Chapter I: Part I: Essays, Sketches, and Letters

Mr. Ward's first Business Letter
On "Forts"
The Shakers
High-handed Outrage at Utica
Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville
Among the Spirits
On the Wing
The Octoroon
Oberlin
The Showman's Courtship
The Crisis
Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare
Among the "Free Lovers"
A Visit to Brigham Young
The Press
Edwin Forrest as Othello
The Show Business and Popular Lectures
Woman's Rights
The Prince of Wales
Ossawatomie Brown
Joy in the House of Ward
Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.)
How "Old Abe" received the News of his Nomination
Interview with President Lincoln
Interview with Prince Napoleon
Agriculture.
Busts
A Hard Case
Affairs around the Village Green