a character sketch, 448

American speech, uniformity of, 85, 209

Americanisms, in English speech, 209;
their origin in America, 216;
disappearing, 224

Americans, at home in England, 36;
fraternise with English abroad, 38;
and "foreigners," 39;
as sailors, 62;
their ambitions, 90;
in London, 106;
ignorant of foreign affairs, 113;
treatment of women, 119 _sqq._;
their insularity, 146;
energy, 148;
humour, 152;
what they think of English universities, 169;
pride of family in, 181;
know no "betters," 194;
ambitious of versatility, 205;
as linguists, 206;
purists in speech, 219;
cannot lie, 352;
as story-tellers, 366;
non-litigious, 394;
do not build for posterity, 396;
dislike stamps, 398;
as sportsmen, 409

_Anglais, l'_, 2, 37, 141

Anglomania, 163

Anglo-Saxon, family likeness, the, 35, 432;
particularist spirit, 37;
versatility, 74;
spirit in America, 87, 244;
superiority, 118;
attitude towards women, 140;
ideals in education, 170;
a fighting race, 187;
ambition to be versatile, 205;
and Celt in politics, 254;
superior morality of, 349;
pluck and energy, 381;
the sporting instinct, 426

Anstey, F. L., his German professor, 156

Archer, Wm., on the Anglo-Saxon type, 38;
on the American's outlook on the world, 97;
on pressing clothes, 214

Architecture, American, 160

Aristocracy, in the U. S., 309;
the British disreputable, 338, 442

Arnold, Matthew, his judgment of Americans, 108;
his clothes, 108;
on American colleges, 167;
on American newspapers, 177;
on generals as booksellers, 185

Art, American, 160;
feminine knowledge of, 182

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, the, 363

Athletics in England and America, 420

Atlantis, a new, 94

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Baldwin, W. H., 305

Banks, American and English, 383

Barnard College, 142

Bears, bickering with, 381

Bell-cord, divination by the, 363

Benedick and Beatrice, 429

Bonds, recoiling from, 236

Books, advantage of reading, 172;
ease of buying, in America, 174;
prices of, 175;