Excerpt from Through Cities and Prairie Lands: Sketches of an American Tour IT is the grey dawn of a July day; we are up with the sun, nay, before the sun, eager to start on our first Atlantic voyage. In order to avoid the hurry and bustle Of a crowded Liverpool hotel, I and my com panion, for we are two, had resolved to start by the first train, and go direct on board. Therefore, at Six O'clock on this bright July morning, we arrive at Euston Square station, and there find a host of friends, who, in spite Of the early hour, have gathered to bid us God Speed. They are all gift-laden; one brings books and bonbons, another a basket Of rich ripe straw berries, then a patent corkscrew and telescope is thrust into my hand, and last, though not least, just as the train is moving out Of the station, one late arrival breathlessly gasps Good-bye and fiings a packet Of pins, a box Of matches, and a cake of scented soap in at the window. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.