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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,
EUROPE AND ITS CITIES. 899 and covering over seven acres, are as queer as magnificent, Westminster Abbey, venerable structure where have taken place all the coronations since Edward the Confessor, is visited more for a sight at the tombs of Shakspeare, Milton, Addison, Campbell, Dickens, and other distinguished authors, than for worship. Crystal Palace, embracing several hundred acres, with broad avenues, extensive gardens, floral embellishments, and within the building statues, paintings, and unique marvels, presents rare attractions. JNIadame Tussaud's wax-works are not as admirable as have been represented. The Tower of London is stern and gloomy, — the traditions repulsive. In one of these towers is a large iron cage, containing a collection of jewels estimated at twenty million dollars. The great Koh-i-noor diamond is among this collection. " The crown of her Majesty Queen Victoria is a cap of purple velvet, inclosed in hoops of silver, surrounded by a ball and cross, all of which are resplendent with diamonds. In the center of the cross is the inestimable ' sapphire,' and in front of the crown is the heart-shaped ruby said to have been worn by the Black Prince." Remembering the teaching, " Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth," why not dispose of those jewels and diamonds at once, using the proceeds to procure homes for the homeless, and bread for orphans? The British Museum is an institution of itself. Blessings upon aU old book-shops ! English parsons think Oxford the mother of the best English. Americans quote Boston as authority. The English excel in justice, simplicity of faith, and solid friendship ; Americans in tact, originality, and audacity. The Latin race is bad at colonizing ; but, wherever Englishmen go, they create a new England. Their individuality, like the sponge, excels in absorbing. Their houses are their castles. The English have more German characteristics than we. In their travels they go to Germany, Italy, or the East. Americans rush to Paris. A gulf separates the working
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EUROPE AND ITS CITIES. 899<br />
and covering over seven acres, are as queer as magnificent,<br />
Westminster Abbey, venerable structure where have taken<br />
place all the coronations since Edward the Confessor, is<br />
visited more for a sight at the tombs of Shakspeare, Milton,<br />
Addison, Campbell, Dickens, and other distinguished authors,<br />
than for worship. Crystal Palace, embracing several hundred<br />
acres, with broad avenues, extensive gardens, floral embellishments,<br />
and within the building statues, paintings, and<br />
unique marvels, presents rare attractions. JNIadame Tussaud's<br />
wax-works are not as admirable as have been represented.<br />
The Tower of London is stern and gloomy, — the traditions<br />
repulsive. In one of these towers is a large iron cage,<br />
containing a collection of jewels estimated at twenty million<br />
dollars. The great Koh-i-noor diamond is among this collection.<br />
" The crown of her Majesty Queen Victoria is a cap<br />
of purple velvet, inclosed in hoops of silver, surrounded by<br />
a ball and cross, all of which are resplendent with diamonds.<br />
In the center of the cross is the inestimable ' sapphire,' and<br />
in front of the crown is the heart-shaped ruby said to have<br />
been worn by the Black Prince."<br />
Remembering the teaching, " Lay not up for yourselves<br />
treasures on earth," why not dispose of those jewels and<br />
diamonds at once, using the proceeds to procure homes for<br />
the homeless, and bread for orphans?<br />
The British Museum is an institution of itself. Blessings<br />
upon aU old book-shops ! English parsons think Oxford the<br />
mother of the best English. Americans quote Boston as<br />
authority. The English excel in justice, simplicity of faith,<br />
and solid friendship ; Americans in tact, originality, and<br />
audacity. The Latin race is bad at colonizing ; but, wherever<br />
Englishmen go, they create a new England. Their individuality,<br />
like the sponge, excels in absorbing. Their houses<br />
are their castles.<br />
The English have more German characteristics<br />
than we.<br />
In their travels they go to Germany, Italy, or the East.<br />
Americans rush to Paris. A gulf separates the working
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