Text begins with a dedicatory poem "To Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hatch" which is signed "William H. Beckett," followed by "Some Proemial Paragraphs" by "S. J. W." The principal text consists of letters from the road to the Chicago Tribune recounting the travels of "The Hatch Party." - traveling from New York to Manitoba and back - these are signed "RAP." The letters are written by an observant and insightful journalist and likely served to promote rail travel throughout the region. Catalogued in Adams Herd 1010 under "Hatch" - OCLC ascribes the authorship as noted above. Cover title is "A Summer Souvenir, 1882."