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"Col. Pipes" viewing his property known as "Pipesville," situated on Mission
street, in the city of San Francisco, California; mounted on one of Chikering's
Grand Pianos, and suggesting a distinguished Celestial, named Hyson Bohea,
Esq., that it would suit him as a residence to a T (ea). The whole photographed
by the immortal "Fredericks," of Broadway, N. Y., from the original drawing
taken on the spot.
"DRIFTING ABOUT," OR WHAT "JEEMS PIPES OF PIPESVILLE" SAW-AND-DID. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BYSTEPHEN C. MASSETT.
WITH MANY COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY MULLEN.NEW YORK: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway,
M DCCC LXIII.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by GEO. W. CARLETON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper, Caxton Building, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street.
TO
JAMES T. BRADY, ESQ.,
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED
AS A
SLIGHT
TOKEN OF AFFECTIONATE REGARD,
BY THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
- I.—My First Voyage. 13
- II.—A Pearl Street Boarding-House in 1837. 17
- III.—My First Saunter up Broadway. 18
- IV.—Scene on a Canal Boat. 19
- V.—I become a Law Student. 20
- VI.—The Eagle Street Theatre. 21
- VII.—Drifting. 23
- VIII.—A Full and True Account of my First and Last Deposit in a Savings Bank. 29
- IX.—More Funny Scenes. 32
- X.—Comic Scenes at the Charleston (S. C.) Theatre. 38
- XI.—The Old Olympic. 48
- XII.—All about a Calf's Head. 53
- XIII.—Yankee Hill. 55
- XIV.—Summer Trip up the Mediterranean. 58
- XV.—Malta. 63
- XVI.—Smyrna. 69
- XVII.—Constantinople. 76
- XVIII.—Street Scenes. 86
- XIX.—At the Foot Lights in Boston. 96
- XX.—At Home. 97
- XXI.—Oh! Law! 98
- XXII.—Things at "Brady and Maurice's." 98
- XXIII.—I Start for California. 103
- XXIV.—A Strange Adventure at the Island of Tobogo. 107
- XXV.—Arrival at San Francisco. 112
- XXVI.—Colonel Stevenson's Office. 114
- XXVII.—First Concert given in San Francisco. 119
- XXVIII.—I am made (Lord) Mayor of N. Y. of the Pacific. 121
- XXIX.—The Auction House of Massett and Brewster. 126
- XXX.—A Jolly Dinner. 132
- XXXI.—The First Theatrical Representation in Sacramento. 135
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- XXXII.—The Flood of 1849 and '50. 138
- XXXIII.—"Going—Going—Gone!" to the Sandwich Islands. 144
- XXXIV.—The Way they Catch Whales in the Pacific. 145
- XXXV.—The Island of Lahaina. 147
- XXXVI.—The City of Honolulu, S. I. 151
- XXXVII.—Arrive again at San Francisco. 154
- XXXVIII.—I turn Editor. 155
- XXXIX.—An Editorial Concert. 156
- XL.—The Great Fire—An Incident at the Bank. 157
- XLI.—Singular Sensations upon re-visiting England. 159
- XLII.—My First Day in Liverpool. 160
- XLIII.—All about the City of London. 163
- XLIV.—The "Fielding"—Mr. Thackeray, etc. 165
- XLV.—Comical Scenes in a Police Court. 166
- XLVI.—The London Showman. 171
- XLVII.—Punch and Judy. 176
- XLVIII.—Something about London Boys. 179
- XLIX.—Kenilworth Castle. 180
- L.—Warwick Castle. 182
- LI.—Stratford-upon-Avon. 184
- LII.—The "Garrick Club." 189
- LIII.—The Little Chapel in Cannon Street. 190
- LIV.—London to Paris. 192
- LV.—Places in Paris for the Stranger to See. 193
- LVI.—Paris Notes. 194
- LVII.—The French Actor Lemaitre. 197
- LVIII.—An Interview with a Corn Doctor. 198
- LIX.—The "Notre Dame." 199
- LX.—Henri Herz Concert. 200
- LXI.—Lyons. 202
- LXII.—Marseilles. 202
- LXIII.—Nice. 203
- LXIV.—A Reminiscence of Genoa. 204
- LXV.—Civita Vecchia—to Rome. 206
- LXVI.—A Scene to be Remembered. 210
- LXVII.—Geneva. 211
- LXVIII.—An Interview with Braham at the Age of Eighty-Five. 221
- LXIX.—All about "Pipesville." 226
- LXX.—A Pike County Wedding. 235
- LXXI.—Skedaddling of Bankers. 237
- LXXII.—The Panama Railroad. 239
- LXXIII.—A Bank "Bursts," and I lose my Money. 240
- LXXIV.—My Future Course. 240
- LXXV.—Some of the Troubles of a Wandering Minstrel. 242
- LXXVI.—Lola Montez. 247
- LXXVII.—Oregon. 247
- LXXVIII.—The Columbia River. 249
- LXXIX.—Astoria. 251
- LXXX.—A Running Trip from Portland to Corvalles—its Perils. 253
- LXXXI.—The other Land of Gold. 259
- LXXXII.—An Exciting Occurrence at Savage Island in the South Pacific Ocean. 260
- LXXXIII.—Melbourne. 266
- LXXXIV.—A Christmas Dinner at the French Consul's. 270
- LXXXV.—Rambles through the Colonies. 272
- LXXXVI.—How I got to my Hotel. 280
- LXXXVII.—On the Wing. 281
- LXXXVIII.—Concert Saloons. 282
- LXXXIX.—My Concert in Bendigo. 283
- XC.—Sydney. 290
- XCI.—A Visit to the Lunatic Asylum at Paramatta. 294
- XCII.—I meet with an Old Schoolfellow. 297
- XCIII.—I am Patronized by his Excellency the Governor and Suite. 299
- XCIV.—Amusing Letter from an "Agent." 300
- XCV.—Still Moving On. 302
- XCVI.—Off for India. 304
- XCVII.—Bombay. 306
- XCVIII.—A Visit to the Caves of Elephanta. 308
- XCIX.—Blowing Away from the Guns. 308
- C.—A Word at Parting. 311
- CI.—Calcutta. 320
- CII.—I meet with Captain Hall after an absence of Twenty years. 323
- CIII.—Streets—Hotels—etc., etc., etc. 325
- CIV.—Voyage from Calcutta to Suez. 326
- CV.—Madras. 326
- CVI.—Aden. 327
- CVII.—Suez. 328
- CVIII.—Shepard's British Hotel. 329
- CIX.—Egypt. 330
- CX.—Something about the Pyramids. 332
- CXI.—About Cotton. 334
- CXII.—Alexandria. 337
- CXIII.—Southampton. 340
- CXIV.—London once again. 341
- CXV.—The Event, and what Occurred. 342
- CXVI.—Mr. Shirley Brooks. 345
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- CXVII.—The Derby Day. 346
- CXVIII.—The Garrick Club. 347
- CXIX.—Charles Dickens's First Reading in London. 349
- CXX.—The Shakespeare Dinner at the Garrick Club. 350
- CXXI.—Hanging at the Old Bailey. 351
- CXXII.—A Visit to Doctors' Commons, London, and to the Surogate's Office, New York. The Contrast. 354
- CXXIII.—The Hon. Mrs. Norton. 357
- CXXIV.—Leave England for New York. 359
- CXXV.—A Visit to Idlewild. 359
- CXXVI.—"Undercliff". 361
- CXXVII.—Washington Irving. 362
- CXXVIII.—My First Concert at Niblo's. 365
- CXXIX.—Henry W. Longfellow. 365
- CXXX.—First Concert in Boston. 366
- CXXXI.—Off Again to California. 367