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...Excerpt: Four years ago--in 1874--two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. Disembarking upon the wharf, they climbed into one of those huge high-hung coaches which convey passengers to the hotels, and wit...

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... PART I F our years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at... ... PART I F our years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at mid... ...those huge high-hung coaches which convey passengers to the ho- tels, and with a great deal of bouncing and bumping, took their course through Broadwa... ...’s finding that his “partner” was awaiting him on the wharf and that his commercial associate desired him instantly to come and give his attention to ... ...s, perhaps, especially the case with the elder, who was also, as I have said, the man of talent. 5 Henry James They sat down at a little table, which... ...se we must learn to speak American. I suppose we must take lessons.” “I can’t understand them,” said the clever man. “What the deuce is he saying?” as... ...from the French waiter. “He is recommending some soft-shell crabs,” said the clever man. And so, in desultory observation of the idiosyncrasies 6 An ... ...was keen and her curiosity insatiable, and, grateful in general for all her opportunities, she especially prized the privilege of meeting certain cele... ...n apart?” “Why, letting them come only to certain places. You never see them.” Lord Lambeth looked at her a moment. “What people do you mean?” “The em...

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...o of the women wept. Any one who had come aboard might have supposed we were all absconding from the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no... ..., the varied accents in which they converse, the crying of their children terrified by this new experience, or the clean flat smack of the parental ha... ...table and that of the true steerage passenger was the table itself, and the crockery plates from which we ate. But lest I should show myself ungratefu... ...ical disparity; and even by the pal- ate I could distinguish a smack of snuff in the former from a flavour of boiling and dish-cloths in the second. A... ...of her endeavour was bent upon keeping her watch true to Glasgow time till she should reach New York. They had heard reports, her husband and she, of ... ...ree or common accent among English-speaking men who follow the sea. They catch a twang in a New England Port; from a cockney skipper, even a Scotsman ... ... drawing ever nearer the beginning of the wood, you will arrive at last before an inn where artists lodge. T o the door (for I imagine it to be six o’... ...stract the attention, for one thing, and the forest is more itself. It is not bedotted with artists’ sunshades as with unknown mushrooms, nor bestrewn... ...tournaments are organised at chess, draughts, billiards and whist. Once and again wandering artists drop into our mountain valley, com- ing you know n...

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...re nor less than with an aquatic mammal, unknown till then, which threw up from its blow-holes columns of water mixed with air and vapour. Similar fac... ...Navigation Company. But this extraordinary creature could transport itself from one place to another with surprising velocity; as, in an inter- val of... ...ed in the pa- pers caricatures of every gigantic and imaginary crea- ture, from the white whale, the terrible “Moby Dick” of sub-arctic regions, to th... ... months of the year 1867 the question seemed buried, never to revive, when new facts were brought before the public. It was then no longer a scien- ti... ...tached me to that expedition. After six months in Nebraska, I ar- rived in New York towards the end of March, laden with a precious collection. My dep... ...ed me to that expedition. After six months in Nebraska, I ar- rived in New York towards the end of March, laden with a precious collection. My departu... ...e invited to put their finger on the wound of the Scotia. On my arrival at New York the question was at its height. The theory of the floating island,... ...vited to put their finger on the wound of the Scotia. On my arrival at New York the question was at its height. The theory of the floating island, and... ... last souvenirs of that world which is dead to me. In my eyes, your modern artists are already old; they have two or three thousand years of existence...

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...pected similarities and disagreements, deep common attractions and repulsions, declare themselves. It is one of these fundamental substances that the new link between France and America is made, and some reasons for the strength of the link ought to be discoverable in the suddenly bared depths of the French heart. There are two ways of judging a foreign people: at first si...

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...I, 18 -- IV, 21 -- IV? Intellectual Honesty, 24 -- I, 24 -- II, 26 -- III, 28 -- V? Continuity, 31 -- I, 31 -- II, 32 -- III, 35 -- IV, 37 -- VI? The New Frenchwoman, 39 -- VII? In Conclusion, 48 -- I, 48 -- II, 52 -- III, 53...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 VI — The New Frenchwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 VII — In C... ...ions, declare themselves. It is one of these fundamental substances that the new link between France and America is made, and some reasons for the str... ...e dissemblances, or, if he probes below the surface, he will find them sprung from the same stem as many different seeming characteris tics of his own... ...harp outlines will become blurred with what the painters call “repentances.” From this twilight it is hardly possible for any foreigner’s judgment to ... ...nk spirits and those who drink wine, between those whose social polity dates from the Forum, and those who still feel and legislate in terms of the pr... ...rwald and the forests of Britain are plunged afresh into the wilderness of a new continent, it is natural that in many respects they should be still f... ...a platitude, though it may be a truism, to say that the French are a race of artists: it is the key that unlocks every door of their complex psycholog... ... of the wholly non creative races. But the men of English blood are creative artists too; theirs is the incomparable gift of poetic expression. And an... ... course, to the inevitable conclusion that the French are a race of creative artists, and that artistic creativeness requires first a free play of the ...

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...Stack up on that fer a high cyard,” approved Big Jim Belden, who had come down from his claim on Mazy May to spend Christ mas, and who, as every one ... ... ask Father Roubeau here: he performed the ceremony.” The Jesuit took the pipe from his lips, but could only express his gratification with patriarchal... ...ow, and jest and song and tales of past adventure went round the board. Aliens from a dozen lands, they toasted each and all. It was the Englishman, P... ...s the Englishman, Prince, who pledged “Uncle Sam, the precocious infant of the New World;” the Yankee, Bettles, who drank to “The Queen, God bless her... ... * * * Fifteen minutes had barely elapsed when the jingle of bells an nounced new arrivals. The door opened, and a mounted police man of the Northwe... ...Ruth’s portion, the despairing stoicism of her race, and Male mute Kid adding new lines to his face of bronze. In fact, Mason suffered least of all, ... ... of Klakee Nah, a chief, and she lived in the Holy Cross Mission where were no artists, but only pure souled Sisters who were interested in cleanlines... ...off a wreck in the schooner that brought him. Mr. Haveby next selected a young Yorkshire giant to relieve Bun ster. The Yorkshire man had a reputatio... ...ght. He was a regular little lamb — for ten days, at the end of which time the Yorkshire man was prostrated by a combined attack of dysentery and feve...

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...erly minds. This, to be frank about it, is a process of tidying up, which, from the nature of things, cannot be regarded as premature. The fact is tha... ...d, which was but a de- cent thing to do, but in no way polished, extending from the year ’98 to the year ’20, a thin array (for such a stretch of time... ...ttle dusty (after the process of tidying up), a little bowed, and receding from the world not because of weariness or misanthropy but for other reason... ... languor or violence in its force, never running back upon itself, opening new visions at every turn of its course through that richly inhab- ited cou... ...s loves and its hates about every twenty-five years—at the coming of every new and wiser generation. One of the most generous of the dead is Daudet, w... ...ome he secured for his tales in this country was from Mr. W. Henley in the New Review and later, towards the end of his life, from the late Mr. Willia... ...value—be- sides being impracticable. Yes, indeed. Art has served Religion; artists have found the most exalted inspiration in Christianity; but the li... ...t belong to me. It may be found in the note-books of one of the great- est artists that ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci. It has a simplicity and a truth... ...t of view the sight of the august senators of a great Power rushing to New York and beginning to bully and badger the luckless “Yamsi”—on the very qua...