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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—
1 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-
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