Going to Meet the “Britannic”—The “Blackbird”—Skirmishers
of the American Press—The London “Standard’s” Message to New
York, Boston, and Chicago—“Working” America—“Reportorial”
Experiences—Daylight off Staten Island—At Quarantine under
the Stars and Stripes—“God Save the Queen!” and “Hail to the
Chief!”—Received and “Interviewed”—“Portia on a Trip from
the Venetian Seas”—What the Reporters Think and what Irving
Says—The Necessity of Applause—An Anecdote of Forrest—Mr.
Vanderbilt and the Mirror—Miss Terry and the Reporters—“Tell
them I never loved home so well as now”—Landed and
Welcomed—Scenes on the Quay—At the Brevoort 39