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CONTENTS.

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CONTENTS.

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  • First Announcement of the Lecture 7

  • Introduction. By T. W. ROBERTSON 9

  • Artemus Ward as a Lecturer. Prefatory Note by E. P. HINGSTON 19

  • THE LECTURE. By Artemus Ward 57

  • Proscenium (with the curtain down) 58

  • The SteamerAriel” 74

  • Montgomery Street, San Francisco 78

  • Virginia City, Nevada 82

  • Plains between Virginia and Salt Lake 86

  • Part of Salt Lake City. Viewed from a distance 93

  • Salt Lake City. From the heights behind it 95


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  • The Salt Lake House 104

  • Main Street, Salt Lake City 107

  • The Coach to Salt Lake 110

  • The Mormon Theatre 116

  • Main Street, Salt Lake City 121

  • Upper Part of Main Street 125

  • Brigham Youno's Palace 128

  • Heber C. Kimball's Harem 133

  • Tabernacle and Bowery 140

  • Foundations of the Temple 143

  • Foundations of the Templecontinued 145

  • The Temple as it is to be 149

  • Great Salt Lake 152

  • Great Salt Lakecontinued 155

  • Curtain (interval for refreshments) 158

  • The Endowment House 161

  • Entrance to Echo Canyon 164

  • The Indians on the Plains 167

  • Our Encounter with the Indians 171

  • The Rocky Mountains 175

  • The Rocky Mountains Scenery 177

  • The Plains of Colorado 181

  • Crossing the Plains. An Emigrant Caravan 183


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  • The Prairie on Fire 187

  • The Prairie on Firecontinued 189

  • Brigham Young at Home 192

  • The Proscenium (with the curtain down) 197

  • APPENDIX.

  • The “TIMES” Critique upon the Lecture 201

  • Programme issued by Artemus Ward At the Egyptian Hall, London 203

  • Programme issued by Artemus Ward At Dodworth Hall, New York 209