My Life as an Author

Chapter 25

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First American Visit--Too Temperate for 1851; not Temperate enough for 1876--Grand Dinner at Baltimore, and Great Speech--The Astor Dinner--"Amice Davis"--Mayor Kingsland and the Mile-long Procession--Willis, at Golden Square--The Fillmore Dinner at the White House--Jenny Lind's Concert--Gordon Bennet--Squier--Barnum 260-270