Chapter II: Letter XVII

English Cordiality and Hospitality, and the Feelings
awakened by it—Liverpool—Uncomfortable Coffee-house
there—Travelling Americans—New York Packets—The
Railway—Manchester 125

SECOND VISIT TO ENGLAND 132

EGLINTON TOURNAMENT 188

TALKS OVER TRAVEL 217

The Streets of London 229

London 235

London 241

London 247

London 254

Isle of Wight—Ryde 259

Comparison of the Climate of Europe and America 265

Stratford-on-Avon 271

Visit to Stratford-on-Avon—Shakspere 280

Charlecote 291

Warwick Castle 294

Kenilworth 297

A Visit to Dublin about the time of the Queen’s Marriage 305

Closing Scenes of the Session at Washington 313

The Inauguration 319

Washington in the Session 324

Washington after the Session 335

ARTICLES FROM THE JOURNAL.

LETTERS FROM ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT IN 1845–’46

LETTER I.
What the Writer has seen of this World for twenty-four
days—The Passengers of the Britannia—The Difference
Between the American and English Custom-house Officers—The
Working Classes—Female Dress—Bustles—Writing against the
Doctor’s Orders, etc. 345

LETTER II.
London 349

LETTER III.
S—— Vicarage 354

LETTER IV. 359

LETTER V. 362

LETTER VI. 364

LETTER VII. 368

LETTER VIII. 374

LETTER IX. 378

LETTER X. 385

LETTER XI.
To any Lady Subscriber who may wish for Gleanings from that
first Concert of Jenny Lind which the Critics of the Daily
Papers have so well harvested 392

LETTER XII.
To the Lady-Subscriber in the Country 399