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A CRUSADE IN THE EAST. 
ing the newspapers in a cafe , on the top of the Bighi criti¬ 
cising the rising of the sun, in Vienna wandering through the 
Paradei’s Garten, in Berlin gazing calmly at the statue of 
Frederick the Great, on the Acropolis of Athens examining 
the Parthenon, in Constantinople lounging about the Bazaars, 
in Smyrna eating beefsteak at the Hotel of the Two Augustas 
—always reserved, serious, dogmatical, and English. When 
there were only Americans in the party he was a vast im¬ 
provement upon Bromley. As a matter of principle and 
'habit, he never makes acquaintances that may be troublesome 
hereafter. He is the embodiment of the non-committal. He 
never takes any thing on hearsay; he looks at nothing that 
is not designated in the guide-book ; patronizes no hotel that 
is not favorably mentioned by Murray; admires no picture 
except by number and corresponding reference to the name 
of the artist; is only moved to enthusiasm when the thing is 
pronounced a chef d oeuvre by the standard authorities. He 
