Excerpt from A Year in Europe, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the North of Italy, and Holland; In 1818 and 1819 The relations between America becoming every day more interesting The unexampled rapidity with which agriculture, and arts of the United Stat and increasing; the extraordinary facilit1es now given to the social intercourse between the new and the; old world; and the unabated spirit of enterpnze and flights, try, which prevails In many parts of Europe; escaping to render these relations a concern of, the gidgl; moment, -as tending, in no inconsiderable degreefi'o influence the tranquillity and happiness of alargepoctmn of the civilized globe. 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.