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

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.