Contents

• 1. Title page
• 2. Thoughts about the Great Exhibition in London 1851
• 3. Schaffhausen–Freiburg, 12 June 1851
• 4. Freiburg–Mannheim, 13 June 1851
• 5. Mannheim–Cologne, 14 June 1851
• 6. Cologne–Ostend, 15 June 1851
• 7. Arrival in Dover, 16 June 1851 In the original print, this section and the preceding one were conjoined.
• 8. Dover–London, 17 June 1851
• 9. The exhibition site: first impressions, 17 June 1851
• 10. Fischer’s first visit, 18 June 1851
• 11. Fischer’s second visit, 19 June 1851
• 12. On life in London, 20 June 1851
• 13. The “five shilling evening”, 21 June 1851
• 14. A fulfilling Sunday spent writing, 22 June 1851
• 15. Fischer’s fourth visit, 23 June 1851
• 16. Fischer’s highlights of the Exhibition, 24 June 1851
• 17. Fischer and his exhibits, 25 June 1851
• 18. Fischer’s walks through London, 26 June 1851
• 19. On the English export market, 27 June 1851
• 20. A bathing expedition, 28 June 1851
• 21. Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
• 22. Fischer on the visit by the British seamen, 30 June 1851
• 23. Fischer’s seventh visit, 1 July 1851
• 24. Fischer’s eighth visit, 2 July 1851
• 25. London–Birmingham, 3 July 1851
• 26. Birmingham, 4 July 1851
• 27. Birmingham–Manchester, 5 July 1851
• 28. Manchester–Sheffield, 6 July 1851
• 29. Fischer’s business visits in Sheffield, 7 July 1851
• 30. Further business visits in Sheffield, 8 July 1851
• 31. Sheffield–Dover, 9 July 1851
• 32. Ostend–Mannheim, 10–11 July 1851
• 33. Mannheim–Freiburg–Schaffhausen, 12–14 July 1851
• 34. Afterword: Thoughts on free trade
• 35. The importance of free trade for England
• 36. Appendix: Ground plan of the Crystal Palace and of the city of Schaffhausen