BY E. ALEC TWEEDIE. With illustrations.
_Decorated cloth, 8vo, preparing_
Many books have been written by people who have visited this country and
have then returned to their native heath, but it is doubtful whether
anyone has gone at the task with such an abundance of good humor as has
the author of this sprightly volume. Mrs. Tweedie says things, to be
sure, about America and Americans that will not be wholly acceptable,
but she says them in such a way that even the most sensitive cannot take
offense. In fact it is quite likely that her criticisms will provoke
laughter as good humored in itself as the remarks which provoke it.
There is hardly a spot on the broad continent that does not pass under
Mrs. Tweedie's examination, and scarcely a person of importance. She
finds much to praise openly, but amusing as it may seem, these
praiseworthy factors are not those upon which we expect commendation.
Our dinners, our clubs, our educational systems, our transportation
facilities, our home life, our theatres, our books, our art, all are
analyzed and Tweedie verdicts passed. Of course the book is to be taken
seriously, but not too seriously. Mrs. Tweedie would be offended if we
did not laugh at her cajolery; that is what she wrote it for.
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