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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| ARIZONA. | |
| Deming—The Mirage—Ruined Cities—American Explorers—Self-Tormentors—Animalsand Plants—Yuma—California—LosAngeles—Santa Monica—The Pacific | Page [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. | |
| A new Land of Goshen—A Jehu indeed—The Drive to Clarke's—AMountain Hostelry—Grizzlies—Fascination Point—TheMerced—Yosemite Fall—A Salute—Mountain Airs—The MirrorLake—"See that Rattle?"—A Philosophic Barber | [19] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| SAN FRANCISCO. | |
| The Palace Hotel—General McDowell—Palo-Alto—The "Hoodlums"—Thereal Sir Roger—Exiles in the Far West—TheChinese Population—For and Against them—The Sand Lot—FastTrotters—The Sea-Lions—The Diamond Palace—TheColoured Population—"Eastward Ho!" | [44] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| CALIFORNIA TO COLORADO. | |
| Los Angeles—Mud-geysers—"Billy the Kid"—General Fremont—Manitou,the Garden of the Gods—Desperadoes—Bob Ingersoll—DenverCity—Leadville—Grand Cañon | [73] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| KANSAS TO ST. LOUIS. | |
| Liquor Law—Kansas Academy of Science—An Incident of Travel—AParting Symposium—Life in the Cars—St. Louis to NewYork | [107] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| NEW YORK—NEWPORT—DEPARTURE. | |
| Coney Island—Newport—Bass-fishing—Habit of Spitting—BrightonBeach—Newport Coaching—Extra Ecclesiam—Victoriesof American Horses—Newport Avenues—Return toNew York—Our Last Day in America | [122] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| RETURN TO EUROPE. | |
| The "City of Berlin"—The Inman Line—The Service at Roche'sPoint—Queenstown Discomforts—A sorry Welcome Home | [140] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| SOME GENERAL REFLECTIONS. | |
| Education—Free Schools—Influence of Money in Politics—Corruptionin Public Life—Crime on the Western Borders—TheGreat Rebellion—Anniversaries—Great Courtesy to Strangers—Mannersand Customs | [151] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| THE RED MAN AND HIS DESTINY. | |
| Captain Pratt—Carlisle Barracks—An Indian Bowman—TheIndian Question—The Pupils' Gossip—The "School News"—IndianVisitors—The White Mother—The India Office—Whiteand Red—Quo Quousque?—Indian Title Deeds—The Reservations—TheIndian Agencies—Missionary Efforts—The RedMan and the Maori | [186] |
HESPEROTHEN.
CHAPTER I.
ARIZONA.
Deming—The Mirage—Ruined Cities—American Explorers—Self-Tormentors—Animals and Plants—Yuma—California—Los Angeles—Santa Monica—The Pacific.