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Title: A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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lding and the grounds wereilluminated with lanterns—festoons of lanterns dangling fromthe windows and the balconies—running in lines to the gate andswaying aloft to the crosstrees of the flagstaff. A special tenthad been erected on the lawn and the band from the Richmondwas present. The evening was clear and beautiful and every-body came, the representatives of the foreign colony, of the con-sular and diplomatic bodies, of the local government, officers ofour navy with Admiral Patterson at the head, members of theCabinet and high officials of the Japanese government. Therewas dancing, and during the supper, which took place in the tent,there was a speech from Consul General Van Buren, in honorof General Grant, in which he alluded to the approaching de-parture of the General for home, and wishing him and the restof the party a prosperous and successful voyage. To this Gen-eral Grant made a brief response and the entertainment went on,.far beyond midnight and into the morning hours.
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BRONZE VASE, A SPECIMEN OF ANCIENT JAPANESE ART. (777) 77^ AROUND THE WORLD. On Saturday, August 30th, 1879, General Grant took hisleave of the Emperor. An audience of leave is always a solemnceremony, and the Court of Japan pays due respect to splendorand state. A farewell to the Mikado meant more in the eyesof General Grant than if it had been the ordinary leave-takingof a monarch who had shown him hospitality. He had receivedattentions from the sovereign and people such as had never beengiven. He had been honored not alone in his own person, butas the representative of his country. His visit had this politicalsignificance, that the Japanese government intended by thehonors they paid him to show the value they gave to Americanfriendship and their gratitude. In many ways the visit of theGeneral had taken a wide range, and what he would say to theEmperor would have great importance, because every word heuttered would be weighed in every Japanese household. Gen-eral Grants habit in ans

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