Read Ebook: The Catholic World Vol. 21 April 1875 to September 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various
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Of the Nature of the Tokaido and Japanese Railway Construction. One Traveller explains the Life of the Sahib-Log, and Another the Origin of Dice. Of the Babies in the Bath Tub and the Man in D. T. 363
Concerning a Hot-water Tap, and Some General Conversation 375
The Legend of Nikko Ford and the Story of the Avoidance of Misfortune 386
Shows how I grossly libelled the Japanese Army, and edited a Civil and Military Gazette which is not in the least Trustworthy 396
Shows the Similarity between the Babu and the Japanese. Contains the Earnest Outcry of an Unbeliever. The Explanation of Mr. Smith of California and Elsewhere. Takes me on Board Ship after Due Warning to those who follow 411
Shows how I came to America before My Time and was much shaken in Body and Soul 423
How I got to San Francisco and took Tea with the Natives there 436
Shows how through Folly I assisted at a Murder and was Afraid. The Rule of the Democracy and the Despotism of the Alien 451
OF PART II
FROM SEA TO SEA
Tells how I dropped into Politics and the Tenderer Sentiments. Contains a Moral Treatise on American Maidens and an Ethnological One on the Negro. Ends with a Banquet and a Type-writer 3
Takes me through Bret Harte's Country and to Portland with "Old Man California." Explains how Two Vagabonds became Homesick through looking at Other People's Houses 18
Shows how I caught Salmon in the Clackamas 33
Takes me from Vancouver to the Yellowstone National Park 50
Shows how Yankee Jim introduced me to Diana of the Crossways on the Banks of the Yellowstone and how a German Jew said I was no True Citizen. Ends with the Celebration of the 4th of July and a Few Lessons therefrom 62
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Shows how I entered Mazanderan of the Persians and saw Devils of Every Colour, and Some Troopers. Hell and the Old Lady from Chicago. The Captain and the Lieutenant 73
Ends with the Ca?on of the Yellowstone. The Maiden from New Hampshire--Larry--"Wrap-up-his-Tail"--Tom--The Old Lady from Chicago--and a Few Natural Phenomena--including One Briton 88
Of the American Army and the City of the Saints. The Temple, the Book of Mormon, and the Girl from Dorset. An Oriental Consideration of Polygamy 106
How I met Certain People of Importance between Salt Lake and Omaha 120
Across the Great Divide; and how the Man Gring showed me the Garments of the Ellewomen 130
How I struck Chicago, and how Chicago struck me. Of Religion, Politics, and Pig-sticking, and the Incarnation of the City among Shambles 139
How I found Peace at Musquash on the Monongahela 154
An Interview with Mark Twain 167
THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT
A Real Live City 185
The Reflections of a Savage 191
The Council of the Gods 199
On the Banks of the Hugli 208
With the Calcutta Police 217
The City of Dreadful Night 223
Deeper and Deeper Still 233
Concerning Lucia 240
AMONG THE RAILWAY FOLK
A Railway Settlement 249
The Shops 257
Vulcan's Forge 266
THE GIRIDIH COAL-FIELDS
On the Surface 275
In the Depths 284
The Perils of the Pits 291
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