# Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society

Author: O'Rell, Max, 1848-1903; Allyn, Jack; Blouët, Mary Bartlett [Translator]

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34679

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jonathan+and+His+Continent%3A+Rambles+Through+American+Society+O%27Rell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

the Centre of America?--Jonathan cannot get over it, nor can I.--America, the Land of Conjuring.--A Letter from Jonathan decides me to set out for the United States.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.--Advertisements.--Marvellous Puffs.--Illustrated Ditto.--A](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.--Characteristic Traits.--A Gentleman and a Cad.--Different](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.--Journalism.--Prodigious Enterprises.--Startling](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.--The American Girl.--Her Liberty.--Her Manners.--Respect for](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.--The Religion of the Americans.--Religious Sects.--Why](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.--Politics.--Parties.--The Gentleman and the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.--Jonathan's Table.--Danger of Steel Knives.--The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.--Railways.--Vestibule Trains.--Hotels on Wheels.--Windows](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX.--How the Americans take their Holidays.--The Hotel is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.--Jonathan's Eccentricities.--The Arc de Triomphe not](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.--American Activity.--Expression of the Faces.--Press the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.--Jonathan's Domestics.--Reduced Duchesses.--Queer Ideas](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.--Reporting.--For the American Reporter Nothing is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.--John Bull's Cousin German.--A Salutary Lesson.--Women's](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.--Dress.--My Light-Grey Trousers create a Sensation in a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.--Climate Incites Jonathan to Activity.--Healthy](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.--Justice.--Comparison Favourable to America.--Judicial](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.--Diamonds.--How Diamonds are Won and Lost in Tripping.--The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.--Mr. Grover Cleveland, President of the United](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL.--The Value of the Dollar.--A Dressmaker's Bill.--What](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.--All that Glitters is not Gold, especially in America.--The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.--Population of America.--An Anecdote about the Sun.--Where is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI.--Conclusion.--Reply to the American Question.--Social](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.--Society Jottings.--Blue Blood in the United](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.--Prudery.--"Shocking" Expressions.--Transformation of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.--Notes on the great American Cities.--New York.--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.--The Emancipation of Woman.--Extinction of Man.--War](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.--Types.--Manly Beauty.--The Indian Type.--Second Beauty in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.--American Houses.--Furniture.--Luxury.--The Clubs.--An](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.--Literature in the United](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.--The Stage in the United States.--The "Stars."--French](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.--Colonel Ingersoll's Ideas.--The Man.--His Life.--His](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.--High Class Humour.--Mr. Chauncey Depew and General Horace](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.--The Ordinary American.--His Voice, his Habits, his](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.--Millionaires.--A List of the Great American Fortunes.--The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.--Jonathan and his Critics.--An eminent American gives me](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonathan-and-his-continent-rambles-through-american-society-34679/chapters/2/index.md)