Here again I saw, as never before, what vast strides the world has made within one century.
But, indoors, one returns to modern times.

The table, beds, rooms of the chateau were much the same as those of Toulouse and New York city.

The cooking is not like ours, however, unless Delmonico's skill be supposed to have extended to all the homes in Manhattan Island, which is, unfortunately, not the case.

What an admirable product of French genius is the art of cooking! Of incalculable value have been the culinary teachings of Vatel and his followers.
One of the sources of amusement, during my sojourn at Jacournassy, was of a literary nature.

My son Theodore was then busy collecting the materials for his book entitled "The Woman Question in Europe," and every post brought in manuscripts and letters from all parts of the continent, written in almost every tongue known to Babel.