The
Land of Contrasts
 A Briton's View of his American Kin
By
James Fullarton Muirhead
Author of Baedeker's Handbooks to Great Britain
and the United States


Lamson, Wolffe and Company
Boston, New York and London
MDCCCXCVIII.

Copyright, 1898
By Lamson, Wolffe and Company
All rights reserved

Press of
Rockwell and Churchill
BOSTON, U.S.A.
To
The Land
That has given me
What makes Life most worth living
Contents
Chapter Page
I.Introductory1
II.The Land of Contrasts7
III.Lights and Shadows of American Society24
IV.An Appreciation of the American Woman45
V.The American Child63
VI.International Misapprehensions and National Differences74
VII.Sports and Amusements106
VIII.The Humour of the "Man on the Cars"128
IX.American Journalism—A Mixed Blessing143
X.Some Literary Straws162
XI.Certain Features of Certain Cities190
XII.Baedekeriana219
XIII.The American Note273
[Pg vii]
Author's Note
My first visit to the United States of America—a short one—was paidin 1888. The observations on which this book is mainly based were,however, made in 1890-93, when I spent nearly three years in thecountry, engaged in the preparation of "Baedeker's Handbook to theUnited States." My work led me into almost every State and                        
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