Travels in the United States, etc. during 1849 and 1850 [Paperback]

Engaging and informative, Lady Emmeline's journals describe her mid-nineteenth century travels and her impressions of America and its people.An early example of the travel writing genre, Lady Emmelines journals recount her impressions of America and its people during her mid-nineteenth century travels. Volume I begins with her arrival in New York in 1849, and continues with her journeys to places including Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and many more.An early example of the travel writing genre, Lady Emmelines journals recount her impressions of America and its people during her mid-nineteenth century travels. Volume I begins with her arrival in New York in 1849, and continues with her journeys to places including Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and many more.Published in 1851, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley's account of her travels through the Americas during the mid nineteenth century represents an early example of the travel writing genre. The United States was becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination for Europeans at this time, and Lady Emmeline's writings present a quintessentially British impression of America and its people. Volume I of this three-volume work begins with Lady Emmeline's arrival in New York in 1849, and the reader accompanies her to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and New Orleans before returning to New York. Written in an engaging and conversational tone, the volumes are both informative and entertaining, fulfilling the author's aim to 'amuse' with 'the gossip of travel.'Preface; 1. Arrival at New York; 2. Detained at Albany; 3. Difficulty of conveying the impression caused by a first view of the Falls of Niagara; 4. Port Talbot; 5. Return to New York; 6. Boston; 7. Plans for the future; 8. Return to Boston; 9. Plymouth; 10. Green Harbour, the seat of Daniel Webster; 11. Visit to Mr and Mrs Prescott at Nahant; 12. The Blind Asylum at Boston and Laura Bridgeman; 13. Bridgeport; 14. Philadelphia; 15. The City of Washington; 16. lƒ°