Show but things have chang fd before I 1 had been a weak in this country I 1 noted three national peculiarities iari ties which had never been meni tinned to me by visitors to the states no american hums or whittles tAles a 1 tune tume either at home or in the street not one american in boo has a dog 0 not one american in 1000 carries a walking 0 stick 1 I who hum perpetually who love dogs who cannot live I 1 without a walking stick am greatly distressed at finding my dear americans deficient in the three social virtues just enumerated wilkie collins old letter |