A Yorkshireman's Trip to the United States and Canada. By
William Smith. (Longmans.)—Mr. Smith has nothing par- ticularly new to say about the States and Canada. That he was somewhat fortunate in his experiences; may be concluded from the fact that he carried away an agreeable impression of the rail- way officials and the hotel clerks, and that he found all the young reople, as a rule, polite, considerate, and orderly. Some travellers have told us a different tale. Any one proposing to cross the Atlantic may well spend an hour or so in reading what Mr. W. Smith has to say. It will put him in good spirits, and will not be without some use as a guide. But he must not credit our author when he writes that " Harvard was founded only ninety years later than our own Cambridge." Harvard was first started in 1636, and got its name three years later. The " Chancellor and Masters " of Cambridge are mentioned in 1231.
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