Chapter 107

Pages 387-406.

AMERICA REVISITED. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1867. ÆT. 55.

Warmth of the greeting 388 Same cause as in 1842 388 Old and new friends 389 Changes since 1842 390 First Boston reading 391 Scene at New York sales 393 First New York reading 393 An action against Dickens 394 A fire at his hotel 395 Local and general politics 397 Railway arrangements 398 Police of New York 398 Mistletoe from England 399 As to newspapers 400 Nothing lasts long 401 Cities chosen for readings 401 Scene of a murder visited 402 A dinner at the murderer's 403 Illness and abstinence 404 Miseries of American travel 405 Startling prospect 406