Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Internationalism, Periodicals, Commerce, Language, Cultural Geography

    Reflects on the claim of the President of the Board of Trade, John Bright, that 'we are gradually Americanising all our institutions'. Believes that 'Some little time' will have to elapse before all British institutions are Americanised, but laments the Americanisation of the press, citing an example of a 'facetious' advertisement for a medical pill.