Opinions of Lord Byron and Sir John Sinclair thereon-

Exemplification of it by a Bond Street tradesman-How to

get bailed-Habits of doing business, and of taking plea-

sure-Ancient building up, and modern pulling down-

American enthusiasm and English apathy-Chester walls

and Chester railways-Another den of thieves and another

house of prayer-Extraordinary sight at Temple Bar-

Stage-coaches, and their consequences-Roads, and their

rascalities-Two legs better than one, at all events in

England-Common sense sometimes nonsense-Politics

and ploughshares-Difference between living in clover and

mowing it-The farmer and President-A regicide's last

thought, and its exact value
125-186

CHAPTER VI.

The yellow fever and its victims-An important 'ism-

Clearing out of a whole country-American gold going

to buy up all England-The Isle of Wight carried away

upon wheels, and a rape committed on the Great Exhibition

-Turning the tables-" Home, sweet Home," sung very

far away from it-Where a man goes to when he goes

out-Two sides to a question-Shakspeare's opinion to be

preferred to any other person's-An emigrant's duties-

What he has to "eat, drink, and avoid"-Some of the

advantages of emigration-Autographs and their col-

lectors-Captain Sutter and Mr. Hargreaves-The reward

of merit not always merit awarded-What to do with

one's money-Madeira wretchedness and Madeira wine

-Extraordinary value of a glass of it-Calling things

by their right names, without fear of Scylla or Charybdis

-Gold your only multiplier-Exhibition of Castle Gardens

and Hyde Park compared-Jullien's baton, and Jonathan's

band-A player on the horn apt to blow his own

head off
187-217

CHAPTER VII.

The quantity of land, and the quantity of people who live

on it-The constitution of a man pitted against the con-

stitution of a horse-Climate and its effect upon health-

Limit of American life-Spitting, and where to spit-

Hitting the mark at any distance-A sure way to have

dyspepsia, and a sure way not to get rid of it-Advice

to young ladies, "married and single"-Women's rights,

and what to pay for them-Delicacies of the season-

Cowhiding and Lola Montez-A Californian marriage-

-Art at a discount, and gold at premium-"Official"

statistics not to be doubted-Surplus at a nonplus-

America's aristocratical notions-Importance of a title-

Names misnamed-Difficulty of a letter reaching its destina-

tion-How an Englishman's idea of independence differs

from an American's-How to address a man at his own house

in Indiana-More modes of pronunciation than one-How

to choose American wines, or rather wines in America-

Definition of a flimsy character-Not a shop in all the

United States-Paper currency and its virtues-Young

America at full length-The habits of all America—“ A

perfect character"-Contrast of the English and American

Custom-house
218-270

CHAPTER VIII.

A WORD AT PARTING.

Writers on America, and the nature of their writings-

The comic versus the serious-Politics and their pre-

-

valence Shakspeare's value of public opinion - The

respective merits of General Scott, Daniel Webster and

General Pierce-A President's "turn out"A new

railroad introduced by the African slave - Cavaliers of

the south and Puritans of the north-An American

barrister and an English judge-Prevalent principles of

Boston-Humour of Haliburton - Provisions and the

price of them-A famous family receipt-Jonathan's opi-

nion of Trafalgar and Waterloo-The reputed source and

present extent of swaggering-Pigs, and a speedy way

of disposing of them-The spirit of inquiry, and what

point to carry it to-American méfiance and English

openness―The only difference which ought to be between

the two countries - Peep at America a hundred years

hence-The only way to visit America - The distance

to accomplish it -A Californian-Four drinks to one

dollar-One way to visit England-Boston sauce and

Boston sweets-An Indian meal-Respect in 1773, and

bounce in 1853-Eighty years have done wonders-Mount

Auburn and other cemeteries Places for the living to

cry in, and for the dead to lie in-Adieu to America-

Chances of the Author's returning there
271-328

-

OLD ENGLAND

AND

NEW ENGLAND.

CHAPTER I.

A WORD OR TWO ABOUT IRELAND, AND ITS UTILITY IN AMERICA -THREE THINGS TO AVOID IN LIFE—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMIGRATION AND PROCREATION-THE SHORTEST WAY OF BECOMING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN-THE VIRTUE OF AN OATHA REAL LAND OF LIBERTY-A COUNTRY FIGHTING AGAINST ITSELF THE DIFFERENT CHARGES FOR ONE MAN THRASHING ANOTHER-THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER-HIS OWN ACCOUNT

OF HIS RETURN FROM TRANSPORTATION-THE EXACT VALUE OF PATRIOTISM-THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER-DRAFT TO BE

SWALLOWED EVERY OTHER HOUR IN AMERICA-INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING A REBEL - A HIGHLY-GIFTED

CHAMPION.

It would be a difficult thing to say anything new about Ireland, on this side of the Atlantic.

VOL. II.

B

From the memorable day when, according to the

old saw,

"By the ford of Brig and Bunn

Ireland was lost and won,"

until the present hour of locomotive celerity, when

A journey to Ireland now through the Tubular

Is as short as a trip to the old Norwood New Beulah.

there has been little change, unless it be for the worse. We may apply to this lovely land the exquisite apostrophe addressed to that of the East, a spot "where all but the spirit of man is divine;" and there is no mistake about it. We have no intention of following up Thomas Moore's native and natural illustration that it is the

"First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea,"

yet we are willing to admit that it is one of them; but why it should be called the Emerald Isle, unless it be from the greenness of so many of its inhabitants, it would be difficult to determine; for there are other islands quite as verdant, and some even more So. All this, however, is matter of opinion, not worth while stopping to talk about. It is an enchanting part of creation for the eye to gaze