America and the Americans. The theatres. The streets, The cars. The newspapers. New York. Philadelphia. The ladies. The restaurants. The races. The waiters. Albany. Niagara.

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour American Tour

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour Entered at Stationers Hall and all rights protec edAMERICA AND THE AMERICANS THE THEATRES THE STREETS THE CARS THE NEWSPAPERS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA THE LADIES THE RESTAURANTS THE RACES THE WAITERS ALBANY...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour PEEFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION An adage of respectable antiquity tells us tjiat it is desirable we should see ourselves as others see us Custom is apt to habituate us to absurdities...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour IV PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION and he duly recorded them in his notebook Sometimes the conclu sions he draws are just sometimes they are false But they are in variably characteristic...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION V indeed so slight was the pecuniarycredit of the Offenbach family that Herr Alexander declined to give trust The shilling must be laid on the table before...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour VI PBEFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION in spite of occasional trifling exaggeration does not appear at all incon gruous M Offenbachs hatred of the music of Herr Wagner is most apparent nor...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Preface 3 IBefore Starting 11 IIThe Voyage 15 NEW YORK III Gilmores Gardens 20 IV The Houses tiie Streets the Cars 23 VThe Theatres op New York 28 VIArt...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour vin PAGECONTENTSNIAGARA XVIIPullman Cars i 71 XVIIITue Palls of Niagara 74 XIXThe Lost Dauphin of Feance 75 XXReturn ritoM Niagara The Sleeping Cars 76 XXIAutographs 78 XXIIThe Punishment of a Musician 80...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour CHAPTER I BEFORE STARTING At the end of the spring of 1875 I had retired with my family for a brief holiday to that favourite spot the Terrace of St Germain I...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 12 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS I went out to chide the servant when I found myself face to face with the owner of the card He was a very courteous and a...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour BEFORE STARTING 15 At last I replied Very well sir I would not go willingly to America because setting aside my fifty years many things keep me at home But on the...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 14 AMEBICA AND THE AMEBICANS Then I imagined a thousand consolatory theories We had the winter before us a long winter and who knew what might happen before the end of nine...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE VOYAGE 15 CHAPTER II THE VOYAGE The moment had arrived I left Paris on the 21st April My two sonsinlaw Charles Comte and Achille Tournai my two brothersinlaw Robert and Gaston...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 16 the Louisiane and sank He was saved miraculously and M Betsellère was now afraid of nothing A very young doctor M Flamant also made his first journey across the Atlantic Poor...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE VOYAGE 17 As if this were not enough a storm arose to complicate the situation During three days and four nights we were horribly knocked about The rolling and the pitching...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 18 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS indifferent but the doctors and the invalids annoyed them This incessant importation of pestilential subjects from the four quarters of the globe was found disagreeable and the...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE VOYAGE 19 were the principal reporters of the New York newspapers You will understand I was as courteous as possible Two hours after we had arrived at New York we were...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 20 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS CHAPTER III gfefo fëoxh GILMORES GARDENS Here I am at New York The Eifth Avenue Hotel where I have put up well merits a few words of...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour gilmoees gardens 21 big gaillard of a maître dhôtel approaches you and assigns you the place where you are to sit at table You cannot resist nor are you allowed to have...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 22 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS of 100 or 120 musicians Around are flowers grass turf borders and flower beds about and around which the public walk freely In front of the entrance...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE HOUSES THE STREETS AND THE CARS 23 commenced tlie rehearsal by the overture to VertVert They had not played sixteen bars before I tapped my desk and stopped them Pardon gentlemen...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 24 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS appreciate to what a height the Americans had brought comfort and luxury Not only were there hot air stoves in every apartment gas in every room and...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE HOUSES THE STREETS AND THE CARS 25 Paris in this respect would hardly work well in a country which changes its rulers once every four years If it were so a...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 26 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS number of passengers in any way limited Though every seat in the vehicle is occupied there is still room The last comers remain standing holding themselves firmly...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE HOUSES THE STKEETS AND THE OARS 27 the smallest details and the little box of which I have spoken serves two uses In the day it acts as a receptacle for...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS indemnity but that if by unhappy chance the misadventure happen at a time when he is on the roadway or even at the side of the shield not...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE THEATBES OP NEW YOKE 29 owes money and who will come back to him in the hope that he will do well and will repay them the sums they have lost...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 30 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS At the Union Square Theatre I saw Ferreol represented in English by a very good troupe densemble I also assisted at a performance of Conscience a piece...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE THEATRE p OF NEW YORK 31 placed in a sort of pit and nearly suffocated by the heat took steps to improve the situation The first evening the violin players loosened...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 32 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS Fisk became enamoured of a beautiful American girl to whom he made court Magnificent performances were given in her honour besides reviews of the famous regiment and...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour ART IN AMERICA 83 There are also in New York two German Theatres and like wise a French Theatre which is open from time to time when a director can be found...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 84 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS produced so many marvels It would be superfluous to eulogise that industry which is so powerfully organised and so well developed by machinery the perfection of which...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour ART IN AMERICA 85 arts Music painting and sculpture exist in America on no conditions under whicii they can develop themselves We are told there are painters and sculptors I do not...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 86 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS and thus private initiative would perform with you the pro tecting rôle played by the Governments in Europe To raise the tone of dramatic art and to...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE RESTAURANTS 87 In the brief space of a hundred years America has arrived at the apogee of her industrial grandeur The day will come when this people who have given so...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 38 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS privilege of foreigners Nothing is more easy than to make a meal according to the French Italian Spanish or German style Nothing is more difficult for a...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour THE RESTAURANTS 89 there are a formidable pile of plates and a mountain of knives and forks but generally the gentlemen prefer to help themselves to the most succulent morsels with their...

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Offenbach's note book of his American tour 40 AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS looked around I asked who could whistle while he was eating But it was not one of my guests it was the waiter My first thought was...

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