New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

The path suroDnts fins precfpce by lucky she'll ana
Spy mognta R W. % bed emerges upon the real Rig
and by somewhat more preclptous p 70 any wheel
Vehicle two-thlrds the way upwheIe many peop and
months and whole Summers as ~ a eostatter within
wholesome spot they can find; ana lne hotai
a f,,Wo ~ tbe Misunderstanding comf0rtaDle motel
aains the Kuhn or crest Oh tn1 tons and pen-
hotel OF most comfortable tSr5 shelter and
s,on ahout as large stand ready 10 ahoIu .
food IN abont three hundred persons az tline, anu I'M
ioov % " raives on this somewhat uncertain nlght
CThen very prudent nountaineers preucte ~ l5 tb
III III r;sbno c0mpany of from hundred and nfty 10
two hundred persons perhaps only ABOUT tne aveIaao
terinO every night during the season OF Tour months
ar about half the distance up we had come suuIeny
INTO stratum of cloud quite dense ana cold wheh oD
cred nerfectly everything below and above, ana smut
| ms up i'm a world OF mist, which, for aught we Knew;
reached the zenith Bat half-nle OF Gnong GaTiea m
pat il at our feet as completely as ake
lies at the feet of walking ON its bank nan nlie
further up this world of cloud it seemed was little
layer of cOttOn-wO floating in clear heaven ana OD
scnrng only that particular and exceptional portion Of
the landscape over which 1t hung. Above, clOudless
day reigned supreme while another brilliant day was
We arrived at the summit about O. p m in ample time
enjoy the sunset and TO study the effects OF the TOO
swiftly fading light The sun deScends so slowly upon
monnfainops that there are few of those lghnngsup
OF the clouds and higher grounds which 0ten IN SUNSETS
from plains low places make the after glory more
brilliant and beautiful than the moment OF the great
luminary's disappearance The sun sets on fgi once
and for an His sant-beaIns while he is above the hor
zon, gid the peaks with peculiar spendor and aI
the mountains round look as II gathered, with their
crowns upon their heads pay homage their return
ing lord IL is beautiful and solemn sight to behold!
The moment he is gone the world changed and goOms
gather quickly around all mountain faces | confess
did not pay much attention 10 the landscape at our 1eet
in the midst of these pnnaces OF snow and rock seven
great of rock tossed into granite spray win Iod
ing caps of and ice, before gulfs OF yaw-
ing space separated these mountain waves Iltahlc
storm stood petTlfed the prospect. An ocean OF
molten rock dashed to fury by volcanic blasts eanght III
the acme of Its rage, lay frozen IN It's Wron Hsu anu
changelesS. -,
The pretness Of blue lakes and happy villages and fer
tile cultivation seemed mpertinent, aud saw nothing Oh
them until the next morning and only then after having
exhausted
The horn (nO dryad wound ITS hOrfld cIahsthl Mahou
us A a. m, and with hasty toilet, hfteen minutes
found us in a company hundred and nifty eXpect
ants evidently very few OF them acquaihteu Wltn
either the time. place, manner OF the SUM- Ilshg
watching the break of day and the appearance OF
Apollo. Some looked with desperate oDstlhacy AZ lo
place where the went down, rs II they expected Nun
To return the spot. Others near me were uis
putting which east aud which wesl, ana one senIe
frankly confessed that he had all his ne Deen hdeI
the impression that when the east on his rt ana
the his left he always facing south Already
belt of delicate went the complete cIcle OF tho
horizon the eastern half of 10 low down. ana the Other
half little above the highest mountaintOps. AS the
suddenly shot his hIst rays nom me upper m th
range of the Jungilu melted into delicate yeOW ana
deepening tone, soon glOwod with golden hues Inc
lower range caught up e theme, ana soon chorus u
praise all in tones OF light, rcS0unded nom the noun
tan-tOps naudbly singing MiltOns sublime hymn
Eternal" &e the Sray rose. for he comes roic
ing like strong man to lun race Inc forms OF Tue
outer mountains beean 10 snow themselves IN SHADOW
upon the slopes behind them the mist which lay slowed
away in solid coils in the holds of the valleys began at
once TO stir and tirn over and slowly ms 0pehed III
what seemed firm and motonlcss lake OF haky snow,
showed
sunrise the mountains looked as they ad never known
nghtall brilliant ana wdc-a wake and more beautiful
possible than earlier for, bdtlng tue force OF contrast
and the charm OF the lele rays thtfe ls superior Eoiy
in the ampeness of light for an ho wo after sunrise
which makes it fucr Than sunrise itself Nnelcnths OF
all the company OF tho Rig evidently did not mink So
They up TO the set and se ad ten minutes
after nc they all went in to beaktast or 10 tne
toilets as they would have gone away from play when
the curtain fell The sheep-lke way m which the crowds
OF tourists follow their leaders through switzerland, do
ing up tue things to be done dmrng what Is set down
to be admired, and seldom ASKING themselves one sel-
question to what impression Is really made upon
their own minds ana senses - SoiLclhlhE ncfcdiDe l
has IT, and half makes one doubt the os'oly
Of freeing the of human beings from the mods
OF q lew shaping mlDds
DR.. Bellows, we believe, has the credit for certain
Elasticity of intellect which enables him 10 seize the
impressions of the moment, with peculiar yivdness
and strength but without the tenacious grasp, which
holds them in firm and consistent shape Examples
of this idosyncrasy are not wanting in the present
volume, adding piquancy to its perusal, by the ex
posure of sudden changes of opinion without any
apparent cause. Thus in speaking of the German
cOokery,-a theme no doubt OF appetizing interest
to travellers on the Rhine and Danube DR.. Bellows
first tells us that he has tried the table dh6tes of
half-a-dozen hotels TO see if one German dinner
were possibly any less bad than another" He comes
to the conclusion that by diligen attention 70 every
eourse,-skipping those which made intolerablo
by grease and vinegar one NAV satisfy the cravings
of hunger though all the meager courses put to-
gether will not furnish what IN the far West ~
called "a good, square meaI' lie cannot make M
his mind 10 vinegar in poached eggs. 10 tauagon
in every stew, nor 10 salad and sweGtmeats thanking
roast mutton. nor TO ish and pudding half way
through dinner Equally ydsgustingis the profusion of
meat with only zone vegetable probably stringed
beansl carefully saved and served separately after
the meats aro gone.
Bnt after al, the reader need not fear being
starved to death in Germany, for the tables
turned and before the close of the volume, DIR. Bel
lows shows his delightful candor and impaTtality by
assuring Ms, that the German cuisinc IS about as
good as the French" " 1t is very yariQns and is
specially good in the serving mp Of vegetables! and
the preparation of grayies, free from grease! and
unwholesome condiments Indeed, he becomes so
far enamored of the vile Tcutonc cookery, that he
favors MS with bill Of particulars, which is sayory
and instructive that we must give II place.
A German dinner at the table dhote Of good hotel is
capital Institution. light soup; carp eel. with
cold of salad dessng piece OF ovcrcookcd becf
Osually bUed with good gravy and small potatoes
cooked in butter fowl, with salad ana some cooked
fruit nums or cherries OF appes scTNeu toYe1neI
roasted hare, larded pudding tmchlspelsc) Win
fbis or something very like IT, is the nsUai dinner az
rstrate hotel Everybody drinks hafbottle OF Rhine
French wine with dinner aud many add glass Of
light beer.
II is but justice to DIR. Bellows TO add that the
volume has been carried through the press without
lis personal supervision las he is still travelling IN
Europe and appears TO have been intrusted to the
care of a very incompetent a very negligent proof
reader Errors, especially in the printing of foreign
terms stare us every page and the occasional in
adyertences of expression, into which even careful
writers are liable to fa permitted to stand with
ont correction. Thus Feney," the celebrated resi-
dence of Yoltare, Geneva is repeatedly called
"Ferneay" "Zoll-verein" is printed "Soll-yerein"
twice: still more DIR. Bellows is made TO say that
"Switzerand pays her benefactors illy and QOpibie