Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ed men, and all young men. The men hereto-night have made the new Japan, and as you pick them out,one after the other, you see that they are young, with the fire,the force, and the sincerity of youth. The only ones in thegroups who appear to be over forty are Sanjo and has never
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ed men, and all young men. The men hereto-night have made the new Japan, and as you pick them out,one after the other, you see that they are young, with the fire,the force, and the sincerity of youth. The only ones in thegroups who appear to be over forty are Sanjo and has never put any force upon the government; his mis-sion has been to use his high rank and lofty station to smoothand reconcile and conciliate. As for Iwakura, although he did 6o8 JAPAN. more than any one else at the time, they say that he has ceasedto look kindly upon the changes, that his heart yearns for oldJapan, and that his eyes are turned with affection and sorrowtoward the lamented and irrecoverable past. Supper coming, groups go in various directions—some withMrs. Grant and the ladies to one room, where there are icesand delicate refreshments, and some, especially the Americans,with Saigo and Kawamura and Prince Dati, to drink a joy-ous toast, a friendly farewell bumper to the Colonel before he. A JAPANESE SHOEMAKER. sails home. And this special fragment of the company becomesa kind of maelstrom, especially fatal to naval men and Americans,who are sooner or later drawn into its eddy. But the maelstromis away in one of the wings of the palace. In the drawing-roomsfriends come and go, and give their wishes to the General andall of us, and wander about to see the decorations of ourunique and most interesting dwelling ; or more likely go outunder the trees to feel the cool night air, as it comes in fromthe ocean, and note the variegated lanterns as they illuminate thelandscape ; or watch the masses of fire and flame and colors thatflash against the dense and glowing sky, and sha
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