The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
a. a hear garden In which men and women

NJ Great Britain. for reasons which he de.tr q
II idle ~ seek, had LONG thought 1t yropef =.
Caricstlre Americans Their pens were dlp~i
IN gall. their descriptions - our country vr-.
mixtures ~ maIc.ousuess and iN-ehr"d We
their persisiency showed "A settled ho,' y
tow ard the I nited States. In the attack. r.sts
upon the United States In the year 1872 -
Edinburgh RrTeu took the lead Syt-ov
Smith, the author ~ an article entitled T-ave.-
lers in An erica. had much ~ saw that v4s ON.
plimentary, but he also had something II .sy
concerning our bad manners, nur lack FL a -
erature and our sla~vchnlding ard - ,-s-d
with an assertion that after all England vas
a far happier land Native literature 70
averred. the Americans have none I, .
all imported They have, indeed a FfarE"n
and h" may live a hal! a century more ~ 10
fame. There l. a.-o a ,rral, account p! ~
gina b" Jefferson and IN" epic nv Joe Rar@v
and some pieces = pleasantly by NJ l'vlrs.
But why should the American, write ho-Es
when a six weeks passage brings them IN 'hel
own tongue our sense, science and genus n
bales and hoEsheGd>;"
The Eirnbgrsh's attack 4, January. IA
was followed in February and March by Piar.-
voods Moed.iBe with Article m The Means
~ Education" and on TIL State y. learning
III nv I lANfs oAaNTNH az AsF Va ~ lh~
Ter paper sad that learning in tie 'r-s $3.50
NJ the word L. not ~ be found IN AmN-cs for
The business If the scholar ia not one 4 he occu.
pauons NJ life There eve-y man ~ hterN
education must have an occupation. and a.
there are NJ tellowshps or schclarshirs ID ~
colleges there can he M classes ~ society v.;a
sufficient leisure for the cultivation ~ scieIcs
and general literature The low standing II
America IN the world ~ letters and the rror
showlnc she makes in our Libraries it due {,
bad education - want ri learning and 40
peculiar uses u which talent l. applied AEsn:
"Ot works NJ the Imagination very little has
been produced There Is nothing q awaken
fancy IN that land NJ dull realty NJ ob.eas
carry the mind back n contemplated 2. q -
mote antiquity No moulder!Ic ruins eIGts
in,ere>, In the history ot the past NJ meme
ruals mem"rauv oi noble deeds arouse
enthusiasm and reverence. NJ traditions i--
gend, fables. afford material f0r poetry ard
romance America has gone through NJ ia
rlod oi infancy. NJ pastoral state. There "
whole course Of life is q round ~ dull, practical
duties For each person there IS a ts>s each
day No man stop. n admire the heavens
over HI head or 70 scan the charms r! the earth
under hi feet. W man ha, time - study
nature or acquire q love for the beauties shs
spreads around In 1920 Sydney smith re-
turned o. the attack IN the Edinburgh FCutv,
and in a widely circulated article inquired:
In the four quarters Of the globe. VII rea1s
! an American book: or goes % al AgIeftaa
play. or looks 81 an American picture -
| statue What does the world yet owe n Amerv-
can physicians or surgeons; What new suo-
stances have their chemists discovered =
what old ones Lay they snslyz~d' WHIST new
CONSULTATIONS have been discovered by TIA
telescopes Of America? What have they DIS
in the mathematical Who drink out Of Amen
can Slasses: or eats from America rales'
or wears American coats or gowns: or Sleeps
in American blankets; Finally under WHICH
# the old tvrann!cal governments q. ElroIs
j. every sixth man a slave whom his fellow
| creatures, may buy and sell. and %tortuTe| Nhea
| these questions are fairy and isvorao.y a..
swered their Self-iaudaory e,irhets may "
| allowed
t. this and other criticisms. the No-.t AMER.
,oor RcrqCr replied Referring n the chErse
that Americans were snaruus under the treat
nent which Joel Bsr.'w's epic lad received
| Ia Great Britain thereyiewer aid Moth Ugls
more NOTORIOUS than. that the >, .lunb.sd Las
been ever res arded by the iudIcinus pubic
il cur county :. aptaIialure. thhi!' has been
read little and AAed IeSs, and that ~ - ST.
I~earance Tie criu,al .~l0urnals Il america han
dlet II a. severely a. those n the banks # the
Forih and the Tha'4es. Inc ma!r'uee new
! and worthless v IDS coined by The pet were
the cause # Ear more unspaTins criticism here
than III klglaud Ny ls th- a.! The ITrse-
sued nowhere IN Great Britain with such keen-
nes- a. III America The writer went IN ~
assert that On the whole. the Eugiish laugG1s@
j. better ~ hen here than H. Biz tnc,
than by e'T We, edacS;rd Ter.Sh. "a
part q America in which the corruption = ~
language has gone 20 Tar a. II the hea-, n! ths
EasL.sh counue 4, for the ;Iec.mens
pretended American dialect found In the b"oAs
Il travellers, Ne pity the Ensll.hman VIII cal.
MT SEQ that they are tahylCaLoLs couplei
from local ob.ervau"ns mao" N tie p,r''r
and Philadelphia The author added that Erc-
! i>h oruc- -houid have remembered that NAV
a god and uo";l4 " 70 hToucht T. An q
bv IT, fr-I ~etuer-. and y approved Use ~ -
day. has survived hey. While l'etln Great Britain
and reo0llecuEc, they should have ass-d
whether We nr they have done the laus.s.e
mat such words A. PreSidenual-oi or b.0us-
ing o. c chic! magistrate ruling by c,Ls.Lt
u4A-, OF ~ t'eionrinc Y a body, ~ represehia.
uN-~ chosen toy the people reyr--t1t
political ideas utterly uukn"wni In Great krla.,-
and being terms forced upon Us by cur lhsLtu-
ions are rot corruption, ~ the langus-s
N 1922 CHORD wrote 80 Incorporate al att
cle m the Qu1rfe-!y Rcre1 that the B"st"n pl7-
A~IrT 20 it4aA l"'4 NA"A y 49, ~ "a az -
the American EDITION. according - On ID
We were a dishonest cunning "rH"l iaT.aN,
and odless nau0n- We held slaves. tolerated
Towty jurie,. met civi' rioers with violet -
si>isu" kept such p@ac" a. We had by Tesl.s-
I~r- aud lynch law. crllo not SPEAK The J N.Y.
i,h language .Tg"-tiy and in on t~n..'r.-
non, did nv aCkU"vied.e the eNIs'Enc' 80 4
God Replying - ca nrd the Aprt, 4r,--
existed Ia the brush Wei Indie. j. va> :
for an kugi-hman T. be horrlhed A. ~. 49,
Of slavery ~ the CLltsI State Tn i-~'sl,-.
NJ American brutality cited in the GU8r,li we're
ish brutality drawn from the PAGE, # B'rsa
reviews and clifford was warned tia; q 10
continued III abu . the Worth AuIetttJr voul !
read him such a ies>"r from Etg4-h v0rts
~ standard authority aS'h".Id '7!oe mn - 30
silent or change ms Ion- lie was A-s4.
that wha; The political 'end- = the pat l7I
failed = diva being TaIlu.g done by S4Oa =
Aca;i0ns B. the Qoa-e5r Rort"T 'hs' :; % -
a mater - n"t'rlety th.i 'ue '"'Ais ei,e'-
tanned IN this country toward Great Bra !
wa, less friendly IL .s?I lh4. = AaG oeen "a
wear, Aar.Ie- AZ The hc.yh- - ~" Wa = 90.
that he and hi reNI"S., were largely resp-t--
bic fr all~nari4s tpo nation, MAT =.
ta friends and 'ia' " ruerllei .Hr-3.:.- =
whether ~ NJ i; wa Vi~e . q &. r.7' .
~ done by a literary lcurra. .. ~. aaat..s
Influence = tL"r mt bitterness p" .e.' T. ?
- cd VII toward ENGLAND nat EXIT - -
county
N a penu!uma,e chapter ,he a.'a-T q
reCts atteNi-n 70 the v.IAu- . { b.~..--- uai--
acted bV the Post ono department a. ~
penang ~ Ja"kSon's adUl.-t'.L'l ~ Nar .
1879. ~ that time the numb: nt Pot 2 -
veyed a hundred mile, - cal iNe.i. -'r--
hour. and that every Cav .' tr~ year o. q
single liter whom mean "'- -u-s' "a.
/. ~ matter how large ny how wa. TIE po-ia.-
j. y p cont. ao.rrd.rs g. The +--
taroo 81 w. oa-re5 p1.t.e Ei.",