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| Adrian, Michigan—Infamous concert—One dollar admission!—Three weeks' rest in New York—Washington's birthday—New series of concerts—After which, extreme West—Placed 'Union,' great enthusiasm—Bridgeport—Tom Thumb and Barnum—Concert in New York—Hartford—Singular conversation between two ladies—Boston—Most English in appearance—The aristocratic city—Cambridge and her poets—Boston organ—Mr. Perkins and Beethoven—Fremont Hall; the best for hearing, and most magnificent in the world—Providence—Aristocratic city—Its founder—Large audience—Sunday—Julius Eichberg—Mason's new organs—Boston Institution for Deaf and Dumb—Presents from the deaf and dumb—-Letter from Laura Bridgeman, deaf, dumb, and blind—Springfield—Small audience—Curious accident while playing—Arrive in New York—Debut of Miss Harris, young American prima donna—Play quatuor of Beethoven—New Haven—Yale College—Puritanism disappearing in New England—Episcopalians and Lent—Stamford—Two large colleges for young girls—Re-appearance of Brignoli—The tenor par excellence—Mirate, Mario—Mazzolini—Character of his voice—What pleases the public—'Ione,' success of—To what owing—Timidity of Brignoli—His indisposition in second act of 'Somnambula'—Lotti, a young German tenor—An ovation—Excitement of the New York exquisites—Brignoli's stag's head and horns—His fear of the 'evil eye'—Deplorable concert—Silence, when—"Short and sweet"—Only concert where pieces not encored—Musical celebrities who have succeeded me—"Sam"—"Charley such a one, first-rate drummer who can't be beat"—Anomalies in credulity of Americans—Manners of children at table—Manners of men, from being "too manly"—If polite, trifles attended to, less shameful degradation—Matinée at New York—Large audience—Departure of first negro regiment for the war—Paterson, New Jersey—Nine tickets—New Jersey poorest place in the world to give concerts in—Examples—Harry Sanderson's experience—Ignoble observation—The French philosopher right—Concert in New York for benefit of Harrison—German opera broken up for want of money—Fine concert at Philadelphia—Liberal movement making way—New York, play with Sanderson—Reasons for being proud of him—Norwalk—Sanitary fairs everywhere—Unfortunate prejudice—Appreciated at our value!!—Handsomest little hall in the United States—Amiable audience, warm, intelligent, elegant—Charms which turn the heads of pianists—"Dear Norwalk, I love you"—Stamford, bad impressions of—Norwalk—No good segars—Leave for Boston—Trunks left behind—Concert at Boston, play badly—Madam Anna Bishop—Her illustrious husband—'Home, Sweet Home'—Her great popularity in the United States—Sunday—Ennui, ennui, ennui | 231 |
