The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11
VII.

N11s
The author Of this diary seems to have been.
for the most part. unlucky in his experience OF
Americans. Being at Florence In December.
1896. he tells us that We found ourselves. for
our sins. at an hotel the Nuova York; which
was full Of very unattractive Americans. One.
apparently a clergyman. said, pointing to the
boiled fowl, What dye call that herep'
Some one answered.: The Italian for a owl is
polio He rejoined: In America we call them
chickens. When 1 got to France they called
them poulets. When 1 got to they
called them Jaulo tsicl. When 1 got among
the Arabs 1 didn't know what to call them.
1 tried p~oulets-that wouldn't do. 1 tried faule
that wouldn't do. Then tcrowing aloud like q
cock) 1 did so-they understood that" nthe
other hand. when in Rome. q month later. the
diarist records that Mr.. Coolidge. an Ameri-
can. introduced by Circourt. came to see me.
He had been in Rome %forty-six years ago. and
had visited India at some prehistoric period
1 think when Mountstuart Elphinstone was
Governor Of Bombay. His object in being
introduced to me was to make the acquaintance
extremely struck with the amount Of his infor-
nation, / afterward asked 0do Russell. who
one met many such people in the United States.
Lots he replied: a statement. which l find
M etsd So 70 vs seyon Few Am mtsa Sns in raf Europe rope % SRe
could be named in the same breath. but which
is, have no doubt, capable OF se~c9ncilement.
at the Council Of The Asiatic socieaty.' our au.
s Go'd c "fa Of a"f Eu SPnHtLH1i Which Hs Weigh Weighs ' as mT rSss
as twenty ,sovereigns: This very remarkable
West. was rich and fondo Of curious objects. de-
willing to GO int the transaction at that figure.
f he esm %itb t tSs 8pit asS M sn,ssed int Tb ee psonIs
there were charmed with 1t. and. presently,
began to discuss the question Of prieei What"
e eoia2@ she Sem much r. they Sns i replied. E aWSe Sl w Tas
it struck" he then asked. "ARop such and
the sHe5 Jew a yeaf' VIII Mp be ss set f s With G atere ra' at flSe
bargaining. i was ultimately bought by Feuer;
Library. for $500, day or 7 two aiterrward
the author; with Sir Henry Rawlinson and
Buckingham Palace, The Sultan could, not
SRss Faad Pashs. Who Knew French we'll. Il
was Fqad, Wa we are re tod 9o.G Th b. some year, Isd preyi,
latter expressed the opinion that nothing
would go 60 right IN T mH + 5 naut they eg.d got G Tid Of
gous. nous presemterons rune ct nous cacherons
= p Tt tie AUTUMN MitE 9s Of 1s smt our w Sutho Or travelled ira lied
said. was Savilian Professor OF Geometry at
Oxford. The latter seems to have been a de-
lightful companion. He repeated one day an
| epigram by MaDsel. then Dean OF st. Paul.
There had been. it appears. some years before,
q project In Oxford OF requiring two essays to
be composed for the degree OF Doctor OF Divin-
ity. Mansel wrote:
Your degree Of P ?; you propose 70 convey
It was Smith who. on another occasion. re-
lated the story Of an American doctor who.
whose complaint was not clear to him. said;
have lp q si iit. and N I'm a dab at fts%1"' Wh SnenM Miss
-. the lady doctor. married "a, an arrange
2 Miss Morgan: should live at the top Of the
Henry Smith said It was "a morganatic ar
rangement."' 1t was Henry Smith. also. who
told our author the story OF an American who.
having wearied his friends by continually boast
day, many an American Processes to be taken
Of them saylng. MY dear fellow. that's moth
ing. As I was walking along the street the
other day. a man whom had never seen IN my
AilmiElhTtsy, IL that you'll HeXtto Henry smith s.
uted to aywar With two Of these we must
bring our extracts from this charming diary to
a close. Dining at the AthenRum with Hay
Nine. de Noailless saving about the Comte de
Chambord's obstinate refusal, to accept the
throne Of France unless he could bring hack the
white flag: IressembleG Vir0iHie in Pduldnd
Virginia'l Q,ti, Sc novdi! pfutGt que lgisSpr tonbe'
Nine. Xppomyi when she asked him In j. 81.
what on earth is the compound householder
about which Mr.. Gladstone Is perpetually talk
ing 7" also deserves a high PLACE. among bOns
Inots: Madame. he, replied. "c'est Y mari de
la femme tnconprtSe." M. w. IL.