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398 AEOTJND THE WOELD.
lible Pope ; and all communicants have to do is, to attend
mass, confess their sins, pay their priests, and go to glory
Threading the streets of Naples, and the suburban villages,
one wonders how six hundred thousand inhabitants can here
Kve. Lazzaroni are thick as flies around pools. Jews, Quakers,
and Shakers take care of their own poor. Lyons, the
Lowell of France, is alive with silk manufactories. Paris is
handsome and proud, showy and sinful. Berlin is rich in
historic and artistic attractions. The cathedrals are open
at all hours of the day in these cities. On their feet-worn
floors, prince and peasant meet as equals. Gardens in European
cities and hamlets are enjoyed by the people as by the
proprietors. Visitors do not presume to meddle with plant
or flower. The citizens generally are better mannered and
more polished than in America. Our caste is based upon
wealth. Our boasted individuality has degenerated into a
selfish rascality. Our laws punish little, and pardon great
criminals. New-York City only a year since had sixty thousand
children of school age that had never been inside a
schoolroom. American self-conceit and English caste are
both abominable. As nations they are antichrist.
LONDON.
Crossing the English Channel from France to Dover, a
few hours through the fertile fields of Merry England
brought us to the heart of London, the city of cities, with a
population almost equal to that of the whole State of New
York. Individuals may drive sixteen miles in a straight
line upon any one of London's diameters. The seven parks
have been termed, not inaptly, the lungs of London. They
lie chiefly at the West End. The Richmond Park, owned by
the crown, has two thousand two hundred acres, and is
eight miles in circumference. Hyde Park claims four hundred
acres. Victoria Park, named in honor of the Queen, is
comparatively new, but exceedingly beautiful with lake and
pleasure boats. The Parliament Buildings, Gothic in form,