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[EAN: 9780548546505], Neubuch, [PU: Kessinger Publishing Co, United States], Travel|Essays & Travelogues, Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. OLD ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND, IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN ON THE SPOT - - 1853 - CONTENTS - THE SECOND VOLUME CUTER I. A mrd or two about Ireland, and its ntiity in America -Three things to avoid in Me-Difference between emi- gration and procreation-The shortest way of becoming an American citizen-The virtue of an oath-A real land of liberty-A country fighting against itself-The Merent charges for one man thrashing another-Thomas Francis Meagher-His own account of his return from transporta- tion-The exact value of patriotism-The st ar-spangled banner-Draught to be swallowed every other hour in America-Ingredients for making a rebel-A highly-gifted champion . . 1-24 CHAPTER 11. Origin of the American Stage-Pros and cons-The legisla- lature and the people have a difference of opinion-The earliest and the latest StarsD-G. F. Cooke-John Wilson Croker-Mr. and Mrs. Bartley in a mess-Reward offered for Mr. Kean-A derogatory letter-Booth and his nose- Conway, John Bull, and Theodore Hook-Macready and I nose--Something like a riot-Charles Keans success- Another riot-A singer knocked out of tune-Sinclair and an empty pit-Fanny Kemble and her correspondence- Her opinions of her husbands country and its people- Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and one more riot-Power, an actor, a naval and military commander, and a wonderful pedes- trian-Ranger not in the Suspicious Husband-Ma- dame Vestris-Charles Mathews and his French and English correspondence-The Press and its privileges- Henry Phillips-Braham and his tour-Effect of foreign upon native talent-List of those who have produced that effect-Fashion opposed to judgment . . 25-79 Other foreign talent besides English in America-The diet of Sontag and Alboni-Jenny Lindspipe, and paying the piper-The ingredients of quackery-The American show- man, and his show-Agents, and their avocations-Advan- tages of having more mothers than one, if you know horn to get them-A new mode of selling hats-An auction of tickets-A manager turns his own auctioneer-A remark- able tea-kettle-The duties of a husband-Charity that went abroad, but settled at home-Singers airs and dancers dollars-The player and the President differently remunerated-The golden pavement of America-Differ- ence between principle and interest-The decay of art, how to prevent it, and wheu that object is likely to be attained. 80-95 CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. American Dramatic Fund-Samples of histrionic talent-. Forrest and his castle-Mrs. Forrest and her character- Treading the stage, and treading the cehg-Fourriers doctrines, and their inoculation-Low prices and low people-Wallacks theatre-William Tell outdone-An actress quarrels with her dress-A genuine Yankee manager -How to carry on the war-Cheap literature-One way of keeping a day holy-A learned Lold Chamberlain- Virtue of vox populi-Value of patent rights- Dyeing a martyry-Characteristics of opera singers-The many airs they give themselves, and the few they give the public -Downfall of Old Drury-Italian Opera doings-poets and pensions-Popes opinion of all puppets-Performers opinions of themselves . 96-124 CUTER V. American notions, and some of them very funny ones-How to pare an apple-Thick skins and thin skins-Amour propre, and too much of it-A.ll Americas great people are not Americans-A histake about her discoveries rectified -Jonathans mode of regulating hotel charges-The Cuban question-Shooting Spaniards and shooting sparrows-Lord John Russelland Mr. ***** Print on Demand *****.<

2007, ISBN: 0548546509

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[EAN: 9780548546505], Neubuch, [PU: Kessinger Publishing Co, United States], Travel|Essays & Travelogues, Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.OLD ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND, IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN ON THE SPOT - - 1853 - CONTENTS - THE SECOND VOLUME CUTER I. A mrd or two about Ireland, and its ntiity in America -Three things to avoid in Me-Difference between emi- gration and procreation-The shortest way of becoming an American citizen-The virtue of an oath-A real land of liberty-A country fighting against itself-The Merent charges for one man thrashing another-Thomas Francis Meagher-His own account of his return from transporta- tion-The exact value of patriotism-The st ar-spangled banner-Draught to be swallowed every other hour in America-Ingredients for making a rebel-A highly-gifted champion . . 1-24 CHAPTER 11. Origin of the American Stage-Pros and cons-The legisla- lature and the people have a difference of opinion-The earliest and the latest StarsD-G. F. Cooke-John Wilson Croker-Mr. and Mrs. Bartley in a mess-Reward offered for Mr. Kean-A derogatory letter-Booth and his nose- Conway, John Bull, and Theodore Hook-Macready and I nose--Something like a riot-Charles Keans success- Another riot-A singer knocked out of tune-Sinclair and an empty pit-Fanny Kemble and her correspondence- Her opinions of her husbands country and its people- Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and one more riot-Power, an actor, a naval and military commander, and a wonderful pedes- trian-Ranger not in the Suspicious Husband-Ma- dame Vestris-Charles Mathews and his French and English correspondence-The Press and its privileges- Henry Phillips-Braham and his tour-Effect of foreign upon native talent-List of those who have produced that effect-Fashion opposed to judgment . . 25-79 Other foreign talent besides English in America-The diet of Sontag and Alboni-Jenny Lindspipe, and paying the piper-The ingredients of quackery-The American show- man, and his show-Agents, and their avocations-Advan- tages of having more mothers than one, if you know horn to get them-A new mode of selling hats-An auction of tickets-A manager turns his own auctioneer-A remark- able tea-kettle-The duties of a husband-Charity that went abroad, but settled at home-Singers airs and dancers dollars-The player and the President differently remunerated-The golden pavement of America-Differ- ence between principle and interest-The decay of art, how to prevent it, and wheu that object is likely to be attained. 80-95 CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. American Dramatic Fund-Samples of histrionic talent-. Forrest and his castle-Mrs. Forrest and her character- Treading the stage, and treading the cehg-Fourriers doctrines, and their inoculation-Low prices and low people-Wallacks theatre-William Tell outdone-An actress quarrels with her dress-A genuine Yankee manager -How to carry on the war-Cheap literature-One way of keeping a day holy-A learned Lold Chamberlain- Virtue of vox populi-Value of patent rights- Dyeing a martyry-Characteristics of opera singers-The many airs they give themselves, and the few they give the public -Downfall of Old Drury-Italian Opera doings-poets and pensions-Popes opinion of all puppets-Performers opinions of themselves . 96-124 CUTER V. American notions, and some of them very funny ones-How to pare an apple-Thick skins and thin skins-Amour propre, and too much of it-A.ll Americas great people are not Americans-A histake about her discoveries rectified -Jonathans mode of regulating hotel charges-The Cuban question-Shooting Spaniards and shooting sparrows-Lord John Russelland Mr. ***** Print on Demand *****.<

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