A FRENCHMAN IN AMERICA.
A FRENCHMAN IN AMERICA
Recollections of Men and Things
BY
MAX O’RELL
AUTHOR OF “JONATHAN AND HIS CONTINENT,” “JOHN BULL, JUNIOR,”“JACQUES BONHOMME,” “JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND,” ETC.
WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONSBY E. W. KEMBLE
NEW YORK
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Copyright, 1891, by
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER. | PAGE. |
| I.—Departure—The Atlantic—Demoralization of the “Boarders”—Betting—TheAuctioneer—An Inquisitive Yankee, | 1 |
| II.—Arrival of the Pilot—First Look at American Newspapers, | 11 |
| III.—Arrival—The Custom House—Things Look Bad—The Interviewers—FirstVisits—Things Look Brighter—“O Vanityof Vanities,” | 14 |
| IV.—Impressions of American Hotels, | 25 |
| V.—My Opening Lecture—Reflections on Audiences I HaveHad—The Man who Won’t Smile—The One who Laughstoo Soon, and Many Others, | 37 |
| VI.—A Connecticut Audience—Merry Meriden—A Hard Pull, | 48 |
| VII—A Tempting Offer—The Thursday Club—Bill Nye—Visit toYoung Ladies’ Schools—The Players’ Club, | 52 |
| VIII.—The Flourishing of Coats-of-Arms in America—ReflectionsThereon—Forefathers Made to Order—The Phonograph atHome—The Wealth of New York—Departure for Buffalo, | 60 |
| IX.—Different Ways of Advertising a Lecture—American Impressariosand Their Methods, | 66 |
| X.—Buffalo—The Niagara Falls—A Frost—Rochester to theRescue of Buffalo—Cleveland—I Meet Jonathan—Phantasmagoria, | 74 |
| XI.—A Great Admirer—Notes on Railway Traveling—Is Americaa Free Nation?—A Pleasant Evening in New York, | 81 |