Excerpt from Programme of Cook's Second Educational Tour: To Sail From New York, Saturday, June 20th, 1874, by Special Steamer in Three Divisions; To Embrace Portions of Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, the Rhine Districts, Bavaria, France, Switzerland,& C.; With Extentions to Venice, Florence, Rome,& C

Cook and Son personally met the steamer, with a view of carrying out the first. Part of the arrangements for a visit to the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, and for the conduct of the entire party through that part of Scotland included in the Tour. Their offers and proposals to the steamship company of the Anchor line, and to the railroad companies of Scotland and England, were met by most cheerful and hearty responses, and the very best services were rendered by each of the companies concerned in the carrying out of the arrangements, and after the party had reached London, where it became necessary to divide them into four sections for visiting the continent, Mr. Thomas Cook, the senior partner, gave his whole time and attention to the supervision of the arrangements, assisted by a stafii of the best conductors in their employ.' The complete success of the general arrangements has been attested in the most sincere manner by nearly every one of the pas sengers since their return to America. As there is not in the coming season any special attraction like that of Vienna, involving a great extent of traveling between Munich and the capital of Austria, for the one purpose of seeing the Exhibition, the plans for the Tour now advertised will be framed so as to give the best possible facilities for visiting the most attractive parts of the Continent, and although the mileage distance may be somewhat less than that which was traveled last year, the programme will be better filled up in its details and several points which had to be omitted last year will be included in the next arrange ments, which will more than compensate for the small addition made to the expense of traveling over the routes provided for. This advance is owing principally to the requirements of the steamship line, who were totally unable to quote so low a fare as last year, it being too low to ad mit of that provision in the traveling accommodation which it is desirable should be realized. The conditions of the company last year required that the whole should return by four appointed steamers, and all who stayed beyond the limits of the time provided were required to pay an extra $25 for the privilege of returning at any time within twelve months from the time of departure. This arrangement has been modified very much to the convenience of the travelers for the approaching Tour. Instead of the passengers being restricted to three or four steamers they are allowed to return without extra payment by any of the steamers of the line within six months from the time of departure, and an additional six months is allowed on condition of their having to pay the sum of $10. This is an advantage which will be equivalent to a very considerable portion of the extra amount charged by the company, and will leave the passengers much greater frec dom in their choice of steamers for returning.

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