CARD INTRODUCTORY.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE.
CHAPTER II. INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES.
CHAPTER III. IN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF.
CHAPTER IV. STRUGGLES FOR A LIVELIHOOD.
CHAPTER V. MY START AS A SHOWMAN.
CHAPTER VI. MY FIRST TRAVELLING COMPANY.
CHAPTER VII. AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER.
CHAPTER VIII THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
CHAPTER IX. THE ROAD TO RICHES.
CHAPTER X. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION.
CHAPTER XI. GENERAL TOM THUMB IN ENGLAND.
CHAPTER XII. IN FRANCE.
CHAPTER XIII. IN BELGIUM.
CHAPTER XIV. IN ENGLAND AGAIN.
CHAPTER XV. RETURN TO AMERICA.
CHAPTER XVI. AT HOME.
CHAPTER XVII. THE JENNY LIND ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE NIGHTINGALE IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XIX. SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT.
CHAPTER XX. INCIDENTS OF THE TOUR.
CHAPTER XXI. JENNY LIND.
CHAPTER XXII. CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XXIII. OTHER ENTERPRISES.
CHAPTER XXIV. WORK AND PLAY.
CHAPTER XXV. THE JEROME CLOCK COMPANY ENTANGLEMENT.
CHAPTER XXVI. CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
CHAPTER XXVII. REST, BUT NOT RUST.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ABROAD AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXIX. IN GERMANY.
CHAPTER XXX. IN HOLLAND.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE ART OF MONEY GETTING.
CHAPTER XXXII AN ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMAN.
CHAPTER XXXIII. RICHARD'S HIMSELF AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MENAGERIE AND MUSEUM MEMORANDA.
CHAPTER XXXV. EAST BRIDGEPORT.
CHAPTER XXXVI. MORE ABOUT THE MUSEUM.
CHAPTER XXXVII MR. AND MRS. GENERAL TOM THUMB.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN RUINS.
CHAPTER XL. MY WAR ON THE RAILROADS.
CHAPTER XLI. BENNETT AND THE HERALD.
CHAPTER XLII. PUBLIC LECTURING.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE NEW MUSEUM.
CHAPTER XLIV. CURIOUS COINCIDENCES. NUMBER THIRTEEN.
CHAPTER XLV. A STORY-CHAPTER.
CHAPTER XLVI. SEA-SIDE PARK.
CHAPTER XLVII. WALDEMERE.
APPENDIX. REST ONLY FOUND IN ACTION.
CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX II.
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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS:
OR,
FORTY YEARS’ RECOLLECTIONS
OF
P. T. BARNUM.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
A U T H O R’S E D I T I O N.
[BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE TO APRIL, 1872.]
“——a map of busy life,
Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns.”
BUFFALO, N. Y.
WARREN, JOHNSON & CO.
———
1872.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
P. T. BARNUM,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Entered also at Stationer’s Hall, London, England.
TO
MY WIFE AND FAMILY
I DEDICATE
THIS STORY OF A LIFE WHICH HAS BEEN LARGELY
DEVOTED TO THEIR
INTERESTS AND SERVICE.
