Royalty in the New World
Or, the Prince of Wales in America

A young English reporter for the New York Herald describes the Prince of Wales's successful 1860 tour of America.

Kinahan Cornwallis (Author)

9781108002981, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 August 2009

308 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg

Through his affiliation with the New York Herald, the young English-born writer Kinahan Cornwallis (1839–1917), was afforded the opportunity to witness the nineteen-year-old Prince of Wales's 1860 highly successful tour of Canada and America more closely than any other individual outside the royal party. He chronicled his observations and depicted the progress of the first visit of a member of the British royal family to the Americas, and the resulting book was quickly published in New York. Cornwallis wrote that his great aim in recounting the travels of His Royal Highness was to provide the most accurate account of the tour, a task for which he considered himself uniquely qualified. He expected his volume to be received with equal enthusiasm, and the events to be accorded equal historical significance, in both England and America, perhaps even strengthening the deeply rooted bonds between the people of both nations.

Preface
1. Introductory
2. Enthusiastic reception
3. Arrival at Halifax
4. The feeling of the people
5. The river St. John
6. General holiday and rejoicing
7. Incidents on a journey
8. Excursion to meet the Prince
9. Pictorial glimpses of the Prince's travels
10. Proposed federation of the province
11. Closing scenes in Quebec
12. The first day in Montreal
13. The cricket-ground
14. Enthusiasm and warmth of the people
15. The landing at Toronto
16. The London of America
17. The Falls
18. Departure from Niagara Falls
19. The grandeur of the Prince's reception at Detroit
20. Trip from Dwight to St. Louis
21. From Pittsburg to Harrisburg
22. The Prince's visit to Mount Vernon
23. The departure from Baltimore
24. New York's glorious welcome to the Prince
25. The run up the river
The departure from Albany
26. The review
27. Concluding reflections
28. Summary of the Prince's tour
29. The historical Prince of Wales
30. The royal party
31. Poetry
32. The return home
33. Synoptical view.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]