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Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum

  
[frontispiece]
  
[title page]
  
CONTENTS.
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. IN THE BEGINNING.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS AT BETHEL.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. BUSINESS LIFE.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. TRYING MANY VENTURES.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. BEGINNING AS A SHOWMAN.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. INCIDENTS OF A CIRCUS TOUR.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. HARD TIMES.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. INCREASED POPULARITY OF THE MUSEUM.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. GIANTS AND DWARFS.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. TOM THUMB IN LONDON.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. IN FRANCE.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. IN BELGIUM.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. IN ENGLAND AGAIN.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. AT HOME.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. JENNY LIND.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. ARRIVAL OF JENNY LIND.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. CONTINUED TRIUMPH.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX HAVANA.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. THE TRIALS OF AN IMPRESSARIO.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. CLOSING THE GRAND TOUR.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. A FEW SIDE ISSUES.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. SOME DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. THE JEROME CLOCK COMPANY.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. THE WHEAT AND THE CHAFF.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. IDLENESS WITHOUT REST.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. A PROSPEROUS EXILE.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOME AGAIN.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ART OF MONEY GETTING.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. AN ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMAN.
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CHAPTER XXXI. AT HOME AGAIN,
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. THE STORY OF "GRIZZLY ADAMS."
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CHAPTER XXXIII. BUILDING A CITY.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. GREAT YEAR AT THE MUSEUM.
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CHAPTER XXXV. GENERAL AND MRS. TOM THUMB.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. POLITICAL NOTES.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. BURNING OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. POLITICAL LIFE.
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CHAPTER XXXIX. FIGHTING A NEWSPAPER
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. BRIDGEPORT.
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CHAPTER XLI. HONORS AND ADULATIONS.

  
SOME REMINISCENCES OF P. T. BARNUM
  
THE FUNERAL.
  
DR. COLLYER'S TRIBUTE.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  • P. T. BARNUM,. . . . . . . . . . .Frontispiece
  • BARNUM'S BIRTHPLACE, . . . . . . . . . . . .19
  • AIRS. CHARITY BARNUM,. . . . . . . . . . . .38
  • JOY AT HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON . . . . . . .55
  • HORACE GREELEY,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
  • ELEPHANTS TESTING A BRIDGE,. . . . . . . . .91
  • ROBT. HUBBARD, M. D.,. . . . . . . . . . . 110
  • TOM THUMB'S MARRIAGE,. . . . . . . . . . . 127
  • MR. AND MRS. CHARLES STRATTON . . . . . . .146
  • THE GREAT DUKE AND THE LITTLE GENERAL . . .163
  • GRIZZLY ADAMS AND HIS TRAINED BEARS . . . .182
  • TAMBOURINE GIRL, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
  • NEW YORK'S WELCOME TO JENNY LIND . . . . . 218
  • REV. THEO. CUYLER, . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
  • JENNY LIND,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
  • IRANISTAN, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
  • COMMODORE VANDERBILT,. . . . . . . . . . . 290
  • BARNUM'S MONUMENT, . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
  • BRIDGEPORT—HOUSATONIC RIVER . . . . . . . 326
  • GREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE FIRE . . . . . . . 341
  • BARNUM'S NEW HOME—MARINA, . . . . . . . . 362
  • BARNUM IN HIS HOME,. . . . . . . . . . . . 379

  • CARRIAGE PRESENTED TO TOM THUMB . . . . . .398
  • INTERIOR OF LIBRARY—MARINA . . . . . . . .415
  • DINING ROOM—MARINA, . . . . . . . . . . . 434
  • BRIDGEPORT—RAILROAD VIEW, . . . . . . . . 451
  • WELCOME TO JUMBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
  • LULU FARINI—QUEEN OF AIR . . . . . . . . 488
  • APPEARANCE OF MUSEUM AFTER THE FIRE . . . .505
  • JUMBO AND HIS KEEPER SCOTT . . . . . . . . 524
  • LAWRENCE BARRETT,. . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
  • MRS. P. T. BARNUM, . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
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