INDEX

Abbott, Lyman, 139, 167.

Adams, James C., (“Grizzly” Adams), 237–240.

Advertising, (see Barnum, Phineas Taylor).

Agassiz, Prof. Louis, 245, 331–332.

Agnew, Major-General William, 338.

Åhmansson, Mlle. Josephine, 118, 134–135, 137, 179, 195.

Albert, Prince, 78, 82, 83.

Albino Family, The, 230.

Alboni, Mme. Marietta, 187.

Alexander, the Conjuror, 208.

Andersen, Hans Christian, 127.

Argyll, Duke of, 366.

Arnold, Matthew, 3, 367.

Aspinwall, John L., 120.

Astor House, 50.

Atom, Major, 305.

Avery, Rev. Ephraim K., 37.

Baby Show, 72, 205.

Bailey, Frederick H., 328.

Bailey, Hackariah, 16.

Bailey, James A., 16, 312, 327–330, 360, 361, 365, footnote, 372.

Baring Brothers, 116, 117, 120.

Barnum & Bailey, 305, 309, 312, 327, 329, 354, 355, 365, 372.

Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson, 327.

Barnum, Mrs. Charity, 17, 36, 208, 224, 236, 304, 313–314.

Barnum, Captain Ephraim, 4.

Barnum, Mrs. Irena, 14, 17.

Barnum, Mrs. Nancy Fish, 304, 312, 314, 370.

Barnum, Philo F., 4, 5, 6, 14.

Barnum, Phineas Taylor, advertising, Barnum’s use of, 14, 42, 53–54, 64, 233–234, 245–249, 278, 324–327, 336;

animals, attitude towards, 301–302, 331–332;

appearance, 365–366;

autobiography, v, vii, 102, 116, 177, 210–216, 222, 228, 316, 317, 323–324, 370, 372;

bankruptcy of, 219–227, 229, 235, 236–237, 287;

birth of, 3;

business ability, lack of, 22, 40, 203–204, 226;

church and clergy, Barnum’s use of, 237, 276–277, 318–322;

country-store atmosphere, influence on, 6–8, 15–16;

death of, 371–372;

editor, 18–22;

education of, 4–5;

lecturer, 232–235, 299–300, 309;

legend, the Barnum, 322–323, 368–369;

marriage, first, 17;

marriage, second, 314;

moral character of, footnote, 314;

patriotism, 290, 318;

politician, 20–21, 289–291, 294–299;

publicity, Barnum’s use of, 14, 37, 46–48, 52–55, 57–59, 62–63, 83–84, 87, 137, 140–141, 142–147, 176, 189–190, 198, 199–200, 201, 206–207, 215–216, 244, 270, 280–281, 309, footnote, 315, 318–322, 326–327, 328–329, 330, 341, 343–344, 347–348, 362, 364, 365–367, 371–372;

temperance, Barnum’s advocacy of, 107–113, 150, 183, 288–289, 309, 317, 329–330, 344;

will of, 370, 372.

Barnum, William H., 294–297.

Barnum’s American Museum, 43–55, 62–68, 72, 75–76, 91, 94–97, 110–112, 198, 199, 204, 224, 235–237, 243–251, 265, 287, 291–293, 294, 302–303, 369.

Barnum’s Grand Scientific and Musical Theater, 39.

Barnum’s Great Asiatic Caravan, Museum, and Menagerie, 198–199, 306.

Bartram, Coley, 27.

Bates, Colonel, giant, 255.

Bates, Joshua, 86, 117.

Beach, Moses Y., 45, 46.

Bearded Lady, The, 205–207.

Beauty Show, 205.

Beecher, Henry Ward, 302, 321.

Behemoth, The Great, 247–250, 331.

Belletti, Giovanni Battista, 116, 119, 124–125, 148, 153, 163, 177, 178, 191, 230.

Bellman, Karl Michael, 122.

Belmont, Mrs. August, 268.

Benedict, Sir Julius, 116, 119, 142–143, 144–145, 153, 163, 164, 180, 185, 230.

Bennett, Henry, 63–64.

Bennett, James Gordon, elder, 25–26, 33–34, 102, 141, 173, 222, 266, 268, 292–294.

Bennett, James Gordon, younger, 294.

Benton, Colonel Thomas H., 101–102.

Bergh, Henry, 330–333.

Berlioz, Hector, 130.

Bethel, Conn., 3, 10–13.

Bihin, Monsieur, the French Giant, 75.

Billings, Josh, quoted, 300.

Birch-Pfeiffer, Mme., 129.

Bishop of London, 364.

Blackwood’s Magazine, 93, 212.

Bleecker, Sylvester, 271–272.

Blue Laws of Connecticut, 5–6.

Boucicault, Dion, 87.

Bowyer, Sir George, 337–338.

Bremer, Fredrika, 181.

Bridgeport, Conn., 105, 218–219, 223, 230, 235, 259, 274, 287–289, 290, 303–304, 315, 317–318, 333, 369.

Brighton Pavilion, 105.

British Museum, 64, 337–338.

Bryant, William Cullen, 302.

Buckingham Palace, Barnum at, 78.

Buffalo Hunt, 68–71, 287.

Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 342–343.

Butler, William Allen, 145–146.

Byron, Lord, 95.

Cardiff Giant, 307.

Carlyle, Thomas, 132, 170–171, 195.

Castle Garden, 153, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 193.

Catalani, Mme. Angelica, 128.

Céleste, Mme. Marie, 78.

Chapin, Rev. E. H., 108–109, 321.

Cherry-Colored Cat, 243.

Chitty, Mr. Justice, 338–339.

Chopin, Frédéric François, 130.

Christy’s Minstrels, 139.

Circus, The, 274, 305.

Civil War, American, 290.

Clanwilliam, Lord, 187.

Clarke, Lewis Gaylord, 143.

Clay, Henry, 180.

Cleveland, President Grover, 366.

Collyer, Rev. Robert, 321, 371.

Congress of Nations, 114, 115.

Conway, Helen, 351

Cooper & Bailey, 324, 326–327, 328.

Costello, Dan, 306, 313.

Coup, W. C., 98, 306–307, 309–313, 324.

Cranch, C. P., 193.

Croelius, Herr, 122, 124.

Croton Reservoir, 51.

Crystal Palace, New York, 201.

Cuyler, Rev. Theodore L., 321.

Daily Telegraph, London, 336–337.

Darwin, Charles, 59.

Davis, Thomas H., 348–349.

Dawron, Dora, 229.

Diamond, Master Jack, 40–41.

Dickens, Charles, 24–25, 342.

Dodge, Ossian F., 176, 178.

Dog Show, 72.

Dot, Admiral, 305, 307, 308, 316.

Douglas, Stephen A., 243, 256.

Draper, Simeon, 302.

“Drunkard, The,” 111–113.

Dwight, J. S., quoted, 188.

Elephant, The Sacred White, 348–354.

Elephant, see Jumbo.

Elssler, Fanny, 49, 158.

Esau, the Bearded Boy, 308.

Everett, Edward, 80, 176.

Faber, Prof., and his automaton speaker, 96.

Fejee Mermaid, The, 56–63, 102, 284, 287.

Field, Maunsell B., 80, 154–155, 156, 158, 165, 171, 185, 191.

Fiji Cannibals, 308.

Fillmore, President Millard, 179–180.

Fish, John, 304, 312.

Fiske, Rev. Theophilus, 21.

Flower Show, 72.

Ford, Gordon L., footnote, 55, footnote, 315.

Forepaugh, Adam, 354.

Forrest, Edwin, 49.

Fraser’s Magazine, 212.

Frémont, Colonel John Charles, 100–102, 212.

French, C. D., 68–70.

Frith, W. P., 155, 156.

Garcia, Manuel, 125–126.

Gardner, “Professor,” 202–203.

Gaylord, J. B., 348–349.

Geijer, Eric Gustaf, 124.

Genin, the Hatter, 159–160, 176.

George IV, King, 93, 105.

George V, King, 363.

Giraffe, 308–309.

Gladstone, W. E., 334, 363–364.

Goldschmidt, Otto, 185, 190, 191, 192, 196, 229–230.

Goshen, Colonel, the Palestine Giant, 75, 308.

Grant, U. S., General, 256, 303, 315, 371.

Greeley, Horace, 79, 112–113, 141, 292, 302.

Greenwood, John, 224, 242, 243, 301.

Grisi, Mme. Giulia, 128, 187.

Grote, George, 133.

Grote, Mrs., 137.

Grote, Joseph, 135.

Günther, Julius, 134–135, 137.

Hallett, Charity, 14, 17. (See also Barnum, Mrs. Charity.)

Hamilton, Tody, 371.

Harper Brothers & Co., 347.

Harris, Capt. Claudius, 135–137.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 132.

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 92–94.

Hayes, Catherine, 188.

Heath, John, 44, 46–48.

Herald, New York, 25–26, 52, 166, 167, 190, 193, 194–195, 266–268, 292–294.

Herald of Freedom, The, 18–22, 289.

Heth, Joice, 28–35, 57, 284.

Hickok, Prof. Laurens P., 4.

Hippotheatron, New York, 311.

Hoffman, Richard, 164.

Holmes, O. W., 371.

Hopkins, Seldon R., 368.

Houdin, Robert, 95–96.

Houdini, Harry, 208.

Howard, Cordelia, 227, 230.

Howe, Elias, Jr., 231.

Howells, W. D., 213.

Humbugs of the World, The, 274–283.

Hunt, Henry M., 368.

Hurd, S. H., 291, 313.

Hutchinson, J. L., 327, 343.

Illustrated News, New York, 110, 203.

Indians, Exhibitions of, 71–72, 240–242.

Industrious Fleas, The, 52.

“Iranistan,” 106–107, 117, 231.

Irving House, 150, 161.

Irving, Washington, 168.

Ivy Island, 3, 7, 45.

Jaeger, Mme. von, 133.

James, William, quoted, 213.

Jay, John, 154, 185.

Jerome, Chauncey, 219–220, 221.

Jerome Clock Company, 219–221.

Jerrold, Douglas, 121.

Job, Book of, 248, 250.

Johnson, President Andrew, 302.

Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Russian Boy, 355.

Jones, Anson, Dr., 157.

Jumbo, 333–347, 348.

Kalakaua, King, 315–317.

Kamehemeha V, King, 316.

Keats, John, 92.

Ker, David, 353.

Kilmorey, Earl of, 362.

Kimball, Moses, 56.

King, William Rufus, 87.

Kipling, Rudyard, quoted, vi.

Knapp, Miss Julia, 149–150, 152.

Knox, Col. Thomas W., 353.

Kossuth, Louis, 160.

Lamb, Mrs. Martha J., quoted, 24.

Leake, Anna, the armless woman, 308.

Leopold, King, of Belgium, 85, 91.

Lincoln, President Abraham, vii, 3, 240, 254–255, 268, 270, 290.

Lind, Frau, 122–123.

Lind, Jenny, arrival in New York, 147–151;

birth and education, 121–124;

charities, 141, 148, 164–165, 171–174;

concert, first in U. S., 161–165;

concerts, receipts of, 174, 186–187, 193;

contract with Barnum, 118–119, 153–157;

departure from U. S., 193–195;

disagreement with Barnum, 177–178, 185–186;

marriage, 191–192;

musical education, 123–126;

object in American tour, 117–118;

object of Barnum in engaging her, 114–115;

religious influences on, 122–124, 134, 135–136, 195–196;

retirement and death of, 195–196;

stage, her dislike for, 118, 134–136;

triumphs, American, 163–164, 166–169, 171, 175–177, 178–180, 183;

triumphs, European, 128–134.

Lind, Nicolas Jonas, 121–122.

Lindsay, R. W., 28–30, 34–35.

Loder, George, 151.

Longfellow, H. W., 172, 176.

Lotteries, 13–14, 16–18, 22.

Lowell, J. R., 337.

Lundberg, Mlle., 122.

Lyman, Levi, 30, 33–34, 57, 61–62.

Macready, Charles, 170.

Madigan, P. F., 19.

Madison Square Garden, 312–313.

Maelzel, showman, 31.

Magnetism, animal, 67–68.

Magri, Count Primo, 272–273.

Malibran, Mme. Maria, 125, 128, 139.

Mangin, Monsieur, 278–280.

Mario, Giuseppe, 187.

Matthew, Father, 183.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 130–131, 132, 133.

Merritt, Consul-General, 342.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131.

Miller, Joaquin, 350–351.

Murray, Charles, 81.

Museum, Barnum’s American, see Barnum’s American Museum.

Musical Fund Society, New York, 151, 194.

Napoleon Bonaparte, 86, 90.

Napoleon, Louis, 205–206, 271, 342.

Nation, New York, 297.

Negro turning white, 204.

Negro violinist, 54.

Newell, Major (“General Grant, Jr.”), 271.

Newman, William, 342.

New York Museum Company, 46–48.

Niagara Falls, 50–51, 191, 287.

Niblo, William, 27, 30, 44.

Noah, M. M., 46.

Noble, William H., 218, 289.

Nutt, Commodore, 253–255, 256–260, 262–265, 270–271.

Observer, The New York, 286.

Oglesby, General, 298.

Olmsted, Francis W., 43–48, 63.

Orphean Family, The, 64.

Paine, Albert Bigelow, quoted, 213.

Pastor, Tony, 65, 293.

Peale’s Museum, 46, 63, 67.

Peel, Sir Robert, 86, 92, 94.

Peirce, Benjamin, 177.

Pentland, Joe, 39.

Persiani, Mme., 128.

Philadelphia Museum, 107.

Philippe, King Louis, 81, 87–90.

Phillips’s Fire Annihilator, 203.

Pius IX, Pope, 271, 272.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 3, 104.

Pokorny, Herr, 120.

Polk, President James K., 98.

Pond, Major J. B., footnote, 304, 324, footnote, 332.

Potter, Bishop, 269.

Poultry Show, 72.

Publicity, Barnum’s use of, see Barnum, Phineas Taylor.

Puke, Count, 122–123.

Putnam, George P., 143–144.

Rameses II, 367.

Redfield, J. S., 143.

Reid, Whitelaw, footnote, 315.

Ringling Brothers, footnote, 372.

Ripley, George, 143, 144.

Rossetti, William Michael, 93.

Rothschild, Baroness, 80.

Royal Theater of Sweden, 122–125.

Ruskin, John, 334.

Sala, George Augustus, 362.

Schmidt, Johann, 333.

Scott, Matthew, 342.

Scudder’s American Museum, 43–44.

Sears’ Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible, 41.

Seeley, C. Barnum, 372.

Senior, Nassau, 136–137.

Shakespeare’s home, Barnum’s attempt to purchase, 95, 334.

Siam, Prince of, 354.

Siamese Twins, The, 242, 305.

Sickles, General Daniel B., 353.

Siebold, Dr. Ph. Fr. von, quoted, 60–61.

Smith, Albert, 87, 228–229.

Smith, Le Grand, 177, 182–183, 184, 187, 189.

Sontag, Henriette, Mme., 128, 187.

Sothern, E. A., 65.

Southern Literary Messenger, 212.

St. Paul’s Church, 50, 66–67.

Stanley, Bishop and Mrs., 134–135.

Stevens, Benjamin, 328.

Stoddard, Rev. C. A., 286.

Stoddard, R. H., 145.

Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, 165.

Stratton, Charles S., 73–74. (See Thumb, General Tom.)

Stratton, Sherwood E., 73, 91–92.

Sun, The Evening, 371.

Swann, Anna, giantess, 255.

Swiss Bell Ringers, 96, 308.

Tait’s Edinburgh Review, 212.

Talbot, Lord, 79.

Taylor, Bayard, 144–145, 164.

Taylor, Mary, 40.

Taylor, Phineas, 3, 4, 6, 14, 15–16, 45.

Taylor, Rev. Dr., 270.

Tekow, Miss Pwan, 204.

Terry, Theodore, 219.

Thackeray, W. M., 132, 228–229.

Thalberg, Sigismund, 130, 164, 187–188.

Thayer, William Roscoe, quoted, vii.

Theebaw, King, 348–349.

Thomas, Rev. Abel C., 120.

Thumb, General Tom, age, 73;

appearance, 73–74;

birth, 73;

courtship, 257–265;

death, 272;

discovery by Barnum, 72;

earnings, 75, 96, 98;

entertains Queen Victoria, 82–85;

marriage, 265–271;

name, 73–74;

personality and character, 271–272;

relations with Commodore Nutt, 253–254.

Thumb, Mrs. Tom. (See Warren, Lavinia.)

Times, London, 335, 337–340.

Toung Taloung, Sacred White Elephant, 348–354.

Tripler, A. B., 153.

Trollope, Mrs., 22, 25, 49, 50.

Tufts College, 285, 347.

Turner, Aaron, 36–39, 45, 184.

Tussaud’s, Mme., Wax Works, 95, 364.

Twain, Mark, quoted, vi, 213, 301, 367.

Universalism, 120, 276, 283–287.

Van Amburgh’s Menagerie, 300–301, 303, 306.

Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius, 268.

Vauxhall Garden, 40.

Viardot, Mme. Pauline, 125.

Victoria, Queen, 79–86, 95, 138, 147, 170, 242, 271, 330, 332, 334, 362.

Vivalla, Signor, 32–33, 36, 38.

Wagner, Johanna, 187.

Wagner, Richard, 130.

“Waldemere,” 304.

Wales, Prince of (King Edward VII.), 82, 84, 242–243, 250, 334, 362–363.

Wales, Princess of, 362.

Wallack, Lester, 293–294.

Warner, M. H., 356.

Warren, Lavinia, 255–273.

Warren, Minnie, 255, 270–271.

Washington, Augustine, 28–30.

Washington, George, 28–31, 33–35, 180.

Webster, Daniel, 68, 179, 180.

Welles, Gideon, 19–21.

Wellington, Duke of, 86, 132.

West, Captain, 149.

Westervelt, Leonidas, footnote, 40.

Whales, Barnum’s, 243–247, 291.

“What Is It?”, 242.

Wheeler & Wilson, 226–227, 287.

Whitman, Walt, 132, 168, 326.

Whittier, J. G., 371.

Wild West Show, Barnum’s, 71, 240.

Wildman, Colonel, 95.

Williams, Barney, 65.

Willis, N. P., 139.

Wilton, John Hall, 115–117, 120.

Winchilsea, Lord, 334.

Woodhull, Mayor Caleb S., 157, 165.

Wood’s Museum, 303.

Woolly Horse, The, 99–102, 212.

Wordsworth, William, 93, 94.

Wyckoff, Chevalier, 116–117.

Yankee, Mrs. Trollope’s definition of, 22.

Young, Brigham, 304–305.

Zoölogical Society, Royal, 333–340.