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as they existed in 1850. Occasionally her kind
heart, generosity, and optimism obscure her
critical judgment, and in the United States the
ardent welcome she received may well have colored
her observations. But, after all, there was much
sunshine and promise in the America of Emerson and
Webster, and it is to Fredrika Bremer’s credit
that she emphasizes these features rather than
finding fault with everything. On the whole, she
is a keen student, ever sincere and courageous, and
if justified, according to the best of her belief,
never hesitates to criticise unfavorably, though
always in a friendly spirit.
We have suggested that Miss Bremer traveled the length
and breadth of this republic, meeting all kinds of
people, visiting all types of public institutions,
glancing into the workshops and examining the food
both of factory employees in the North and of slaves
in the South, and inspecting public buildings from
the Tombs to the Capitol. In private homes she made a
host of friends, among them the Lowells, Marcus and
Rebecca Spring, and the landscape architect, Andrew
Jackson Downing. She was literally overwhelmed by
American hospitality and solicitude. Aside from some
cold bed-rooms and tiring dinners she was delighted
with America. As for the broadening West, she dreamed
of a millennium in the
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