Arizona citizen., 1873-09-13

bf nat l have seen of England reminds
 ma somewhat of the older prairie set
 dement's of Ilhnois-I mean where
 the prairie is of the levei or plain
 order, and hedge Is universal 1 left the everlasting stone fences of Ireland
 back in the Highlands. But all this old
 landscape discounts anything on our
 side for solidity and finish.
 have been sightseeing in London
 for one week, and it Is the hardest
 work 1 ever did, and just as soon aS l
 mail this letter, I will leave the place
 contented ct least till l come back from TIenua. There Is ITO way that London is @ pleasing city to glance
 at; the situation Is such, com bined
 with its irregularity Of construction,
 that no birds-eye view of 1t will show
 any portion 10 advantage. London
 is built in the broad valley of the
 Thames river, and Is Q misty, musty
 monstrous mass of brick, stone and
 iron; no street of importance or name
 is of any length or particular beauty. St. Pauls Cathedral and the House of
 Parliament-in fact all the leading architectural features all crowded
 upon and out of sight as 1t were Ill l the general mass. l have read much about Hyde and Regents Parks but
 they are far from what expected. Hyde Park Is as barren of ornament and almost of trees as a slice of prai- rie dog country; in fact, sheep graze and pile up matter III Hyde Park 'In
 a way I despise." The "West End' of London-with its palatial residences, noted parks, etc., Is disappointment But the city as whole is 9 perfect menagarie of human and all other curiosities there Is the point with London. Its wickedness stares you in the face on every corner at all hours, as we'll but there Is evidently | a respect for law here however-a
 fear of tive miss in too much of America. The suburbs of London | are naturally more interesting-m ] hilly and easily understood. It IS no trouble to get in and out of London if you have any money, The ques- ton of ' rapid transit " Is solved here, and except the Old Tower of London, nothing interested me so much as these underground railroads; l watched the signal men at the sta
 tiOns send trains after each other about as fast as an Indian would shoot arrows. can better realize now what @ splendid thing this would be for Broadway. New York could be made comparatively the best man aged city in America, but when 1t will be done remains to be seen. The Svdenham Crystal Palace Is one of the great amusement places of the suburbs-and justly so. Its Park is something to boast 0l, and altogether on a holiday, there Is no place that catches so much ot the crowd as the Palace. [ doubt fl l find Vienna half so agreeble a resort. The weather has been about eighty degrees in the shade here, and they made @ good deal of fuss about it. But the people show no disposition to wear summer clothing. I never saw respecta bility in dress carried to such an extreme. The finest cloth is cheap however, and Derhaps that has good deal to do with it. and that is about all | find much cheaper than at home. But 1t looks unhappy-this universal and , uniform style of bundling up the body in thick clothes; 0 whole city-the biggest of cities--on dress parade in bucl1ram. I am getting used to the English language as they talk it in ! this part of England. At first. l did , not know who was at fault. In Ire f land, I had to ask everybody two or ] three times before could understand f them. I will devote & letter one of f these days to hotels, railroads, barber I shoDs. and the smaller things that I make life beautiful and joyful forever, ( in this as we'll as in our own country ( but specially in the United Kingdom g of Great Britain. So far, could live i at the Fifth Avenue for about what f tbis thing costs per day, and yet l am l inst as sure to starye to 6eath--no, I S will 20 over. on the Rhine and camp 2 ont for week and recruit up. l f know what to expect i. Dutchland. s In the first place, ' won't expect any t thing. The only good .iginS arrange T menf I got used tc at once and loved, r was at Killarney Lakes. OSullivan 2 kent it. w.