Struggles and Triumphs by P.T. Barnum — Read

Arrival in London -- The General's Debut in the Princess's Theater -- Enormous Success -- My Mansion at the West End -- Daily Levees for the Nobility and Gentry -- Hon. Edward Everett -- His Interest in the General -- Visit to the Baroness Rothschild -- Opening in Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly -- Mr. Charles Murray, Master of the Queen's Household -- At Buckingham Palace by Command of Her Majesty -- A Royal Reception -- The Favorable Impression Made by the General -- Amusing Incidents of the Visit -- Backing Out -- Fight with a Poodle -- Court Journal Notice -- Second Visit to the Queen -- The Prince of Wales and Princess Royal -- The Queen of the Belgians -- Third Visit to Buckingham Palace -- King Leopold, of Belgium -- Assured Success -- The British Public Excited -- Egyptian Hall Crowded -- Queen Dowager Adelaide -- The General's Watch -- Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington -- Distinguished Friends.

Immediately after our arrival in London, the General came out at the Princess's Theater, and made so decided a "hit" that it was difficult to decide who was best pleased, the spectators, the manager, or myself. The spectators were delighted because they could not well help it; the manager was satisfied because he had coined money by the engagement; and I was greatly pleased because I now had a visible guaranty of success in London. I was offered far higher terms for a re-engagement, but my purpose had been already answered; the news was spread everywhere that General Tom Thumb, an unparalleled curiosity, was in the city; and it only remained for me to bring him before the public, on my own account and in my own time and way.