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What I Saw in America, by G. K. Chesterton
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Title: What I Saw in America
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Release Date: November 13, 2008 [EBook #27250]
Language: English
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WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON
MCMXXII
Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. CONSTABLE LTD. at the Edinburgh University Press
Contents
PAGE
WHAT IS AMERICA? 1
A MEDITATION IN A NEW YORK HOTEL 19
A MEDITATION IN BROADWAY 33
IRISH AND OTHER INTERVIEWERS 47
SOME AMERICAN CITIES 63
IN THE AMERICAN COUNTRY 80
THE AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN 97
PRESIDENTS AND PROBLEMS 121
PROHIBITION IN FACT AND FANCY 145
FADS AND PUBLIC OPINION 163
THE EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN 182
THE REPUBLICAN IN THE RUINS 195
IS THE ATLANTIC NARROWING? 208
LINCOLN AND LOST CAUSES 222
WELLS AND THE WORLD STATE 235
A NEW MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 253
THE SPIRIT OF