There are several "travel" sections on this site. This particular section looks at travel from the personal standpoint: The actual experience of the Victorian traveler. Whether one journeyed by rail or coach or boat, the journey often involved as much adventure (or more) than the destination.

Waiting for a Train (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Alone at Sea (Leisure Hour, 1868)

A brief sailing adventure.

My Holiday Walking Tour, and How I Managed It (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)

A father-and-son walking tour through Kent and Surrey.

Traveling Third-Class (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)

"Not that all noticeable points and eccentricities of travelling humanity are to be observed in third-class passengers, but it is amongst the mass of persons that amusing incidents are more marked and more varied.. [having] such multitudes of people, who use the railway as they use the streets, without that preparation. and travelling reserve which Englishmen assume on long journeys..."

Off to America: A Liverpool Sketch (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

On Board Ship in the Tropics, by T.J. Lewis (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

Sam's Safety Lamp, by Edward Bradbury (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)

A railway adventure.

Through Waterspout and Typhoon, by James J. Wait (Century Magazine, 1883B)

From Coventry to Chester on Wheels (Century Magazine, 1884B)

Cycling across England.

Railway Travelling in Comfort and Safety (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)

Don't let the jolting of the rails concuss, stupefy and stultify your brain!

An Artist's Voyage Around the Horn, by Hume Nesbit (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

A rough and freezing journey...

Cooking at Sea, by A.G. Payne (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

This two-part article takes the menus from a sea voyage as a starting point, describes how meals are cooked and served on board an ocean liner, and then provides recipes for the home cook.

Pretty Railway Stations (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

A Lady's Experiences in the "Intermediate" (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1889)

On voyaging to Canada in "intermediate" class - and how to prepare for the experience.

How We Amused Ourselves During a Long Voyage, by Fred Hastings (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)

A Night Ride on the Flying Scotchman, by F.G. Kitton (The Strand, 1892A)

From London to Chicago, by James Mortimer (The Strand, 1893B)

"From the greatest capital of the Old World to the young giant city of the Western Hemisphere is now, comparatively speaking, only a step." It's a step of some six or seven days by sea and another 24 hours from New York by train, but still, a step... This article describes the journey, and the luxuries of both liner and train, in marvelous detail.

A Few Samples Per Rail, by Ivor Merle (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

Portraits of some of the travelers one might meet in a third-class rail carriage.

A [Walking] Party of Two, by One of Them (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

An account of a young couple's holiday walking tour.

Pastimes at Sea, by Framley Steelcroft (The Strand, 1896B)

Yarns from Captain's Logs, by Alfred Story (The Strand, 1896A)

Across the Atlantic in a Sailing Ship, by a Woman Who Went (Girl's Own Paper, 1897)

Drivers I Have Known, by Montague Furtado (Windsor, 1897A)

Reminiscences about drivers of carriages, sleighs, donkeys, carts and more.

True Railroad Stories, by Cy Warman (McClures, 1897)

The general manager and the ghost train; a railroad dog; a wild night at Woodriver.

A Storm at Sea, by H. Phelps Whitmarsh (Century Magazine, 1898B)

Travel Luxury on Land and Sea, (Windsor, 1898A)

The Midland Railway; an Atlantic Liner; the South-Eastern Railway.

A Funeral at Sea, by J.H. Barker (The Strand, 1899A)

• See also Trains & Locomotives