Landing at Hoboken in a drizzle, a fastidious English man of letters records his impressions of New York, Boston, Chicago and New England, then turns to themes: the yellow press, liberty and patriotism, the millionaire, the American language and literature, and the underworld. His tone is conservative, witty and frequently unimpressed by democratic catchwords.
An entertaining, often provocative Edwardian view of the United States from the outside. Download the free EPUB.