Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana. America as I Saw It. New York: Macmillan, 1913.
America as I Saw It, published in 1913, is Ethel Brilliana Tweedie’s account of her travels in the United States during the early 20th century. The narrative presents impressions of major cities, social conditions, and aspects of everyday life observed during her journey. Tweedie reports on transport, public services, and cultural institutions, combining descriptive notes with reflections on the rapid growth and diversity of American society. The book documents how an English traveler perceived the United States at a time of significant demographic and economic change.
The Globe: "No American could ask for a more sympathetic critic of his nation than Mrs. Alec-Tweedie, for she frankly loves both the country and the people. ... A book of acute and cutting kind criticism". The Daily Telegraph: "Mrs. Alec-Tweedie has produced a brisk, breezy, rattling record of impressions gathered at full speed. . . . Not for one moment could the least sympathetic reader find himself bored by Mrs. Alec-Tweedie's society, and to be able to say this is to say much indeed".