NEW YORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. M.DCCC.LXXIV.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PHŒMIE FROST'S EXPERIENCES.

I. LEAVING HOME.

HELL GATE.

II. PHŒMIE'S FIRST VISIT.

III. ABOUT GIRLS.

IV. MORE ABOUT GIRLS.

V. POOR CHILDREN.

VI. HE HAS COME.

VII. THE FRENCH DRESS-MAKER.

VIII. THE GENUINE MADAME.

IX. READY TO LAND.

X. DOWN THE BAY.

XI. THE GRAND DUKE.

XII. TICKETS FOR THE BALL.

XIII. THE GRAND DUKE'S BALL.

XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY PHILANTHROPIST.

XV. CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.

XVI. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

XVII. EARLY SERVICE.

XVIII. HIGH CHURCH.

XIX. CHRISTMAS MORNING.

XX. ABOUT LIONS.

XXI. DINING IN THE DARK.

XXII. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

XXIII. THE NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION.

XXIV. MIGNON: A NIGHT AT THE GRAND OPERA.

XXV. THE BLACK CROOK.

XXVI. LIVING APART.

XXVII. MORE ABOUT FISK.

XXVIII. SHE WOULD GO.

XXIX. MR. GREELEY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

XXX. LEAP YEAR.

XXXI. A MAN THAT WOULDN'T TAKE MONEY.

XXXII. A DEMOCRATIC LUNCH.

XXXIII. DEMPSTER PROPOSES A TRIP.

XXXIV. IN WASHINGTON.

XXXV. GETTING INFORMATION.

XXXVI. THE LIEDERKRANZ BALL.

XXXVII. HOW DID THE PAPERS KNOW?

XXXVIII. RECEPTION OF THE JAPANESE.

XXXIX. THE JAPANESE.

XL. THAT DIPLOMATIC STAG PARTY.

XLI. THE DINNER.

XLII. IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.

XLIII. PHŒMIE DINES WITH A SENATOR.

XLIV. MARBLE HALLS.

XLV. RANDOLPH ROGERS' BRONZE DOORS.

XLVI. WAS IT A MEETING-HOUSE?

XLVII. EASTER.

XLVIII. A CHURCH HIGHER YET.

XLIX. EASTER SUNDAY.

L. THAT MAN WITH THE LANTERN.

LI. MRS. GRANT'S RECEPTION.

LII. REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN.

LIII. A LITERARY PARTY.

LIV. DRESSING FOR A PARTY.

LV. FOREIGN MINISTERS.

LVI. GOOD CLOTHES.

LVII. THE PARTY OF THE SEASON.

LVIII. DOWN THE POTOMAC.

LIX. MOUNT VERNON.

LX. MR. GREELEY'S NOMINATION.

LXI. WOMEN AND THINGS.

LXII. A TRIP TO ANNAPOLIS.

LXIII. AMONG THE CADETS.

LXIV. AMERICAN AUTHORS.

LXV. THE STATUE OF SHAKESPEARE.

LXVI. RACING DRESSES.

XLVII. THE FIRST HORSE-RACE.

LXVIII. OFF AGAIN.

LXIX. THE STEEPLE-CHASE.

LXX. PREPARING FOR SEA.

LXXI. YACHT-RACING.

LXXII. MUSIC THAT IS MUSIC.

LXXIII. HUBBISHNESS.

LXXIV. THUNDERS OF MUSIC.

LXXV. SARATOGA TRUNKS.

LXXVI. THE DOLLY VARDEN.

LXXVII. STARTING FOR LONG BRANCH.

LXXVIII. THAT HAIR-TRUNK.

LXXIX. AT THE BRANCH.

LXXX. THE RACE-COURSE.

LXXXI. CLIMBING SEA CLIFF.

LXXXII. FIGHTING FOR THE BODY.

LXXXIII. LIONS AND LAMBS.

LXXXIV. EXPERIENCES.

LXXXV. THE SECOND DAY.

LXXXVI. THE BLACKSMITH'S CONVERSION.

LXXXVII. THAT OVATION OF FIRE.

LXXXVIII. LET HIM GO.

LXXXIX. DONE UP IN A HURRY.

CHAPTER XC. THE YELLOW FLAG.

CHAPTER XCI. THE MAN THAT SAVED ME.

XCII. PLEASURE BAY.

CHAPTER XCIII. NETTING CRABS.

CHAPTER XCIV. EXTRA POLITENESS.

CHAPTER XCV. THE CLAM-BAKE.

CHAPTER XCVI. THAT CLAM BAKE.

XCVII. ONE HOUR OF HEAVEN.

XCVI. C. O. D.

XCVII. TAKEN IN.

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