Chapter XV: 1867

Pages 387-406.

AMERICA REVISITED. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1867. AET. 55.

Warmth of the greeting 388
Same cause as in 1842 388
Old and new friends 389
Changes since 1842 390
First Boston reading 391
Scene at New York sales 393
First New York reading 393
An action against Dickens 394
A fire at his hotel 395
Local and general politics 397
Railway arrangements 398
Police of New York 398
Mistletoe from England 399
As to newspapers 400
Nothing lasts long 401
Cities chosen for readings 401
Scene of a murder visited 402
A dinner at the murderer's 403
Illness and abstinence 404
Miseries of American travel 405
Startling prospect 406