The Brothers Sanger—First Appearance in London—Vicissitudes 214–222 of Astley’s—Batty and Cooke—Purchase of the Theatre by the Brothers Sanger—Their Travelling Circus—The Tenting System—Barnum and the Sangers CHAPTER XIII. American Circuses—American Performers in England, and 223–253 English Performers in the United States—The Cookes in America—Barnum’s Great Show—Yankee Parades—Van Amburgh’s Circus and Menagerie—Robinson’s Combined Shows—Stone and Murray’s Circus—The Forepaughs—Joel Warner—Side Shows—Amphitheatres of New York and New Orleans CHAPTER XIV. Reminiscences of a Gymnast—Training and Practising—A 254–267 Professional Rendezvous—Circus Agencies—The First Engagement—Springthorp’s Music-hall—Newsome’s Circus—Reception in the Dressing-room—The Company and the Stud—The Newsome Family—Miss Newsome’s wonderful Leap across a Green Lane—The Handkerchief Trick—An Equine Veteran from the Crimea—Engagement to Travel CHAPTER XV. Continuation of the Gymnast’s Reminiscences—A Circus on the 268–279 move—Three Months at Carlisle—Performance for the Benefit of local Charities—Removal to Middlesborough—A Stockton Man’s Adventure—Journey to York—Circus Ballets—The Paynes in the Arena—Accidents in the Ring—A Circus Benefit—Removal to Scarborough—A Gymnastic Adventure—Twelve Nights at the Pantheon—On the Tramp—Return to London CHAPTER XVI. Continuation of the Gymnast’s Reminiscences—Circus Men in 280–290 Difficulties—Heavy Security for a Small Debt—The Sheriff’s Officer and the Elephant—Taking Refuge with the Lions—Another Provincial Tour—With a Circus in Dublin—A Joke in the Wrong Place—A Fenian Hoax—A Case of Pikes—Return to England—At the Kentish Watering-places—Off to the North CHAPTER XVII. Lions and Lion-tamers—Lorenzo and the Lions—Andros and the 291–304 Lion—The Successor of Macomo—Accident in Bell and Myers’s Circus—Lion Hunting—Death of McCarthy—True Causes of Accidents with Lions and Tigers—Performing Leopards—Anticipating the Millennium—Tame Hyenas—Aggrieves Menagerie—Performing Lions, Tigers, Leopards, and Hyenas—Camels and Dromedaries—The Great Elephant CHAPTER XVIII. Circus Slang—Its Peculiarities and Derivation—Certain 305–318 Phrases used by others of the Amusing Classes—Technicalities of the Circus—The Riders and Clowns of Dickens—Sleary’s Circus—Circus Men and Women in Fiction and in Real Life—Domestic Habits of Circus People—Dress and Manners—The Professional Quarter of the Metropolis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIRCUS LIFE AND CIRCUS CELEBRITIES.