLIARD HALLS, TELEGRAPH OFFICE, and a CAFE, are connected with the Hotel, which is noted throughout the States for CLEANLINESS and COMFORT.

TUFT'S IMPROVED ELEVATOR OR VERTICAL RAILWAY is at the service of Guests from 6 00 A. M. till midnight, affording easy access to all the Stories and Rooms in the House. The Apartments, with conveniences before named, are particularly desirable for Families and Summer Travelers. CARRIAGES may be obtained at the Hotel. Families, Tourists, and the Traveling Public will find every accommodation and comfort at this long-established and favorite house.

The" OCCIDENTAL" contains 412 rooms; Bath rooms on every floor. ne of Otis Bros. Passenger Elevators, of the latest improved style, ns from 6 A. M. to 12 P. M. for the accommodation of the Guests.

AMERICAN TRAVEL.

THE GREAT TRANS-CONTINENTAL ALL-RAIL

Union & Central Pacific Route

VIA COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA,

IS

226 Miles the SHORTEST,

FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST TO

SALT LAKE CITY,

SACRAMENTO,

Five Hours the Quickest Route

To DENVER, COL., NEW MEXICO and ARIZONA.

PULLMAN'S PALACE DAY AND SLEEPING CARS are run on all Express Trains, and passengers are cautioned that only those who are ticketed via Omaha are sure of securing berths to points west of Cheyenne. Double Berth-Omaha to Ogden, $8; Ogden to San Francisco, $6. To Tourists, Pleasure and Health Seekers, this Route offers unrivaled attractions in the beautiful Platte Valley; the grand scenery of the Snowy Range; the Passage of the Rocky Mountains (8,242 feet above the sea); the Laramie Plains; the Wahsatch and Uintah Mountains; the wild and weird Echo and Weber Canons; the Great Salt Lake and its Mormon City, surrounded by lofty mountains, rivers filled with trout. hunting grounds, medicinal springs, etc.; the Humboldt Sink; the Sierra Nevadas the Palisades; the beautiful mountain lakes of Tahoe and Donner, and the passage of Cape Horn; making a two thousand mile panorama of unequalled grandeur and beauty.

Through Tickets for sale by F. KNOWLAND, General Agent, No. 287 Broadway, New York, and at all principal ticket offices in the country Members of Colonies and Excursion Parties should address the Genera Ticket Agent for rates and arrangements.

THE

Union & Central Pacific Line.

TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.

From ATLANTIC CITIES to OMAHA, (Nebraska), via the Great Trunk Lines of Railway,-about 1,400 miles, in 50 hours.

From OMAHA to SAN FRANCISCO, (California), via Union and Central Pacific Railroads.-1,914 miles, in 4 days and 6 hours.

From SAN FRANCISCO to YOKOHAMA, (Japan), by Pacific Mail Line Steamers, and by Australian and American Steamships, 4,700 miles, in 22 days.

From YOKOHAMA to HONG KONG, (China), by Pacific Mail or Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-1,600 miles, in 6 days.

From HONG KONG to CALCUTTA, (India), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-3,500 miles, in 14 days.

Or from San Francisco to Calcutta via Australia, as follows:

From SAN FRANCISCO to HONOLULU, (Sandwich Islands), by United States, New Zealand and Australia Mail Steamship Line,-2,110 miles, in 10 days.

From HONOLULU to AUCKLAND, (New Zealand), by U. S., New Zealand and Aus. S. S. Line,-3,800 miles, in 14 days.

From AUCKLAND to SYDNEY, (Australia), by U. S., New Zealand and Aus. S. S. Line,-1,277 miles, in 5 days.

From SYDNEY to MELBOURNE, (Australia), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-560 miles, in 3 days.

From MELBOURNE to GALLE, (Ceylon), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-4,670 miles, in 21 days.

From GALLE to CALCUTTA, (India), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-1,315 miles, in 7 days.

From CALCUTTA to BOMBAY, (India), by the East Indian and Great Indian Peninsular Railways,--1,400 miles, in 2 days.

From BOMBAY to SUEZ, (Egypt), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-3,600 miles, in 14 days.

From SUEZ to ALEXANDRIA, (Egypt), by Rail along the Suez Canal,-225 miles, in 12 hours.

From ALEXANDRIA to BRINDISI, (Italy), by Peninsular and Oriental Steamers,-850 miles, in 3 days.

From BRINDISI to LONDOŇ, (England), by Rail, via Paris or the Rhine,-1,200 miles, in 3 days.

From LONDON to LIVERPOOL, (England), by Railway,-200 miles, in 5 hours.

From LIVERPOOL to ATLANTIC CITIES, (America), by either of the Great Atlantic S. S. Lines,-3,000 miles, in ro days.

Total distance, 23, 589 miles. Time, 81 days.

OFFICES:

No. 287 Broadway, New York.

No. 2 New Montgomery St., San Francisco; and
General Foreign Agency, W. C. THOMPSON,
22 Moorgate St., London.

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