NATION 140
The Alabama River down to Mobile _ib._
JOURNAL 162
NEW ORLEANS 171
American Theatre _ib._
French Theatre 175
NEW ORLEANS 178
Journal _ib._
The Theatre 189
Journal 192
MOBILE 211
NEW ORLEANS 227
THE LEVEE MARKET 247
JOURNAL RESUMED 252
NEW YORK 278
JOURNAL 291
A visit to Quebec, _via_ Lake Champlan and Montreal _ib._
The Sault au Recollect 305
GENERAL IMPRESSIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE 339
Adieu 354
APPENDIX 357

IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA.

NAHANT.

This rocky peninsula is truly a very wild and unworldlike little
territory, jutting boldly out as it does into the mighty bay of
Massachusetts, and commanding a view of its whole extent, from Cape Cod
to Cape Anne, together with the many islands, towns, and villages
scattered along the coast; whilst in front spreads out the Atlantic
Ocean.

To sit within the upper gallery of this house upon the cliff, and watch
the rising moon fling her golden bridge from the far horizon's edge,
until it seems to rest upon the beach below, is a sight which would be
worth something in a poet or a painter's eyes.

I never, either in the East or in the Mediterranean, beheld anything
exceed in colour the glory of these evening skies, or their depth by
night. Round about, near to the edge of the cliffs, are scattered a
number of dwellings, built in the style of the southern cottage, having
low projecting eaves covering a broad gallery which usually encircles
the building: these are objects upon which the eye is pleased to rest
when the moon deepens their shadows on the barren rock.

On