Washington Then and Now

I bought several Christmas presents in Dupont Circle, at Kramerbooks and at a jewellery shop called Beadazzled.

Then I read Frances Trollope (1780-1863) on The Domestic Manners of The Americans:

"Mr. Pishey Thompson, the English bookseller, with his pretty collection of all sorts of pretty literature fresh from London, and Mr. Somebody, the jeweller, with his brilliant shop full of trinkets, are the principal points of attraction and business. What a contrast to other American cities!"