New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-06


ton of Salt Lake City and the Overland Route from
California to the Mississippi. The latter, which IS
probably compilation might easily have been ihlu'
more complete and satisfactory to the traveller.
The best chapters of the book those relating 10
India. The author confines his narrative mainly 10
what he has SEEM and his descriptions OF travellhs
in the interior are both picturesque and instructive
We are always thankful for such information rs 10
given in the following passages:
500 miles from Bombay to Nagpore, and the ieS
First class. ......s95 90 Third class........ y
Second class. u 80 Fourth class; % ors
aThe mail train has first second and third class cars
and goes through in II hours The cody train has Gas
for all the four classes, but Is 80 hours on e WHAT time
Hndoo has already comprehended the Tusm taaie h
W money for Notwithstanding he save uIne Dy
taking fourth class passage, he chooses the t
and patronIzes the mail train rather than one whcn
run ia connection with freight cars and is nearly TWICE
as long on the way ..rDri,o ,,o
the commencement OF the railroad enterprise the
Brahmans pettOned for the running OF easte os =,
could not come in contact with men OF lOMSau k &
their high destinyabsorption into Brahma after death
But the railroad managers had an eye 10 on 'o
arate caste such procedure would be attended with
great confusion in management ana ~ ciass
They therefore adopted the European ssIe bome n
cars and told the Brahnans they couid stay at o
they could not accommodate themselves 10 es'"O9u
rules. hin =, nm % caste on the
railroad NON the Rrs VINO me Hn %IS heaven for the
sake of saving few rupees can SIT an Gay III Papas
"A
the yiest of the VILE for whom there Ia no place III para
disc The Brahman may drop on 10 sleeP, aS ven be
rest upon the shoulders OF the degraded "reo'' 9' ~
is not detlled"
Mr.. Collins account of his trip by ddk from Nag
pore to Jubbulpore, his pictures of Allahabad ana
Benares and his sketch of missionary operations III
India are as satisfactory we could reasonably OK
pect from hasty tourist His descriptions oil Chlha
and Chinese life arc less successful and the chapters
relating to the ancient history and religion OIL inc
empire-wth their references to Ushers obsolete
chronology-do not add to the value OF the work
The voyage up the Yang-tse-kiang to Hankow gives
us no clear coherent impression of the scenery Oh te
river or the life of an inland Chinese city, although
some of tho incidents Of the trip are sufficiently
amusing. The same criticism might also be made
upon the chapters relating to Japan. OF California
the author gives us little more than the Yosemite
Valley, and then we lose his trail altogether. An
excellent practical supplement-, however, makes up
for some deficiencies in the narrative. The following
estimate will probably be the most important por-
tion of the book to those intending to follow Mr..
| Collins example,:
Fun information cannot bepiven regard to the cost
OF tourney round the world but the following genera
statSment viii enable the tourist 70 estimate me proba-
bic amount required for fares. eckoned at goa rates.
Se0;ioIk TO San trhGiseo' Slp,bS5 To- Bombsy
Hnios and return..... 100 Bombay 70 susI 3"
To- csHiou Macao and rera Mar,ss LogdoP p
Hong Kong 70 Calcutta Utd ionion 70 NeN io'A'-'''''
zee .sssss
i .fxa TO .fIf Flqk
Excursions Pekn and Batavia arc not lnclude1 ln
the above estimate. But, the other hand' the luli
many 10 Calcutta via Ccylon Is included If the thurman
rouie taken the fare Will be about the SAME Dut hS
Toveer chooses tile direct route from Singapore To Cal
cntta IL will be $OO The statement Is based on te
supposition that the railroad will be completed from Al
lafabad 10 Bombay, and that the traveller VIII return
from Delhi Alahabad ana proceed across tie county
| To bombay instead of going to Lucknow ana down
the Indus TO Kurrachee and Bombay II the last route ~
taken about 800 must added to the amount as already
| summed up. -. a..
"The cost by the direct route from SueZ TO London is
given rst-cass fare. But the tourist VIII be nkcy o
VISIT Coustautuople and Athens, aud 20 mp the DANUBE
or the Adratc pass round tho southern shore OF y
| 20 Naples, and proceed 10 Central Europe. a..
globe will make the required amount from Sl,50J To
$4,000 To tins must be added the cost OF HNng when
hotels IN the United States When at sea there VIII De
the stewards fees in addition to the iare-a tnS mat
| ter"