Excerpt from The Americans as They Are: Described in a Tour Through the Valley of the Mississippi
The publication of this tour was intended for the year 1827. Several circumstances have prevented it.
The American is, as far as relates to his own country, justly supposed to be prone to exaggeration. English travellers, on the contrary, are apt to undervalue brother Jonathan and his country. The Author has twice seen these countries, of whose present state he gives a sketch in the following pages. He is far from claiming for his work any sort of literary merit. Truth and practical observation are his chief points. Whether his opinions and statements are correct, it remains for the reader to judge, and experience to confirm.
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