, 1870-12-18
MARX AND THE SATUR-
DAY REVIEW,

Ho PuVHGA9A A1ub N4EA AIO4 LIMA AHAu
Memoranda" In the Galary An article cred
tied BY him to the (London) Saturday Repie.o.
1t has elected good deal Of remsrk and
speculation, some readers doubling that the
Repieso erer published the article, others aug-
geetng that Twain himself il ths author Of 1t,
and one correspondent, sharper than all the
reat, declaring that the Rerie,o keeps hu-
morist Of its own, who il qu,ta equal to
Twain. We relieve the minds, hsrafore, Of 4
humber Of anxious people, by copying the fol-
lowing genuine article from the l4ondon)
Saturday Rtuie1o Of Oct. 3, at the 1isk Of
shaking their faith In Mark Twain aa an en-
ti1ely ve1acious and sober writer:
Tux HSocENFs ABROAD" ;
Every traveller on the Continent Las mat
the American tourist, and formed soma opfn-
ion of bis merita- We do not speak OF that
variety Of American who comes oser to spend
faIe or aix years In Europe, and finds himseN
Yards than On tho New York Broadway. Nor
do We refer to the Americans who hive boon
too highly cultivated to oh rude their national
pecularities upon Us In any dlsag-eeAble form.
There is no plsasanter acquaintance than the
gentleman, or still moro tho lady, Of this
favor to be smnalngiy original But,
kind enough to provide n with = yaat number
Of travellers corresponding In refinement and
intelligence 10 Mr.. COOKS tou1ieta. They
are the e.pls Tho do Europe in six weeks,
up their epare time They arc glofiously 18-
norant OF any language but their own, s1-
preneIy contemp:uoua of every country that
h4d no interest In the DeclAza,ion.of lndepaad-
ence. and occasionally, it must be admitted,
IL Ncnkiye as the worst kind OF Co:kney
tsrsizt, whilst eren less inclined to hide their
light ucder bushsL Computing them with
the mutt neatly analogous clAss Of British
travellers, it Is rather hard to determine which
should have tile preference. The American
il generally the potsier and more nc
lively dissgFeoable, but, on the other
haLd, he often partly redeems his absurdits by
= certain nAivete and hkli-conscious humor.
He ia often laughing In his sleeve At his own
prepotterous bfaga, md does not take him.
self quite 60 serioualy III his Britiah rival. He
is vulgar, and even ostentatiousty and afro
cioohly FnlSar; but the ,vulgarlty Ia mixed
s,mpls insipudisy. We laugh at him, and We
would rather not have too much OF his COM
pany but re do not feel altogether safe 10
1ospisipg lIn1- We may save ourselves tho
trouble Of any further attempts It description
y quoting few Illustrative PASSAGES from
suthor chooses to call himself, IL ! Csli-
fotniAn Lumorist after the fashinn OF Arte-
mus Ward, He came to Europe on A Grand
excufeion trip. and describes his Impressions
CT France and Italy in the true tourist atyle
languages and manners, and expresses lis
ve1y Original Judgments on various wpnders
Of 1T mad nature with prafseworthY frank
ness. Ne are aon,aimes 1ets in dosl0 rhe2ae,.
he u spedtinq in al s1nctrity, or tohether he Is
haoing q sly laugh at hi.asesf and his readers.
| To do him Justice, hoTevef, VIC muut obsarye
thai he has = strong tinga of the pcealixr
| national lumor. ead. though not eaul To thn
bes, perforue1a on the eameips{1ument. man
AGES to bs ~ amusine repreaentatiyo at bis
class, The div ioke, Whis4, apes seriousuese.
II . favor1te device OF Lis countrYmcu: and Nj,
Mark Twain IL OF coareo not a. sirapl,, as he
! Affects to Le. We merely say this 10 guard
| ourselves against the imputation OF taking !
| professional Jester seriously; but, Whistler
| he speaks ia downright eaknest OF With half
concealed twinkle OF the eye, his remarks will
serve equally we'll - N Illustration OF the
| genuine unmiatahable convictions Of mauy Of
1 bis oountrymen.
| Without further preface We will quote SONS
| of haa rem 2rkB upon foreign countries. And,
tret of III, he exhibits that charming ignorance
OF ali Languages but EugIish winch ID 20 oon1-
mon amongst his follows. French newspsparh,
ha tells us, shave 4 strange fashion Of telling
| perfectly straight story tilt You get to the
nub' OF il. and then word drops in that no
man can translAte, and that story is ruined
He Is seriously aEg1ieveu by the names oil
| fl6ces, and ssyn that the nearest approach
which anybody can make to the t5ae pfonun'
ciatica Il lion Ia "demiiohn." The spelling
is not much assistance under soch circun
stances. speaking Of certain dislinguisnel
ariist, le observes, "they spell it Tlnci, ant
pronounce it V1nchy; foreigners Always spell
better than they pronounce Gentlemen
catirg WITH the uatises naturally fall intt
tuu hands OF guides, and Mr.. Twain ant
| tIn it.euds srpeAr 10 have suffered terriol
IL. IN ,ne ptrsons whom they hired 70 taxi
| ,uem 10 ihs sights Of 1oreigu towns. Ta.i
-sr.ca, on arriving 1t any Large place va 4
,:.tl-a Ferguson" 10 save the trouble 0
| tsonouScltEs 5 new pame, and were carries
about 90 helpless yictims 10 euch places as b
pttlerted. besides having to swallow his ste
ries. Ihes took characterienc revenge
~Asch arpl afs to have Afforded them IN
n,e1 st aat1sfaction. The vav to busly you
rui,e il to Affect I PROFOUND ignorance
suu IL re not got it naiurally.-.nd stony IL
diUertnoe 10 lis information. They, therefor,
told CT = gentleman called the Doctor. 70 -
, uues,iona Of the said guide, becsuso he coul
seIooI more liks IN inspired idiot, and thro
, anx m.u tLat itysa, Il comes natural 70 him.
i | Tins. n, examnlo- Il xas aasutned that.
= An,e,icsna. theT wnuld take 4 srecial intere
, | in an .utoc1nnh letter OF Cosumbua. II
, Doctor. aiier aekinK some irrelevant que
! lions. pronounced it tho woret specimen
D bsniaFitinc he ever saw. and added, .tIf u
a I.ye eot anv epecimans Of penmansbip
. re,} m.rit trnt thern ant and. II you haven
> | driye on. Tbs euide, we ars told, was '.co
| sidsr.hir ahaEsn M" On abe san
urincipla when shown Au Egyptii
{ mnruny. the Doctor asked indiEu lnti
Q .lWh.t is the use Of imposing your vile se
i ond-hxnd carcases on Us? II you've got
. nice frrah coqpss& bring him outi or.
Q George, wall hrMn you" The most i1Titatil
l. ennear,.;ne ] .any diss;nsu:shed character
g whom Ia Iefers-such, Tor example - Cola
i tus OF Michael Angelo-s. IL be deadf" A.
q fhia seeU,s TO hAve met With such aucct
thst Mr., Twin scarcely restrained his CO..
< naniope from putting such IN inquiry t
II monk in ! Capuchin convent, Who show
d them souae Ct the pe1sonal remains OF
prececesxors.
W. may imagine the temper In shieh sol
i Ecu!d be contemplated under such ci1cu
Ie rtaoces, Nj. Twain, indeed, WAS much i
uresssd by the caihed1Al 1t Milan. The |
I or MORO workmanship, he aAss, "foots up
% hnIdfsd and eightyiour nnlliuns Of fEsn
y thus far Considerably over = hundred m
u iops IT dolla1.), and it il e.tnAted that Il v
n lake hundred and twenty years yet 70
iah the cathedral" When he gets 70 s..
IN ,e1r. however. he declares that it did !
10 look nsarly 90 lx1ge ~ tho Capitol at VS..
inston. and certainly not twentieth P
= ~ beautiful from the oatzide. Even nAtu
wopde1s are generally surpassed by th
he rivals in the Cn,ted States Tho Lake
y Como, for example, is pronounced to Be v
q .ts nor 10 Lake Isbces 1n eteazaess it Is
a; y. " ef Il he nartb 81 shore Of Late Tahoe, VII
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