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Title: A Frenchman in America
Recollections of Men and Things

Author: Max O'Rell

Release Date: May 5, 2010 [EBook #32261]

Language: English

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A FRENCHMAN IN AMERICA.

[Illustration: Max O'Rell]

_A FRENCHMAN IN AMERICA_

Recollections of Men and Things

BY MAX O'RELL

AUTHOR OF "JONATHAN AND HIS CONTINENT," "JOHN BULL, JUNIOR,"
"JACQUES BONHOMME," "JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND," ETC.

WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS
BY E. W. KEMBLE

NEW YORK
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
104 & 106 FOURTH AVENUE

COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I.--Departure--The Atlantic--Demoralization of the "Boarders"--
Betting--The Auctioneer--An Inquisitive Yankee, 1

II.--Arrival of the Pilot--First Look at American Newspapers, 11

III.--Arrival--The Custom House--Things Look Bad--The
Interviewers--First Visits--Things Look Brighter--"O Vanity
of Vanities," 14

IV.--Impressions of American Hotels, 25

V.--My Opening Lecture--Reflections on Audiences I Have Had--The
Man who Won't Smile--The One who Laughs too Soon, and Many
Others, 37

VI.--A Connecticut Audience--Merry Meriden--A Hard Pull, 48

VII--A Tempting Offer--The Thursday Club--Bill Nye--Visit to Young
Ladies' Schools--The Players' Club, 52

VIII.--The Flourishing of Coats-of-Arms in America--Reflections
Thereon--Forefathers Made to Order--The Phonograph at
Home--The Wealth of New York-