Gleanings in Europe : $b France, vol. 1 of 2

· 1851

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It may seem to be late in the day, to give an account of the more ordinary characteristics of Europe. But the mass of all nations can form their opinions of others through the medium of testimony only; and as no two travellers see precisely the same things, or, when seen, view them with precisely the same eyes, this is a species of writing, after all, that is not likely to pall, or cease to be useful. The changes, that are constantly going on every where, call for as constant repetitions of the descriptions; and althou…

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