New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
nnAcE,s NEW WEST.

=, eli IN a large number of readers many happy
memories of instruction and delight m toiIo"l's o
,o,lJes through several European lands OF pecuiial
interest Lis excursions in Germany huns"9' o."
Norway afforded him bounteous store u
bicb lac las not failed to work up into slhsu'"lS
,ii.4 81 agreeable narrative. The present
-o1,,o has the advantage of being the result Oh a
-: o-,,erience more varied standards OF cOhpaIl-
-, opd n wider range of study than any OF MS
tr,,er productiOns i is remarkable lor us uli"n
of practical sense with more than common H'oi"iS
vcellence Mr. Brace has the talent OF calchlhs ho"
osracts of familiar scenes, and OF presenting '"oin
With admirable effect. With an accurate ana peHe-
tratng eve for the perception OF facts WIN p'on'
5fioence I'm the collection Of details. he combines
passionate love of nature, susceptible ana "iel'
-, and an unusual share Of the solid gifts
of reflection and Judgment. The narrative Il,
This volume is marked by precision viyacity' ana
condolences II is copous i'm its descriptions with
ont tedious difuseness avoiding the commonplace
vprbage Of ordinary travellers, and their sun more
renusivc attempts ut pleasantly, or sentlmehI rap
lures Although his standard is high the au'nor
is ALWAYS ready to be pleased with no lncIhaloh 70
cynical faulfndng but still free from the spirit OF
faciIe acouiescence which blends everything IN a
dood and colorIess mass Even the voyage to Cal'-
fornia which is such bugbear to most tourists, was
to him q source of the highest enjoyment. instead
and cold OF the stormy NOItH AtldublO' n0
finds only a smiling sea, and delicious climate
He is transported over bland and sunny waters, with
acopstanty increasing of satisfaction, until he
reaches the far-famed metropolis of California.
One of his first impressions of San Francisco was
the Aovery aspect of the city, Every door-yard Is
filed with flowers of wonderful richness, and with
exouisite shrubbery. Such is the power of the pro
lhc climate that it takes only patch OF mold
to produce the most magnificent vegetation. The
houses are adorned with gay profusion OF geranums
yerbenas callas and roses, with the beautiful ever
greens of the Pacific coast walk through the city
is a constant study of botany.
The temperature Of San Francisco is the most eI-
bilarating in the world 1t enables man to do more
work in it than anywhere else, and keeps mp con-
slant pressure Of excitement The sun is as brilliant
and serene as that of Italy the air is no less crisp
and dry than that of the Alps and there is seldom
day too hot or too cold for outdoor labor Thick
clothes are worn all the year long, and yet many peo
Die never have q fire in their CRATES The Winter IS
like the English Summer showery but delightful
On the first Of January green peas in as straw
berries 60 out.
Tbemoral condition Of San Francisco made no less
favorable impressions on the traveller The more
examine the Californian capital" says Mr. Brace,
the more am struck with its aspect city where
Democracy has succeeded. Universal suffrage has
had here its legitimate effect it has given the gov
eminent Of affairs to the intelligent andmora classes,
and those with most material interests. This may
have arisen from the influence of large numbers of
educated and energetic young Americans who early
emgrated here, il may be an effect Of that tTemen-
dous outburst Of moral power which OVERRIDE all the
bounds of law and order and put the elements of
cality and devshness under foot for generation to
come-the revolution under the Vigilance Committee,
thirteen years SINCE However II be explained, it is
certain that the city is much better governed than
any Of our Eastern cities. The police is good, the
citizen is safe in the lowest Streets fires are less fire.
Quent and destructive than with u.s. though the
houses are Of the most combustble nature there is
little open and repulsve vice; gambling is held in
with tight rein the streets dirty, it is true, but
cleaner than those Of New-YOrk; the schools lof
which | shall speak more hereafter and the school
system are the best the Sunday is better observed
than in New-York 1t Is evident that the intel
lgent and moral element has the control and
keeps it vigorously. And all these results, be
it remembered, have been obtained, not from the
State, as with u.s. but by universal suffrage in the
city. OF course there is iobbery here, as else
where and the low and immoral elements get voice
sometimes; but, on the whole, the city seems well
governed" Too many Of the inhabitants, however,
live in hotels boarding houses which fruitful
source Ofscandal and gossip Society broken into
innumerable cliques, including set Of the shoddy
although as rule the style of living is palmer
than that in Ncw-Engand towns. One dismal fea
ture is commented on as follows THE curse of Cal
foa society is its evil speaking. It's rare to hear
any one well spoken Of There seems to be hardly
name so hOnOred as not to have shade of scandal
on it. One reason may be the fact that every iud
vidual is thoroughly known and peccadilloes and
sins which, in crowded communities, forgotten
or never brought to light there open and remem
bered. The distance, too from the great world
cultiyates the habit Of small interests and
petty gossip. Then no doubt many men
and some women, when they first came here, felt
themselves somewhat beyond the restraints of moral
ty and civilization and gave way to actions of which
they would be ashamed now. No American cOmmu-
nifty ever had 50 many energetic and educated men
in proportion to its numbers and none so many adj
venturers" Like all well educated tourists in Cali
forna, Mr.. Brace was deeply impressed with the
poetic aspects Of nature in that region, and deyOtes
many Of his most agreeable pages to descanting on
their charms
From this hotel there excursions enough TO occupy
for weeks among the beautiful scenes Of tile Valley
Each morning the guide saddles the hOrseswhich had
been turned loose IN the mountain pastuie-aud asens
them in front Of the house and after lunch has been
packed we of in different directions the famous
points and objects One Of the most enjoyable feature Of
ley. getting the new aspects which open freshly
half mile and different each hour Of the day The
draw many invalid here from dstantlandss it's divine
atG'PRe see me, Jg{ reeoyeFng from tedious
lang and hed with light aud glory from the Of the
South which here In Summer have a cloud
The nights cool but midday would be too warm were
IL not for the delicious breeze which every at
blows In from the Golden Gate. $50 miles away. TIE
GORGE lies fortunately and west Just about opposite
70 San Francisco and about midway between tie two
TANKS Of the serIas-here some 70 miles in width Were
north AID south valley al its altitude "A 900 fre
r. would De almost inoleTaoe Now nothing surpas
It's mild nylgoraing climate, and harmonious and re-
splenoeht athOspheIe LIE seems 70 have spring