Download or read book Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4 written by Susan R Hanes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the autumn of 1873, Wilkie Collins followed the example of fellow literary celebrities Dickens and Thackeray, and began a six-month reading tour of America. This book places this tour within the American lyceum movement of the later nineteenth century.