will find Munkácsy _genres_, Zichy _aquarelles_, a Benczur, and some
other equally fine Hungarian pictures. Here I keep only French and
German pictures of lesser value."

Our conversation turned to art in general, and Mr. Dumany surprised me
again by an allusion to the Hungarian witticism that when we speak of
Hungarian art we cannot omit Liszt (for the name of the great musician
is also the Hungarian word for _flour_); and Mr. Dumany remarked that
Americans travelling abroad have learned to appreciate both the
Hungarian specialties. The great artist, and the product of the soil and
mill converted into fine cake, are equally esteemed by them.

We talked about commerce and exports, and he observed that although
American wheat was sure to inundate the European market, yet Hungarian
flour was unrivalled in quality, and would increase in consumption
throughout the world. Then we spoke of financial matters, and here Mr.
Dumany was completely at home. The Hungarian rente had at that time just
been introduced into the market, and Mr. Dumany predicted for it a fair
success. He prophesied the rente conversion scheme and the four per
cent. bonds, and from this topic we diverged to politics. He was a very
fair politician, and I was pleasantly impressed by the apparent interest
which he took in Hungary. He admired Andrássy, and spoke well of his
Bosnian policy. Of Tisza he entertained great hopes, and he felt sorry
for Apponyi, because he had allied his great talents with the
Opposition. He spoke of Kossuth, and said it was a pity to see the grand
old man's name misused by the extreme faction. I tried to turn the
conversation to Hungarian literature, but on this point I met with but
little interest. Still, I noticed that he knew more about us than
foreigners in general do. He did not think the Gypsies the ruling race
in Hungary, and he did not believe us to be a sort of chivalrous