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   Sullivan                Introduction
   Sullivan                Introduction
                   No one w-d now think of writing a continuous narrative
                   No one wd now think of writing a continuous narrative
of travel in the United States of  America. The only alternative
of travel in the United States of  America. The only alternative
hitherto adopted has been that of Essays on American subjects.
hitherto adopted has been that of Essays on American subjects.
But towards these the opinion of the reading public has not been
But towards these the opinion of the reading public has not been
so favourable as to make one desirous of adding to their number
so favourable as to make one desirous of adding to their number.
There appears , however, to be another form, as yet I believe untried,
There appears, however, to be another form, as yet I believe untried,
in which he who has traveled in a country, about which people
in which he who has traveled in a country, about which people
know much, but from which they are still desirous of hearing
know much, but from which they are still desirous of hearing
something more may present to the reader what he has to say.
something more, may present to the reader what he has to say.
He may write, I mean, somewhat in the fashion of a book of
table-talk. This he may do by confining himself just to what he
knows wd be listened to with interest in a company of intelligent
persons, who had some acquaintance with the subject; & by putting
what he has to say of this kind, with the conciseness & if possible
with the point, required in conversation. This wd. render it ne-
cessary that the book sd consist rather of paragraphs than of
chapters; & that these sd frequently have little or no connexion;
many of them being very brief, because they will contain merely some
observation, or the notice of some fact, for which half a dozen line will
suffice. It is in this way that I now propose to write about America, trust
that by so doing I shall spare my readers time & patience.

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? A winter in the United States 1

  Sullivan                Introduction
                  No one wd now think of writing a continuous narrative

of travel in the United States of America. The only alternative hitherto adopted has been that of Essays on American subjects. But towards these the opinion of the reading public has not been so favourable as to make one desirous of adding to their number. There appears, however, to be another form, as yet I believe untried, in which he who has traveled in a country, about which people know much, but from which they are still desirous of hearing something more, may present to the reader what he has to say. He may write, I mean, somewhat in the fashion of a book of table-talk. This he may do by confining himself just to what he knows wd be listened to with interest in a company of intelligent persons, who had some acquaintance with the subject; & by putting what he has to say of this kind, with the conciseness & if possible with the point, required in conversation. This wd. render it ne- cessary that the book sd consist rather of paragraphs than of chapters; & that these sd frequently have little or no connexion; many of them being very brief, because they will contain merely some observation, or the notice of some fact, for which half a dozen line will suffice. It is in this way that I now propose to write about America, trust that by so doing I shall spare my readers time & patience.