The Western World; or, Travels in the United States in 1846–47
3 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1:
1. Introduction
2. A winter passage of the Atlantic
3. The capital of New England
4. A night between Boston and New York
5. New York, its situation and environs
6. Commerce and commercial policy of the United States
7. From New York to Philadelphia
8. Philadelphia
9. A journey from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Washington
10. The capital and the Capitol
11. Life in Washington
12. General view of American society
13. Political aspect of the United States
14. The federal legislation
15. The judiciary system of the United States. Volume 2:
1. Party, party-spirit, organization, and tactics
2. The east and west
3. Virginia
4. Slavery in its political aspect
5. Slavery in its social, moral, and economical aspect
6. From Richmond to Charleston
7. From Charleston to Milledgeville
8. From Milledgeville to Macon: railway and telegraphic systems of the United States
9. From Macon to Mobile and New Orleans
10. New Orleans. Volume 3:
1. The valley of the Mississippi: from New Orleans to Vicksburg
2. The valley of the Mississippi
3. From St. Louis to Louisville, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg: mining interests of the United States
4. From Pittsburg to Niagara
5. Artificial irrigation of the United States: rivalry between Canada and New York for the carrying-trade of the North-West - the navigation laws
6. From Buffalo to Utica, and thence to Montreal by the St. Lawrence
7. From Montreal to Saratoga, Albany, and West Point: military spirit and military establishments of the United States
8. Education and literature in the United States
9. Religion in the United States
10. Lowell: manufactures and manufacturing interest of the United States
11. American character: physical condition of society in America
12. A peep into the future
A chapter on California.