New-York tribune., 1886-06-06

.o,, craving for titles and degrees II could only
have been called the Hon., or General, or even
Captainr how happy 1 should have been! how
enyicd Canon Farrar, @Archdcncon Farrar. VINO
was Just then lecturiuG through the States Bnt aa
consolation they couldn't change ms u''es e.. aa
they changed mine every few minutes. The idea OF
wasting away on plain Mr. or at most. rev..
when | returned 10 London. oppressed me tor mo,
mcnt but fortunately had little time for such mofpia
thoughts Expressed INV luggage and jumped
into car. That, had been told. was quite the COT
rect thing to do ,,,, -
brsncss in the States was already known. and all the
evening papers announced that had come over 10
preach the Cornell University sermons ana lecture 'e-
fore H. q Lowell Institute at Boston.
Kut battered myss that no reporter knew where
had gone In the cars. had scarcely got my preaun s
and nnpacked when my friend and host the kev. DE-
Gnilbcrt announced TO me that reporter was below
. Show him up" said |. lie entered received mn,
with the blandest smile was dead tired. lie aShou
me what | thought of America u had been III America
ohout twenty minues told him. What thonght
of the people the country its institutions its MANNERS
ana customs. General Washington, repuolcah,SIil; i;
democracy, polygamy, the Indians vi course 'ou .
him a. 1 beean to enter at some length upon the
Civil War threatening to throw III niue sketcheS % "a
President Lincoln Stonewal Jackson. Generai 'rani,
and other people of whom presumed he might have
heard | saw his Jaw fail My innocent little strata-
gem had succeeded lie rose put up his noIeooon pn
allow me to ask you one question in my turn: How
did vou find out where / was Tracked you ny your
luggage at the docks" SAID he; you mgnI INV
escaned me for about six hours. not longer" lie was
already making toward the door, Is there any other
question YOU would like to ask = called alter nun
cheerfullv "No not one - he answ cred, with rather
n scared look | opened the door politely for him. lie
suddenly claDped his hat, fed down the .tarcase
and saw him more. In my article T" Weekly
Timesn February g. 1856 have done full justice 10
the admirable ability and kndliness OF american re-
porters as found them. trust shall therefore De
pardoncd the playful exaggeratlon OF tne aoIvt I
passace which can hardly be taken very seriously Dut
| which print as il stands in my diary. ~
The next evening we had reception at Dr "n,- %
bert's which consisted OF a general mastering OF any
| friends who wanted 10 Almost every one VINO
| arrives has these receptions given HIM In America
which vary from few friends in private house 10
hundreds in public hail. In the first ease the VISITORS
are informally presented at any time during the even
ing the lionizcd guest. "a on this occasion III ,no
Larger reccntion such AS were lately given to Canon
Farrar at Boston and New-York. or to me at Montreal
and Boston, the visitors brought up on the arm oi
! the presiding host On these occasions tie guests
averaged about u thousand In either case the new
table reporter will be found in the passage, bent npoh
giving some account OF the entcrtanment-c -correct II
! You viii give him the Materials but anyhow an
account