emphasis,
everything that he had uttered privately or had implied in his previous
publications. The first of these works was entitled "Sketches of
Switzerland." It was divided into two parts. The first, which was
published on May 21, 1836, gave an account of his residence and
excursions in that country during the summer and autumn of 1828. The
second part, which appeared October 8, 1836, was largely taken up with
accounts of matters and things in Paris during the winter of 1831-32, a
journey up the Rhine, and a second visit to Switzerland. These two parts
made four volumes. The remaining six had the general title of "Gleanings
in Europe," and two each were devoted to France, England, and Italy. The
first of these was published March 4, 1837; the second September 2 of
the same year; and the third, May 26, 1838. They were written in the
form of letters, and were pretty certainly made up from letters actually
written or memoranda taken at the time. But they were likewise largely
interspersed with the expression of views and feelings that he had
learned to adopt and cherish since his return to his native land.

In the case of England and America, in particular, his remarks (p. 136)
may have been full of light, but they did not exhibit sweetness.
Probably no set of travels was ever more elaborately contrived to arouse
the wrath of readers in both countries, nor one that more successfully
fulfilled its mission. His keen observation let no striking traits
escape notice. The individual Englishmen he meets and describes could
furnish entertainment only to men that were not themselves Englishmen.
There is, for instance, the sea-captain who endeavors to compensate for
his lack of energy by giving his passenger an account of the marvelous
riches of the nobility and gentry. Even more graphically drawn is the
islander he met in the Bernese Oberland, who appeared to regard the peak
of the Jungfrau with contempt, as if it did very well for Switzerland;
and who, when his attention was called to a singularly beautiful effect
upon a mountain top, began to tell how cheap mutton was in
Herefordshire. Nor were many of his general remarks flattering. As one
descended in the social scale he thought the English the most artificial
people on earth. Large numbers of them mistook a labored, feigned,
heartless manner for high-breeding. The mass of them acted in society
like children who have had their hair combed and faces washed, to be
shown