Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GENTLE ART
OF TRAMPING

BOOKS BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
THE GENTLE ART OF
TRAMPING
THE DIVIDING LINE OF
EUROPE
IN QUEST OF EL DORADO
TRAMPING WITH A POET
IN THE ROCKIES
EUROPE-WHITHER BOUND?
THE CHALLENGE OF THE DEAD
CHILDREN OF THE SLAVES
A PRIVATE IN THE GUARDS
THE QUEST OF THE FACE
RUSSIA IN 1916
PRIEST OF THE IDEAL
THROUGH RUSSIAN CENTRAL
ASIA
THE WAY OF MARTHA
AND THE WAY OF MARY
RUSSIA AND THE WORLD
WITH POOR EMIGRANTS
TO AMERICA
WITH THE RUSSIAN PILGRIMS
TO JERUSALEM
CHANGING RUSSIA
A TRAMP’S SKETCHES
UNDISCOVERED RUSSIA
A VAGABOND IN THE
CAUCASUS

THE GENTLE ART
OF TRAMPING

BY
STEPHEN GRAHAM

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXXVI

COPYRIGHT--1926--BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER HEADINGS BY R. H. HULL

CHAPTER PAGE

I WE SET OUT 1

II BOOTS 7

III THE KNAPSACK 15

IV CLOTHES 22

V CARRYING MONEY 32

VI THE COMPANION 38

VII WHITHER AWAY? 47

VIII THE ART OF IDLENESS 78

IX EMBLEMS OF TRAMPING 88

X THE FIRE 97

XI THE BED 103

XII THE DIP 114

XIII DRYING AFTER RAIN 121

XIV MARCHING SONGS 128

XV SCROUNGING 135

XVI SEEKING SHELTER 142

XVII THE OPEN 152

XVIII THE TRAMP AS COOK 160

XIX TOBACCO 173

XX BOOKS 179

XXI LONG HALTS 189

XXII FOREIGNERS 195

XXIII THE ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK 208

XXIV MAPS 233

XXV TRESPASSERS’ WALK 240

XXVI A ZIGZAG WALK 251

THE GENTLE ART
OF TRAMPING