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COTTAGES.
On the tenth day after we landed at Liverpool, we arrived in London and settled ourselves very comfortably in lodgings at No.

202, Piccadilly, where every possible attention was paid to us by our landlord and his wife, Mr.and Mrs.Weeks.We performed the journey in a post-chaise, fearing that the rapid motion of a rail car might have an unpleasant effect upon the health of Mr.Hope well.
Of the little incidents of travel that occurred to us, or of the various objects of attraction on the route, it is not my intention to give any account.

Our journey was doubtless much like the journeys of other people, and every thing of local interest is to be found in Guide Books, or topographical works, which are within the reach of every body.
This book, however imperfect its execution may be, is altogether of another kind.

I shall therefore pass over this and other subsequent journeys, with no other remark, than that they were performed, until something shall occur illustrative of the objects I have in view.
On this occasion I shall select from my diary a description of the labourer's cottage, and the parish church; because the one shews the habits, tastes, and condition of the poor of this country, in contrast with that of America--and the other, the relative means of religious instruction, and its effect on the lower orders.
On the Saturday morning, while preparing to resume our journey, which was now nearly half completed, Mr.Hopewell expressed a desire to remain at the inn where we were, until the following Monday.