ugh the cursing sailor cannot offend God,
having no other language to express himself, such language, used in public
prints, degrades the people's language, and National Literature.

Besides, not satisfied with their strong words, they have now introduced
engravings, and lithographies with the portraits of the very citizens,
whom republicans should respect: and the very newspapers, which condemn
John Bull for having fought in a ring of american spectators, exhibit Mr.
Henry Clay knocking down the ex-president. Fine moral, indeed! The lustful
pictures of Diogenes are less immoral, than such caricatures. The first,
is nature exposed to lewdness; the second, inculcates in the mind of man
the very scornful laugh of the jews, when Jesus Christ was dying on the
cross! If we cannot find other subjects for laughing but such pictures, it
would be better for us never to laugh during the whole of our life.

CHAPTER V.

OF TOURISTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

The very kind of laughter, already described in the foregoing chapter,
induced many tourists to laugh at every little imperfection they meet in
foreign countries. The laughter of a man of letters should be inoffensive:
it should be rather the laughter enhancing the merit of the person he
laughs at, than a depreciating, or self-conceited laughter.

Once, in giving letters of introduction to a gentleman, who was going to
visit Italy, I could not prevent myself from smiling, on hearing him say:
"The Italians are an intelligent people."--"How do you know it?" said I to
him. "Because" he answered, "I think so." Now a days, every thing goes so
fast, that even gentlemen judge of nations before they have seen them! And
celebrated writers sell their books, describing nations which they never
saw. To those who praised my poor, dear country, rather too much,
originated perhaps, from their blind love towards my imperfect, lovely
country, I will still be thankful to them, though their praises might
spoil Italy. However, the Vicar of Wakefield, also, praised his wife upon
her epitaph, which he placed on the chimney piece, in order to keep the
good woman to her family duties, during her life time!

No nation has yet reached the civilization for which God created us. As
the lover of a little discrimination sees better the faults of the lady
whom he loves, than the faults of the ladies whom he does not love, a man
of letters, who has at heart the improvements of society, sees the faults