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OLD ENGLAND

AND

NEW ENGLAND,

IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN ON THE SPOT.

BY ALFRED BUNN,

AUTHOR OF

"THE STAGE BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN!”

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1853.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

A word or two about Ireland, and its utility in America

-Three things to avoid in life-Difference between emi-

gration and procreation-The shortest way of becoming an

American citizen-The virtue of an oath-A 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 transporta-

tion-The exact value of patriotism-The star-spangled

banner-Draught to be swallowed every other hour in

America-Ingredients for making a rebel-A highly-gifted

champion

1-24

CHAPTER II.

Origin of the American Stage-Pros and cons-The legisla-

lature and the people have a difference of opinion-The

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earliest and the latest "Stars"-G. F. Cooke-John Wilson

Croker-Mr. and Mrs. Bartley in a mess-Reward offered

for Mr. Kean-A derogatory letter-Booth and his nose-

Conway, "John Bull," and Theodore Hook-Macready and

his nose-Something like a riot-Charles Kean's success—

Another riot-A singer knocked out of tune-Sinclair and

an empty pit-Fanny Kemble and her correspondence-

Her opinions of her husband's country and its people-

Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and one more riot-Power, an actor,

a naval and military commander, and a wonderful pedes-

trian-Ranger (not in the "Suspicious Husband")-Ma-

dame Vestris-Charles Mathews and his French and

English correspondence-The Press and its privileges-

Henry Phillips-Braham and his tour-Effect of foreign

upon native talent-List of those who have produced that

effect-Fashion opposed to judgment.
25-79

CHAPTER III.

Other foreign talent besides English in America-The diet of

Sontag and Alboni-Jenny Lind's pipe, and paying the

piper-The ingredients of quackery-The American show-

man, and his show-Agents, and their avocations-Advan-

tages of having more mothers than one, if you know how

to get them—A new mode of selling hats-An auction of

tickets-A manager turns his own auctioneer-A remark-

able tea-kettle-The duties of a husband-Charity that

went abroad, but settled at home-Singers' airs and

dancers' dollars-The player and the President differently

remunerated-The golden pavement of America-Differ-

ence between principle and interest-The decay of art, how

to prevent it, and when that object is likely to be attained.

80-95

CHAPTER IV.

American Dramatic Fund-Samples of histrionic talent-Mr.

Forrest and his castle-Mrs. Forrest and her character-

Treading the stage, and treading the ceiling-Fourrier's

doctrines, and their inoculation-Low prices and low

people-Wallack's theatre-William Tell outdone-An

actress quarrels with her dress-A genuine Yankee manager

-How to carry on the war-Cheap literature-One way

of keeping a day "holy"-A learned Lord Chamberlain-

Virtue of vox populi-Value of patent rights-"Dyeing

a martyr"-Characteristics of opera singers-The many

airs they give themselves, and the few they give the public

-Downfall of Old Drury-Italian Opera doings-Poets

and pensions-Pope's opinion of all puppets-Performers'

opinions of themselves

96-124

CHAPTER V.

American notions, and some of them very funny ones-How

to pare an apple-Thick skins and thin skins-Amour

propre, and too much of it—All America's great people are

not Americans-A mistake about her discoveries rectified

-Jonathan's mode of regulating hotel charges-The Cuban

question-Shooting Spaniards and shooting sparrows-Lord

John Russell and Mr. Everett-Jamaica worth looking

after-"Else" and "if" fully explained-Not to be poor

and seem so, at the same time-The only beggar in Ame-

rica-Copyright question, and the best way to settle it-

The distinction between high and low prices-Congress

make acts, and the people repeal them-Interest the only

settler of disputes-Early rising, and the benefit thereof-