Three Men on the Bummel

First published in 1900, this comic sequel takes the same three men - J., George, and Harris - off the Thames and onto a bicycle tour through Germany, a bummel meaning an aimless ramble. They plan the trip at length, struggle with luggage, language, and hired machines, and observe inns, students, soldiers, and rules in towns along the way. Episodes turn on national habit, cycling mishaps, and the friends' familiar one-upmanship, with the dog left behind. The book is a humorous travel narrative of a continental holiday, not a political study of the German Empire.

Bound in printed and blocked cloth with a design by the artist. 33 colour illustrations.