Chapter 1

ESSAYS, SKETCHES, AND LETTERS.

Mr. Ward's first Business Letter On "Forts" The Shakers High-handed Outrage at Utica Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville Among the Spirits On the Wing The Octoroon Oberlin The Showman's Courtship The Crisis Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare Among the "Free Lovers" A Visit to Brigham Young The Press Edwin Forrest as Othello The Show Business and Popular Lectures Woman's Rights The Prince of Wales Ossawatomie Brown Joy in the House of Ward Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.) How "Old Abe" received the News of his Nomination Interview with President Lincoln Interview with Prince Napoleon Agriculture. Busts A Hard Case Affairs around the Village Green