The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-03
LITERATURE.
Ia1GvInvv ON NEW hooks.

Nook II-tn Scotland Book III.-~Jn France.
Boefons Roberts Brothers. Philadelphia
49,. nsdieid Ashmead.
AZ 4 rule. the publications for summer
reading which annually inundate our table
Include at least one work Of such merit is TO
stand preyminently forth as tie work of the
season. We had fears that 1867 was not
going to present us with leader for the flock
Of usual mediocrity. But the arrival of
"a Painters Camp has secured us work
worthy Of preference above all Competitors.
We are not addicted to enthusiast but the
kttle work befOre,us is really so full Of good
points that we grow 30 admiring as to ap-
pear almost fu..sOme in its praise. II Mr..
HamertOn IS as good painter as he is
writ, and is as happy in his sketches with
ais pencil as he is with his pen, we feel
Eure his works would bear of the prizes at
tbe ROYAL Academy. There are works fitted
far winter and there are works fitted for sum-
vaar. the same as there is clothing fitted for
zach season. The kind which finds most favor
auring the warm months is that which is least
customary, which possesses what we may call
An air of n<gligS, which does not take mental
Hamerton is a model of its class. 1t ignores
all conventionalities, and deals only with
nature and natural things. He tells us how
he spent his time in camping out, and his
narrative is so pure in style and so happy in
expression that we seem to be with him in his
adventures, and to see the sights which with
graphic pen he depicts. He is peculiarly
happy in his description of outdoor life,
although not without its inconvenience. The
Lancashire peasants annoyed him greatly by
their inquisitive curiosity. Not understand
Eng what possible object the artist could have
in spending his time in painting little bits of
canvas with unintellgible pictures on them,
they greatly doubted his sanity, and agreed
that at all events he was an object to be
strictly watched. On this point he says
'Ican fully understand the refined tortures
Of amonkey of modest disposition exhibited in
animals, shown daily, without either pleasure
Iage fair; but have the peculiar dlsad dvantageo
understanding the language in which the va
rtous commentaries on my person are ex-
"My plate glass windows are exceedingly con-
me animal at its usual occupations; most n. in.
eereeting observations in natural history being
thus seIdeTed pqssiPre Rr as ~ tne case q the
tion. From frequent observations of this kind,
made with the utmost care by several eminent
zooiogsts, II appears that ], the animal in ques-
tion, am not Of a gregarious disposition; that
cat the flesh of birds and other animals, put not
my industry, being continually occupied with a
Kind of labor whose object and utility are still
Important question whether am acquainted
with The use OF re is not yet satisfactorily set
tied, but There are reasons for BuppoSing that
a a "a " haan
subjected to the action of heat. Still this ques-
tion remains somewhat obscure, no trace what
over of fuel having been discovered in my cell,
nor any orifice for the escape OF smoke.
years hence, when this is printed, the reader
notbeIieVe that am stared at like wild beast.
I tell him that the manners of q set of villagers
70 an itinerant brown bear are pleasanter and
more courteous. and in every way less intole-
Table, than the manners OF these Lancashire
and Yorkshire clowns are to me.
"Take last Sunday as an example. was walk
ing on the moor, with my dog, and rested on
the bill whence could see the hut. Groups
time to lunch had to make my way through a
Mttle crowd OF forty spectators, who did not
they had taken possession of when the prin-
cipal attraction came upon the scene. Any pro-
perly disposed dog would have resented this
1mpudence, but mine walked pleasantly up to
the forty spectators, and Wagged canine
my hut as quickly as possible. smut Inc door.
and put up the little green curtains. i could
1de eay SOON aware sn that hs crowd u %a
increasing fast. l had a cold grouse or q
partridge to lunch, forget which; but re-
member 1t was unfortunately necessary to
get 1t from the meat safe outside, and the in
Vulnerable observations that this simple action
give rise to, were really wonderful in thelI
variety and interest. But to be so near the
animal az feeding time, and not to see 1t feed
was q bitter disappointment Fifty or sixty O
the spectators their numbers had now i'm
znensely increased) attempted, therefore, tC
obtain q view through the four windows, bu
without much success, on account of the cur
tains. One man, however, effected the dis
coyery that through crevice between the cur
tain and the window-frame portion OF my
neck was visible, and forthwith there werI
twenty candidates for his advantageous posi-
don. Having finished luncheon, / Determined
to move the curtains one by one, long enough
TO stimulate. without satisfying, the curiosit.
Of the spectators outside. AS lifted each cur
tain, found the pane pressed by a dozen noses
then rose a sudden shout, followed by an in
a0nsely eager enumeration of whatever pecu
liarity each had observed; so that, although tn
time1 allowed was scarcely long enough for tn
wet coilodion process the Combination a of man,
observers, with refine more highly exciteC
thari any dlm of collodion, realized a tolerabl,
characteristic portrait"
This pleasant vein of description is pre-
served throughout, but we like his Highlanr
adventures best Of all. They are so vividl
lescribed, and were evidently SO thOroughl
enjoyed, that we cannot but sympathize, an
fsllow his steps with interest. His descriptio
of how he travelled on French river is ais
PLEASANT
"I have a good boat, bat, after trying her o
Che Ternin found that she was TOO long Tor sue
SntrIcete NAVIGATION, and also That the usut
process Of rowing was MOI PosSlDle on
- S.oii IN, advance, So / devised a small ma