Papers from over the Water. By Sinclair Tommy. (New York
: American News Company.)—Mr. Sinclair, starting for Europe, was asked by his friends to write to them about what he saw. He complied by writing to the newspapers which his friends always had it in their power to read, and thus saved his time and, we hope, realized some dollars. They are pleasant letters enough, except, indeed, when the- writer begins to talk "tall," and this he sometimes does in a most amazing manner, as, for instance, when he says of Pompeii, that it was "buried ere the blood was dry on the cross of Christianity's Founder," which can be true only in the region of miracle, as it was buried A.D- 79. This fault apart, he is blameless enough, being willing to allow that there are matters in which the United States might possibly improve their ways. We do not feel quite certain about the accuracy of this- information. It is quite possible that, as he tells us, Baron Rothschild's place near Geneva, "as a whole, doesn't compare with that of Morris Ketchum, at Westport, Ct.," but we must dissent when we rea& that a morning visit to Covent Garden Market will enable the visitor to see "about as much beef as can be seen elsewhere in the same space."
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