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Title: My Impresssions of America

Author: Margot Asquith

Release Date: January 28, 2010 [EBook #31110]

Language: English

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MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA

MARGOT ASQUITH

[Illustration: _Copyright by Harris and Ewing_

MARGOT ASQUITH

Returning from her visit to the White House.]

MY IMPRESSIONS
OF AMERICA

BY

MARGOT ASQUITH

AUTHOR OF "MARGOT ASQUITH: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY," ETC.

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.

MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. I
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I: ABOARD THE _CARMANIA_
PAGE
MARGOT NOT A NATURAL TOURIST; LACKS
CURIOSITY--HEADLINES IN LONDON COMPARED
WITH HEADLINES IN NEW YORK--AMERICAN
WOMEN WORLDLY--AMERICAN
MEN THE GENUINE ARTICLE 11

II: ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK

REPORTERS LACKING IN AWE--SPLENDOURS OF
HOTEL LIFE--FIRST LECTURE A FAILURE
AS RESULT OF SEA-SICKNESS--THRILLED
BY NEW YORK'S ARCHITECTURE 21

III: BOSTON AND WORCESTER

DISCOMFORT OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA--STAGE
FRIGHT IN BOSTON--BOSTONIANS INTELLIGENT
AND COURTEOUS--JOHN SARGENT'S
FRESCOES IN THE MUSEUM 29

IV: UNRESPONSIVE PHILADELPHIA

SERMON ON LIFE AS A TRAINING SCHOOL--MARGOT'S
ENGLISH NOT UNDERSTOOD IN PHILADELPHIA--MRS.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT'S
BAL POUDRE--PRAISE FROM HEYWOOD
BROUN 41

V: THE WHITE HOUSE AND WASHINGTON

PRESIDENT HARDING EASY TO TALK TO--MARGOT
EXPLAINS ENGLISH POLITICS--CHATS
WITH WOODROW WILSON--IMPRESSED BY
AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND