To see ourselves as others soo if the lessons taught us by o rightly applied, to be an excellent thing for ustions and in The peo. ple of two countries are at the present time especially subjected to goodhumioured and intelligent attention and criticism from grest numbers of each other's inhabitants. The Atlantic steamers have this season carried greater numbers of information and pleasure secking Englishmen than ever before. And the average number of eighty thousand Americans who are said to have gone to Earopeannunlly for some years past, line this year been considerably exceeded. So many members of Parliament have passed their autumn holidays in the United Stal there is a danger of these personages becoming such common objects as to cease to obtain much attention. Of course all have not gone solely in an enquiring'spirit. A little business has in mapy cases been added to the philosophical objects of the tour. But-a great namber of Englishmen have visited America to acquaint themselves, as well as a short trip will allow them, with the political and social condition of Canada and the United States. They may not be-able to learn much in the course of a few' weeks, asmuch of their time will be passed in rail way travelling, but may have seen many things which will enable them to decide points about which their reading had left them doubtful. While it would appear from what we have seen in the papers that English travellers are to Aimerioa chiefly to increase their knowledge, Americans, we learn from the same sources, are going to Europe mainly for pleasure. In the last term are included a great namber of some. what diverse thiugs,—the ties of London and of Continental cities, the contest of dress and toilet, the pur. abase of pictures, libraries, pric d prac, in short all the good things and vanities which rich people gather to themaclyes, Bat among the crowd of Americans who are visiting the old world there are certainly many who intend to make pretty mach the same use of thei as the intelligent Englishmen wil todoiuAmerics, Que has only to glance at the contents of the best American newspapers and magazines, to cee how general and minute is the interest taken by all classes of people in Baropean and particularly in English affairs of all kinds, The pains taken by American newspapers to keep their readers abreast, not only with events in England, but with the phases of political thought there, is well illustrated by the quantity of space which the Nation devotes'to such matters. Every number contains long and excellent letters from ite Correspondents, while the proceedings nd_ even of political bodies that have little importance in the eyes of the average, non. partisan Englishman, are reviewed in leaders and paragraphs. The merits, actions, claims to position, and, in short, the whole public conduct of English statesmen are carefully considered al most week by week. The foreign nowa in the New York Herald, and especially that from Great Britain and its de. pendence London daily papers, No English no papers attempt to give' their ra such fall information about the United States as the two New York papora we have mentioned give of Bugland, nor do they try to acquaint their readers with the characteristics and. ophions of American statesmen, as dozens of their contemporaries in large American cities try to enlighten their readers about Europesa public mon. 'This care to present o faithful picture of English political life at any: portion lar time, is rendered less valuable by all the London Correspondents bélonging to one school of opinion. If' we might offer a word of advice to the conductors of the Nation, it would be~ to invite correspondence now and then from those who are opposed to the policy of Mr. Gladstone, or even from those who may occasionally be visited with doubts of his auiversal wisdom. Americans who are not well acquainted with English: politios, if they-obtained their sole information''on these from
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