Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-08

The following capital notice ofour young
friend Wards book is from the New York
Literary World one of the best literary
s,apcrsin the United Statcs:-Lou. journal.
NJ ON THE THREE CoNTINENTs.-Thc
american abroad is happy mortal; he is
sure of finding something new under the
enn Just where everything is oldest. He
goes to Europe just as people cote the the
n'er, to ret his moneys WORTH and, to use
Western phrase he is bound to have it.
He takes possession of the Eastern hemis-
rhcrc with perfect conviction, that, what
ever the rest of the world may be, that
part of is his oyster, which he proceeds
To- open and digest according to his peculi-
az nst.. NJ, the Arkansas correspondent
ofthe Louisville Journal, for instance, had
no snon'r gotto Metropolitan he was stag
gcrcd not so much by "tLc architectural
elegance and commercial hustle as at the
eiyanfic size ofthe dray-horscs. Their huge
beads aud nccks, their massive forms and
elcpiantinc limbs could not fail think, to
"ycifc the wonder of any stranger, butthey
were objects ofspecial attention and delight
~ plain Arkansas farmer with an amatc-
mrs tusfe for agriculture. BY Ceres! what |
horses they would be for a cotton-pres
N"w we like this, because it is genuine. |
IT u Young Arkansas stepping ashore on
'nIi ENGLAND and "making note of the |
-, point found which was unlike the New
World, and soho goes on with both eyes o.
peat 10 the Waterloo Hotel, where he finds
that bowl Of turtle-soup costs sevcnty-6vc
"rnsS ''The idea Of charging such a sum
fora plate OF turtle-soup a seaport town
when man can get Ia better plate at Walk
cr's in Louisville, fifteen hundred or two
Thousand miles from the sea, for dime, and
have glass something thrown in! So
we say, too, "and worse yet" says NJ, "the
idea of mans being allowancedtoo one clop
nnl three small potatoes about the size of
brl'c,s! Every thing on the contracted
and economical system, except their bills,
'ond they are extensive enough, Heaven
knows. Some one says that the liberality
with which man helps another at the ia
bl'',s pretty sure index of his disposition.
sI'ihi> lc really criterion, | should imagine
an Easlishman's soul to be about the size
sfan old fashioned cutfoxpeacc."
NJ. ls bent upon carrying Arkansas along
with hisn wherever he, goes, and seeing with
lis own eyes. He gets to Dresden, and
finds iaat he can't go the Dresden Madon-
mn. and so hc-just says so. al know" he
a'lds, "rhat it is the height of presumption
for IAN Arkansas bear-huntcr to indulge in
such Criticisms upona picture which critics,
connoisscurs, and the whole world of fash
ION have united in pronouncing Divine"
Int "nature" being "his model" and wo-
men and flowers his guides" he thinks the
Madonna doesn't come up to the standard,
SO he makes off for Prussia, which, although
nos one onc-fiith the size of Kentucky, is
nevertheless kingdom.
Wy the time our tourist gets down the
Danube into Turkey, Constantinoplc, f.
gvpt, mp the Nile, and penetrates into the
rraotcst regions of travel, he finds ample
room add verge enough for his sharp-sight-
cd observations, and his book becomes
very lively and entertaining one. He goes
everywhere, sees everything, and doesn't
hesitate to say what he thinks, generally in
very clever way, and manages to make
areada5le and entertaining book out ofran-
dom letters evidently meant more particu-
larry for the amusement Of the readers of
daily paper than for the instruction Of the
sober second thoughted part ofthc the COM
murity.