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of the people seen upon the Corso, are quite up to those 

 seen at Hyde Park and Rotten Row. 



There is now very much building going on. There 

 are whole streets of new buildings. I am told that 

 this progress is altogether fictitious, and that before 

 long this apparent progress will be checked, and that 

 bankruptcy and ruin are sure to follow. I have heard 

 that said about so many places, that I attach little 

 weight to such statements. I am glad to see evidences 

 of prosperity, and hope it may prove permanent, 

 now that Rome and Italy are bursting away from a 

 yoke of bondage which in past ages has been grievous 

 to be borne. 



YORK, ENGLAND, April, 1888. 



