Preface

Chapter I Appleton’s Directions to the Traveller

Caution to English Travellers

Railroads

Steamboats

Hotels and Inns

Eating Houses, Confectionaries, etc.

Money

Characteristics of the Country

Scenery

Travellers’ General View of the United States

Chapter II Dickens Departs for America

Going Away

The Passage Out

Chapter III Appleton’s Sketch of the United States

Its General Outline and Aspect

Political Constitution

Productive Industry

Religion and Education

History

Civil and Social State

Chapter IV Appleton’s New York City and Its Environs

Its General Outline and Aspect

The City Hall

The Hall of Justice

The Merchants’ Exchange

The Custom House

The Post-Office

Literary Institutions

Benevolent and Medical Institutions

Churches

Croton Water Works

Places of Amusement

Hotels

Brooklyn

New Jersey, Long Island and Nearby

Chapter V Dickens’ New York

Chapter VI Appleton’s New York to Boston

Via New Haven and Springfield

New Haven

Hartford

Springfield, Mass.

Worcester

Via Long Island, Norwich, and Worcester

New London, Ct.

Norwich

Via Stonington and Providence

Providence

Chapter VII Dickens’ Boston to New York

Worcester

The Connecticut River, Hartford

New Haven

To New York Via the Long Island Sound

Chapter VIII Appleton’s Boston and Its Environs

The State House

Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall Market

The City Hall or Old State House

The Merchants’ Exchange

The New Custom House

Literary Institutions

Charitable and Other Institutions

Churches

Banks

Places of Amusement

Hotels

Places in the Vicinity of Boston

Dorchester

Roxbury

Brookline

Cambridge

Charlestown

Chelsea

Quincy

The Forts Around Boston

Routes from Boston to New York

Chapter IX Dickens’ Boston

Chapter X Appleton’s Lowell

Chapter XI Dickens’ A Railroad Trip to Lowell

An American Railroad

Lowell and its Factory System

Chapter XII Dickens’ Concluding Remarks