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in comfortable steamers, going from one great seaport to 

 another, and occasionally taking a short railway journey 

 to some big interior city not too far from the coast. This 

 is a trip well worth taking by all intelligent men and 

 women who can afford it; and it is being taken by such 

 men and women with increasing frequency. It entails 

 no more difficulty than a similar trip to the Mediterranean 

 — than such a trip as that which Mark Twain immortal- 

 ized. It is a trip which to a learned and broad-minded 

 observer offers the same chance for acquiring knowledge 

 and, if he is himself gifted with wisdom, the same chance 

 of imparting his knowledge to others that is offered by a 

 trip of similar length through the larger cities of Europe 

 or the United States. Probably the best instance of the 

 excellent use to which such an observer can put his experi- 

 ence is afforded by the volume of Mr. Bryce. Of course, 

 such a trip represents travelling of essentially the same 

 kind as travelling by railroad from Atlanta to Calgary 

 or from Madrid to Moscow. 



Next there are the travellers who visit the long-settled 

 districts and colonial cities of the interior, travelling over 

 land or river highways which have been traversed for 

 centuries but which are still primitive as regards the inns 

 and the modes of conveyance. Such travelling is difficult 

 in the sense that travelling in parts of Spain or. southern 

 Italy or the Balkan states is difficult. Men and women 

 who have a taste for travel in out-of-the-way places and 

 who, therefore, do not mind slight discomforts and in- 

 conveniences have the chance themselves to enjoy, and 

 to make others profit by, travels of this kind in South 

 America. In economic, social, and political matters the 



