Struggles and Triumphs by P.T. Barnum — Read

Arrival at St. Louis -- Surprising Proposition of Miss Lind's Secretary -- How the Manager Managed -- Readiness to Cancel the Contract -- Consultation with "Uncle Sol. " -- Barnum Not to Be Hired -- A "Joke" -- Temperance Lecture in the Theater -- Sol. Smith -- A Comedian, Author, and Lawyer -- Unique Dedication -- Jenny Lind's Character and Charities -- Sharp Words from the West -- Selfish Advisers -- Miss Lind's Generous Impulses -- Her Simple and Childlike Character -- Confessions of a Manager -- Private Reputation and Public Renown -- Character as a Stock in Trade -- le Grand Smith -- Mr. Dolby -- The Angelic Side Kept Outside -- My Own Share in the Public Benefits -- Justice to Miss Lind and Myself.

According to agreement, the Magnolia waited for us at Natchez and Memphis, and we gave profitable concerts at both places. The concert at Memphis was the sixtieth in the list since Miss Lind's arrival in America, and the first concert in St. Louis would be the sixty-first. When we reached that city, on the morning of the day when our first concert was to be given, Miss Lind's secretary came to me, commissioned, he said, by her, and announced that as sixty concerts had already taken place, she proposed to avail herself of one of the conditions of our contract, and cancel the engagement next morning. As this was the first intimation of the kind I had received, I was somewhat startled, though I assumed an entirely placid demeanor, and asked: