Domestic Manners of the Americans
  • CHAPTER 1. Entrance of the Mississippi—Balize
  • CHAPTER 2. New Orleans—Society— Creoles and Quadroons Voyage up the Mississippi
  • CHAPTER 3. Company on board the Steam Boat—Scenery of the Mississippi— Crocodiles—Arrival at Memphis—Nashoba
  • CHAPTER 4. Departure from Memphis—Ohio River Louisville—Cincinnati
  • CHAPTER 5. Cincinnati—Forest Farm—Mr. Bullock
  • CHAPTER 6. Servants—Society—Evening Parties
  • CHAPTER 7. Market—Museum—Picture Gallery—Academy of Fine Arts Drawing School—Phrenological Society—Miss Wright's Lecture.
  • CHAPTER 8. Absence of public and private Amusement—Churches and Chapels—Influence of the Clergy—A Revival
  • CHAPTER 9. Schools—Climate—Water Melons—Fourth of July—Storms—Pigs— Moving Houses—Mr. Flint—Literature
  • CHAPTER 10. Removal to the country—Walk in the forest—Equality
  • CHAPTER 11. Religion
  • CHAPTER 12. Peasantry, compared to that of England—Early marriages— Charity—Independence and equality—Cottage prayer-meeting
  • CHAPTER 13. Theatre—Fine Arts—Delicacy—Shaking Quakers— Big-Bone Lick—Visit of the President
  • CHAPTER 14. American Spring—Controversy between Messrs. Owen and Cambell— Public ball—Separation of the sexes—American freedom—Execution
  • CHAPTER 15. Camp-Meeting
  • CHAPTER 16. Danger of rural excursions—Sickness
  • CHAPTER 17. Departure from Cincinnati—Society on board the Steam-boat— Arrival at Wheeling—Bel Esprit
  • CHAPTER 18. Departure for the mountains in the Stage—Scenery of the Alleghany—Haggerstown
  • CHAPTER 19. Baltimore—Catholic Cathedral—St. Mary's—College Sermons— Infant School
  • CHAPTER 20. Voyage to Washington—Capitol—City of Washington—Congress— Indians—Funeral of a Member of Congress
  • CHAPTER 21. Stonington—Great Falls of the Potomac
  • CHAPTER 22. Small Landed Proprietors—Slavery
  • CHAPTER 23. Fruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia—Copper-head Snake—Insects—Elections
  • CHAPTER 24. Journey to Philadelphia—Chesapeak and Delaware Canal—City of Philadelphia—Miss Wright's Lecture
  • CHAPTER 25. Washington Square—American Beauty—Gallery of Fine Arts— Antiques—Theatres—Museum
  • CHAPTER 26. Quakers—Presbyterians—Itinerant Methodist Preacher—Market—Influence of females in society
  • CHAPTER 27. Return to Stonington—Thunderstorm—Emigrants—Illness—Alexandria
  • CHAPTER 28. American Cooking—Evening Parties—Dress—Sleighing— Money-getting Habits—Tax-Gatherer's Notice—Indian Summer—Anecdote of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar
  • CHAPTER 29. Literature—Extracts—Fine Arts—Education
  • CHAPTER 30. Journey to New York—Delaware River—Stagecoach— City of New York—Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies— Theatres—Public Garden—Churches—Morris Canal— Fashions—Carriages
  • CHAPTER 31. Reception of Captain Basil Hall's Book in the United States
  • CHAPTER 32. Journey to Niagara—Hudson—West Point—Hyde Park— Albany—Yankees—Trenton Falls—Rochester— Genesee Falls—Lockport
  • CHAPTER 33. Niagara—Arrival at Forsythes—First sight of the Falls— Goat Island—The Rapids—Buffalo—Lake Erie—Canandaigna— Stage-coach adventures
  • CHAPTER 34. Return to New York—Conclusion
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