Author : Joseph Hatton
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ISBN 13 : 9781332233373
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (333 download)
Book Synopsis Henry Irving's Impressions of America, Vol. 2 of 2 by : Joseph Hatton
Download or read book Henry Irving's Impressions of America, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Joseph Hatton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Henry Irving's Impressions of America, Vol. 2 of 2: Narrated in a Series of Sketches, Chronicles, and Conversations Hawkers - Southern Blondes - Furs and Diamonds - Rehearsing under Difficulties - Blacks and Whites - Negro Philosophy - Honest Work - "The Best Company on its Legs I have ever seen" - Our Christmas Supper - "Absent Friends" - Pictures in the Fire and afterwards - An intercepted Contribution to Magazine Literature - Correcting a Falsehood - Honesty and Fair Play; "Fussy" - The Brooklyn Ferry - Crossing the North River - A Picturesque Crowd - Brooklyn Bridge at Night - Warned against Chicago - Conservatism of American Critics - Dangers of the Road - Railway-train Bandits - An early Interviewer - A Reporters Story - Life on a Private Car - Miss Terry and her "Luck" - American Women; First Impressions of Chicago - A Bitter Winter - Great Storms - Thirty Degrees below Zero - On the Shores of Lake Michigan - Street Architecture - Pullman City - Western Journalism - Chicago Criticism - Notable Entertainments - At the Press Club - The Club Life of America - What America has done - Unfair Comparisons between the Great New World and the Older Civilizations of Europe - Mistaking Notoriety for Fame - A Speech of Thanks - Facts, Figures, and Tests of Popularity, past and to come; Sunshine and Snow - Wintry Landscapes - Fire and Frost - Picturesque St. Louis - "The Elks" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.