Life and Society in America. By S. P. Day. (Newman.)—Mr._
Day's observations and conclusions relate chiefly to New York, which has no more claim to be considered America than Liverpool has to be considered England. The manners and customs of society, polite or- other, do not find much favour in his sight. Some of his criticism 'is, doubtless, just ; how far it may be considered to extend to social life in the United States generally, or in the Eastern States especi- ally, is another question. Mr. Day himself recognises a consider- able difference, when he gets into a region more distinctively American. But it would have been better, considering the very limited amount of his experiences (so far, at least, as they are- recorded in this volume), if he had given his work a more correctly descriptive title.
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