On her beam-ends -
Selfishness - A mongrel city - A Scot - Constancy rewarded - Monetary
difficulties - Detention on a bridge - A Canadian homestead - Life in the
clearings - The bush on fire - A word on farming - The "bee" and its produce
- Eccentricities of Mr. Haldimands - A ride on a troop-horse - Scotch
patriotism - An English church - The servant nuisance - Richard Cobden.
CHAPTER XI.
"I've seen nothing" - A disappointment - Incongruities - Hotel gaieties and
"doing Niagara" - Irish drosky-drivers - "The Hell of Waters" - Beauties of
Niagara - The picnic party - The white canoe - A cold shower-bath - "The
Thunder of Waters" - A magic word - "The Whirlpool" - Story of "Bloody Run" -
Yankee opinions of English ladies - A metamorphosis - The nigger guide - A
terrible situation - Termination Rock - Impressions of Niagara - Juvenile
precocity - A midnight journey - Street adventures in Hamilton.
CHAPTER XII.
A scene at starting - That dear little Harry - The old lady and the race
- Running the Rapids - An aside - Snow and discomfort - A new country - An
extemporised ball - Adventure with a madman - Shooting the cataract -
First appearance of Montreal - Its characteristics - Quebec in a fog -
"Muffins" - Quebec gaieties - The pestilence - Restlessness - St. Louis and
St. Roch - The shady side - Dark dens - External characteristics - Lord
Elgin - Mistaking a senator.
CHAPTER XIII.
The House of Commons - Canadian gallantry - The constitution - Mr. Hincks -
The ex-rebel - Parties and leaders - A street row - Repeated disappointments
- The "habitans" - Their houses and their virtues - A stationary people -
Progress and its effects - Montmorenci - The natural staircase - The Indian
summer - Lorette - The old people - Beauties of Quebec - The _John Munn_ - Fear
and its consequences - A gloomy journey.
CHAPTER XIV.
Concluding remarks on Canada - Territory - Climate - Capabilities - Railways
and canals - Advantages for emigrants - Notices of emigration - Government -
The franchise - Revenue - Population - Religion - Education - The press -
Literature - Observations in conclusion.
CHAPTER XV.
Preliminary remarks on re-entering the States - Americanisms - A little
slang - Liquoring up - Eccentricities in dress - A 'cute chap down east -
Conversation on eating - A Kentucky gal - Lake Champlain - Delaval's - A
noisy serenade - Albany - Beauties of the Hudson - The Empire City.
CHAPTER XVI.
Position of New York - Externals of the city - Conveyances -
Maladministration - The stores - The hotels - Curiosities of the hospital -
Ragged schools - The bad book - Monster schools - Amusements and oyster
saloons - Monstrosities - - A restaurant - Dwelling-houses - Equipages -
Palaces - Dress - Figures - Manners - Education - Domestic habits - The ladies -
The gentlemen - Society - Receptions - Anti-English feeling - Autographs - The
buckram Englishman.
CHAPTER XVII.
The cemetery - Its beauties - The "Potter's Field" - The graves of children -
Monumental eccentricities - Arrival of emigrants - Their reception - Poor
dwellings - The dangerous class - The elections - The riots - Characteristics
of the streets - Journey to Boston - The sights of Boston - Longfellow -
Cambridge University.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Origin of the Constitution - The Executive - Congress - Local Legislatures -
The army and navy - Justice - Slavery - Political corruption - The foreign
element - Absence of principle - Associations - The Know-nothings - The press
and its power - Religion - The church - The clergy.
CHAPTER XIX.
General remarks continued - The common schools - Their defect - Difficulties
- Management of the schools - The free academy - Hallways - Telegraphs -
Poverty - Literature - Advantages for emigrants - Difficulties of emigrants -
Peace or war - Concluding observations.
