It is a mistaken idea that the English people sneer at or slight Americans. Every well-informed Englishman acknowledges the United States to be the most progressive nation on earth. Everything American is sought after, and American ideas command the highest price.
I have found the better class of English the most charming of people, and their hospitality knows no limit. My stay here, away from my native land, has been one bright dream of pleasure, made so particularly by a dear old English couple, and by the family on the house-boat.
And now, good-bye, bright, fragrant and flowery England!
SCOTLAND
I canna thole my ain toun, sin' I hae dwelt i' this;
To bide in Edinboro' reek wad be the tap o' bliss.
Yon bonnie plaid aboot me hap, the skirlin' pipes gae bring,
With thistles fair tie up my hair, while I of Scotia sing.
Kate Douglas Wiggin.