New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-24
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have been exaggerated specimens Of theinsolence
and vulgarity, which are usually seen IN such
full blown luxurlance in underbred Englshinen.
Intent on asserting their own personal conSe-
quence, shocking the cherished decencles OF lie
by their own ntolerab!e manners, adherlng
with an assinine infexibility 70 the narrow, lnsu-
lar point Of view, which the splnt OF caste IN
ENGLAND forces on the common classes, and IN
capable of genial appreciation OF characteristic
traits, to which they have not been wonted by
long use, their books have presented iudicfous
tissue OF preludices, blunders and e1aggefduohs'
of which the counterpart can scarcely be iouhd
in any productions OF Contemporary iItefaIuie'
The numerous cultivated and intelligent persons
WIN have visited the United States, without as
niy,no IN the character OF travellers, have gen.
eraIIv been content with the exchange 'of social
courtesies, snd have not deemed 1t worth "hile
20 give their rapid and necessarily Imperfect I'M
pressons the honor of PRINT. In TINS lhey nave
done well Little value could be attached W
their observations, and they have been spared
the pain Of seeing the record oil pleasant
summers day.dream smothered in the chaotic
mass of publications which make no mark as
they fall from the press. But the consequence
has been that current descriptions OF American
manners and character, which have been inflated
into a brief notoriety have so clearly borne the
stamp of worthless origin, as to be devoid OF
every claim to respect.
The author Of this volume, Lady Emmeine
Stuart Wortley, by no construction be placed
within the scope of the present remarks. WIN
the birth and breeding of a genuine English
lady. she was too sure Of her social position 10
feel any nervous anxiety as to her reception
among strangers She had no artificial dignity
TO nurse up, and hence mingled with a Joyous
frankness among all circles Highly educated
with extensive knowledge Of the world, lively
susceptible, witty, possessing rare conversation
al powers, and everywhere winning friends, she
passed through this country, rejoicing IN her
Temporary freedom from accustomed hAtures,
and Welding herself with gaycst enthusiasm to
the strange Impressions of state OF society
which had no precedent or comparison IN her
experience. She seems entirely free from the
vulgar narrowness which makes the customs Of
ones own household the standard OF universal
society. She has no spice OF the ridiculous
cockneyisn which looks for the elaborate ap-
continents Of London dwelling IN a rustic Inn
OF New England or a log-cabn Of the prairie,
while she enters heartily into the humor OF
Brother Jonathan'S Jokes IN spite OF his fororn
nasal twang or angular abruptness Of person.
II is this liberal, catholic, or, we may say, care
less disposition which forms the principal charm
of the present work Absolutely without pre'cn
sion of any kind, scarcely aspiring to ordinary
exactness of style, and showing not speck OF
arisocratic or literary starch, the not ungraceiul
writer mcanders through an abundant variety OF
topics, always impresSlng you with the sunni
ness Of her disposition and the transparent can
dor Of her intellect, while you are often sur
prised with train of remark showing habit
and power of reflection, which you had not
looked for in the sparkling flow OF her narrative
and her genial satisfaction with every racy
American peculiarly which she Is quick to dis
cover with an almost childish JOY.
LADY Emmcinc arrived in New-York III the
month of May, 1919. Departing immediately for
Niagara, she obtained her first glmpses of the
interior of the State on her Journey, and remain
inc for a short time on the American and Cana
dram side of the Falls, she returns to this City
visits Boston, whose notabili:icS She describes
with no small JUNCTION, commences an extensive
Southern tour, and reaching Vera Cruz 10y way
of New. Orleans, arrives at length IN the City Of
Mexico. She subsequently sails for Havana
and enarglng her original plan, cmbarks ior
Chagres, crosses the lsthmus TO Panama, and
without being dazzed by visions OF California
gold, turns her face to the South, bringing up at
las, IN the ancient city OF Lima. On leaving
England she resolved not to write book OF tTav
els. She would not even keep journal, lest
she might be tempted to incur the perils of pub
hcaion The materials of this volume. accord
inelv, consist of the letters which she wrote
home during her various excursions, with niue
change except in form and arrangement This
fact, to our taste, greatly adds to the interest
the work We much prefer the ease and naivet'
of epistolary writing, embroidered as II Is IN TIM
instance with plentiful specimens of Western
phrases. which must startle an English drawing
room on, OF all proprety, to the stately tone o
conscious book making with malice atore
thought The slips od air OF many passages Is
more than atoned for by the neyer-iailng buoy
ancy OF the writer, and the graphic iaiihlulncS'
with which she transfers her impressions and 90
servations to the printed page. One of her ear
hest sketches, written soon after her arrival, Is
the following
GLINPSE OF BROADWAY.
One of the first things that struck us on arriving
the ciiy of New-N ork-the Empress city OF the West
was OF course, Broadway. ltls a noble street and
has a thoroughly busting, lively, and somewhat
democratic air. New-loIk Is certainly handsome,
and vet there something about II that gives one the
idea of a half finished city, and thls even IN Broad
way itself for the street was literally uttered With
all imaginable rubbish which, We should imagine
from appearances usually Sho, m that celebrate
thoroughare indeed II seems sort of preserve fol
this species VI game. Piles OF TIMBER, mounds c
bricks, mountains of paCAng-caSes, pyramids o
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