Glances at Europe / In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.

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A sequence of letters offers a journalist's immediate impressions from travels through Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland and neighboring regions during the summer of 1851. The writer records landscapes, towns, agricultural practice, and urban life, preferring firsthand observation over guidebooks and aiming for brisk, candid reportage. Several entries assess the Great Exhibition, judging American exhibits creditable yet incomplete and urging stronger future representation. The correspondence includes plainspoken reflections on national character and public events, while generally avoiding private gossip and emphasizing topography, industry, and social manners.

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Inconsistent hyphenation, punctuation and spelling in the original document have been preserved.

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