. Rural essays . alf a million of people. In crossing the Atlantic, a young New-Yorker, who was rabidly patriotic, and who boasted daily of thesuperiority of our beloved commercial metropolis over every city onthe globe, was our most amusing companion. I chanced to meethim one afternoon a few days after we landed, in one of the greatparks in London, in the midst of all the sylvan beauty and humanenjoyment, I Lave attempted to describe to you. He threw up his THE LONDON PARKS. 55*7 arms as he recognized me, and exclaimed— Good heavens! what ascene, and / took some Londoners to the steps of the
. Rural essays . alf a million of people. In crossing the Atlantic, a young New-Yorker, who was rabidly patriotic, and who boasted daily of thesuperiority of our beloved commercial metropolis over every city onthe globe, was our most amusing companion. I chanced to meethim one afternoon a few days after we landed, in one of the greatparks in London, in the midst of all the sylvan beauty and humanenjoyment, I Lave attempted to describe to you. He threw up his THE LONDON PARKS. 55*7 arms as he recognized me, and exclaimed— Good heavens! what ascene, and / took some Londoners to the steps of the City Hall lastsummer, to show them the Park of New-York ! I consoled himwith the advice to be less conceited thereafter in his cockneyism,and to show foreigners the Hudson and Niagara, instead of theCity Hall and Bowling Green. But the question may well be asked,Is New-York really not rich enough, or is there absolutely not landenough in America to give our citizens public parks of more thanten acres ? THE END,. The Roccoco Garden of Baron Hugel, near Vienna. 3^7 7 4
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