Long before George Elliott Howard (1849Ð1928) became one of NebraskaÕs premier sociologists and was elected president of the American Sociological Association (1917), he was a footloose young scholar who pursued postgraduate education in Germany during 1876Ð1878. Eager to share his adventures, Howard wrote and dispatched seven insightful essays that were quickly published in Nebraska newspapers. Here, collected together for the first time, are HowardÕs firsthand observations on travel in Europe, life and learning in Germany, studying the German language, student beer-drinking societies, and a walking tour in Austria. Edited and introduced by Michael R. Hill, HowardÕs essays are placed squarely in the academic milieu of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Simultaneously, HowardÕs written chronicles provide delightfully inspiring examples for young scholars today who dream of travel and study in foreign lands.