[Illustration: PHINEAS T. BARNUM.] STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS: OR, FORTY YEARS’ RECOLLECTIONS OF P. T. BARNUM. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. AUTHOR’S EDITION. [BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE TO APRIL, 1872.] “----a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns.” BUFFALO, N. Y. WARREN, JOHNSON & CO. 1872. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by P. T. BARNUM, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered also at Stationer’s Hall, London, England. TO MY WIFE AND FAMILY I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF A LIFE WHICH HAS BEEN LARGELY DEVOTED TO THEIR INTERESTS AND SERVICE. CARD INTRODUCTORY. _To the Public_:--Although the large octavo edition of STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS, upon fine paper, has enjoyed an unprecedented large sale at $3.50 and upwards, according to styles of binding; yet determined to supply the popular demand for a cheaper edition, and thus in a measure render to the great American people, who have lavished upon me so many favors, a due recognition of their claims upon my gratitude and esteem,--I have purchased, of the original publishers, the electrotype plates of text and engravings together with the copyright of the work; and, now enabled to control the publication myself, I give the same precise text with the original, (together with an additional chapter bringing the biography down to April 2d, 1872,) at the low price of $1.50. Copies of the cheap edition can be had on application to the American News Company, New York, Warren, Johnson & Co., Buffalo, and elsewhere. Your obedient humble servant, PHINEAS T. BARNUM. No. 438 Fifth Avenue, New York City, April 2d, 1872. PREFACE.