CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE FIRST AMERICAN TOUR. 



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The "Log" Rough Passage An Unfortunate Passenger A Fine Day on 

 Deck Holystoning the Deck" Unconventional Discoui-ses" "Miz- 

 pah" Rings A Lecture on board Ship Fatal Accident to one of the 

 Sailors How to get into a Berth A Terrible Night Mother Carey's 

 Chickens Americans and Dessert Change in the Weather A Second 

 Lecture In and out of the Gulf Stream A Mystery Explained 

 Arrival at Boston Passing through the Custom-House First Im- 

 pressions of Boston The " Janitor " and the Drawing-frame The 

 first Lowell Lecture" Professor " Wood A Curious Bill of Fare 

 "Martha" Grapes "Clam Chowder" Explorations in Boston 

 Park-keepers and Policemen Compulsory Sunday Closing and its 

 Results An Ingenious Expedient The American Prayer Book 

 " Hacks " versus Cabs American Nomenclature American Drinks 

 A New Fashion The Second Lowell Lecture American Prices Im- 

 porting English Clothing Tricks of the Custom-house An English 

 Artist's Revenge " Cuspadors " The Boston Churches An Irish 

 Roman Catholic Sermon Torchlight Processions A Boston Fire 

 Anthracite Coal Electioneering Excitement How the Voting is 

 managed American Girls American Weather Anthracite Coal again 

 A " Brass-monkey Day " " Ear-caps " and Fur Mittens Dust 

 Intense Cold "Cold Snaps" and "Warm Spells "Snow and "Sleds" 

 The Snow-plough School-girls' Outdoor Costume How Cart- 

 drivers are protected from the Weather Sleighs and Snow-banks 

 Making Acquaintance with Mr. Henry Irving" The Merchant of 

 Venice " A Supper with the " Stars " Curious Misapprehensions . 176 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 THE FIRST AMERICAN TOUR (continued). 



Success of the "Lowell" Lectures The Sailor and the Whale Interview 

 with Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes A Dinner Party of Professors- 

 Some more American Nomenclature Various American Peculiarities 

 Shop-window Advertisement on a Large Scale "Dangerous Pas- 

 sages" and their Meaning Gold versus Bank-notes American Chairs 

 and their Defects A Curious New Year's Custom Pedestrians and 

 their Difficulties Superstition and Religion The Cult of the Horse 

 Shoe American Railways and their Peculiarities House-lifting 

 The Hotel "Office" "Checking" Luggage "Serfdom" versus "Free- 

 dom " American Clerical Costume The Black Waiter and his Ways 

 Negroes and "Coloured Men" A Black Waiter with a Cold- 

 Stories of Negro Life Negroes in Office The Chinese in America 

 Wing Lee and his Troubles Opium-smoking American Manners 



