American Cooking--Evening Parties--Dress--Sleighing-- Money-getting Habits--Tax-Gatherer's Notice--Indian Summer--Anecdote of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar In relating all I know of America, I surely must not omit so important a feature as the cooking.

There are sundry anomalies in the mode of serving even a first-rate table; but as these are altogether matters of custom, they by no means indicate either indifference or neglect in this important business; and whether castors are placed on the table or on the sideboard; whether soup, fish, patties, and salad be eaten in orthodox order or not, signifies but little.

I am hardly capable, I fear, of giving a very erudite critique on the subject; general observations therefore must suffice.

The ordinary mode of living is abundant, but not delicate.

They consume an extraordinary quantity of bacon.