It not only contains the names and comments of many of the most distinguished personages in Great Britain, but those of all other countries of Europe, even of Asia and Africa, as well as America.

Foreign ambassadors, Continental savans, men of fame in the literary, scientific, and political world have here recorded their names and impressions in the most unique succession and blending.

Here, under one date, is a party of Italian gentlemen, leaving their autographs and their observations in the softest syllables of their language.

Then several German connoisseurs follow in their peculiar script, with comments worded heavily with hard-mouthed consonants.

Then comes, perhaps, a single Russian nobleman, who expresses his profound satisfaction in the politest French.