Struggles and Triumphs by P.T. Barnum — Read

The Wizard of the North -- A Juggler Beaten at His Own Tricks -- Second Visit to the United States -- Reverend Doctor Robert Baird -- Captain Judkins Threatens to Put Me in Irons -- Views with Regard to Sects -- A Wicked Woman -- The Simpsons in Europe -- Reminiscences of Travel -- Sauce and "Sass" -- Tea Too Sweet -- A Universal Language -- Roast Duck -- Snow in August -- Tales of Travellers -- Simpson Not to Be Taken In -- Hollanders in Brussels -- Where All the Dutchmen Come from -- Three Years in Europe -- Warm Personal Friends -- Doctor C. S. Brewster -- Henry Sumner -- George Sand -- Lorenzo Draper -- George P. Putnam -- Our Last Performance in Dublin -- Daniel O'Connell -- End of Our Tour -- Departure for America -- Arrival in New York.

While I was at Aberdeen, in Scotland, I met Anderson, the "Wizard of the North. " I had known him for a long time, and we were on familiar terms. The General's exhibitions were to close on Saturday night, and Anderson was to open in the same hall on Monday evening. He came to our exhibition, and at the close we went to the hotel together to get a little supper. After supper we were having some fun and jokes together, when it occurred to Anderson to introduce me to several persons who were sitting in the room, as the "Wizard of the North," at the same time asking me about my tricks and my forthcoming exhibition. He kept this up so persistently that some of our friends who were present, declared that Anderson was "too much for me," and, meanwhile, fresh introductions to strangers who came in, had made me pretty generally known in that circle as the "Wizard of the North," who was to astonish the town in the following week. I accepted the situation at last, and said: