The Uncommercial Traveller

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The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens

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  EDINBURGHREVIEWforJanuary,1862,whichishighlyremarkableforitsphilosophicalandliteraryresearchconcerningtheseLatter-DaySaints。Ifindinitthefollowingsentences:-’TheSelectCommitteeoftheHouseofCommonsonemigrantshipsfor1854

  summonedtheMormonagentandpassenger-brokerbeforeit,andcametotheconclusionthatnoshipsundertheprovisionsofthe“PassengersAct“couldbedependeduponforcomfortandsecurityinthesamedegreeasthoseunderhisadministration。TheMormonshipisaFamilyunderstrongandaccepteddiscipline,witheveryprovisionforcomfort,decorumandinternalpeace。’

  WhenIthinkIdeserveparticularlywellofmyself,andhaveearnedtherighttoenjoyalittletreat,IstrollfromCovent-gardenintotheCityofLondon,afterbusiness-hoursthere,onaSaturday,or-

  betteryet-onaSunday,androamaboutitsdesertednooksandcorners。Itisnecessarytothefullenjoymentofthesejourneysthattheyshouldbemadeinsummer-time,forthentheretiredspotsthatIlovetohaunt,areattheiridlestanddullest。Agentlefallofrainisnotobjectionable,andawarmmistsetsoffmyfavouriteretreatstodecidedadvantage。

  Amongthese,CityChurchyardsholdahighplace。SuchstrangechurchyardshideintheCityofLondon;churchyardssometimessoentirelydetachedfromchurches,alwayssopresseduponbyhouses;

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