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 . nd broken arches of blue sky. All the bright flowers that fill the land,Ripples of waves on rock or sand,The snow on Fusiyamas cone,The midnight heaven so thickly sownWith constellations of bright stars,The leaves that rustle, the reeds that makeA whisper by each stream and lake,The saffron d
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 . nd broken arches of blue sky. All the bright flowers that fill the land,Ripples of waves on rock or sand,The snow on Fusiyamas cone,The midnight heaven so thickly sownWith constellations of bright stars,The leaves that rustle, the reeds that makeA whisper by each stream and lake,The saffron dawn, the sunset red,Are painted on these lovely jars ;Again the sky-lark sings, againThe stork, the heron, and the craneFloat through the azure overhead,The counterfeit and counter]>artOf nature reproduced in art. 5i6 JAPAN. The bay of Sumida is not open to the outside world, andwe are only here because we are the guests of the the treaties there are specified ports open to trade, andin others vessels are forbidden to enter except under stressof weather. The Japanese would be glad to open any port intheir kingdom, if the foreign powers would abate some of thehard conditions imposed upon them at the point of the this there will, one hopes, soon be an understanding honor-. ESSK
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