CHAPTER XXXVI.--ST. LOUIS.

Approach to St. Louis.--Bridge Over the Mississippi.--View of the City.--Material Resources of Missouri.--Early History of St. Louis.--Increase of Population.--Manufacturing and Commercial Interests.--Locality.--Description of St. Louis in 1842.--Resemblance to Philadelphia.--Public Buildings.-- Streets.--Parks.--Fair Week.--Educational and Charitable Institutions.--Hotels.--Mississippi River.--St. Louis During the Rebellion.--Peculiar Characteristics.--The Future of the City. 492-510