Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.

The view of the Rocky Mountains from the Divide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the finest in Colorado.

'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'

London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.