Excerpt from America as I Saw It: Or America Revisited What am 'i to say to precede this cubist-impression picture of a great country? Odd notes at odd moments, often made at lightning speed, and under all sorts of circumstances and conditions, lie herein. If you write about America and don't lay eulogy on with a spoon you will never be able to set foot in the United States of America again, they will hate you so, said a friend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.