American Notes For General Circulation
Charles Dickens
WITH 8 ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MARCUS STONE, R.A.
LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd.
1913
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO
THOSE FRIENDS OF MINE
IN AMERICA
WHO, GIVING ME A WELCOME I MUST EVER
GRATEFULLY AND PROUDLY REMEMBER,
LEFT MY JUDGEMENT
FREE;
AND WHO, LOVING THEIR COUNTRY, CAN BEAR
THE TRUTH, WHEN IT IS TOLD GOOD
HUMOUREDLY, AND IN A
KIND SPIRIT.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”
- PREFACE TO THE “CHARLES DICKENS” EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”
- GOING AWAY
- THE PASSAGE OUT
- BOSTON
- AN AMERICAN RAILROAD. LOWELL AND ITS FACTORY SYSTEM
- WORCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK
- NEW YORK
- PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS SOLITARY PRISON
- WASHINGTON. THE LEGISLATURE. AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE
- A NIGHT STEAMER ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. VIRGINIA ROAD, AND A BLACK DRIVER. RICHMOND. BALTIMORE. THE HARRISBURG MAIL, AND A GLIMPSE OF THE CITY. A CANAL BOAT
- SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE CANAL BOAT, ITS DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND ITS PASSENGERS. JOURNEY TO PITTSBURG ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS. PITTSBURG
- FROM PITTSBURG TO CINCINNATI IN A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. CINCINNATI
- FROM CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE IN ANOTHER WESTERN STEAMBOAT; AND FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS IN ANOTHER. ST. LOUIS
- A JAUNT TO THE LOOKING-GLASS PRAIRIE AND BACK
- RETURN TO CINCINNATI. A STAGE-COACH RIDE FROM THAT CITY TO COLUMBUS, AND THENCE TO SANDUSKY. SO, BY LAKE ERIE, TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA
- IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN; LEBANON; THE SHAKER VILLAGE; WEST POINT
- THE PASSAGE HOME
- SLAVERY
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- POSTSCRIPT
- FOOTNOTES
- THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
