The New York herald., 1870-03-07
LITERATURE.


LITERATURE.
SEARCH FOR WINTER SUNBEAMs IN THE RIVIERA.
CORSICA, ALGIERs AND SPAIN. BY Samuel ). Cox
lsun set Cox. author OF 'rhe Buckeye Abroad"
Eight Years In Congress-" &c. With nume-
rous illustrations. New York: ID. Appleton 90.
1870.
This s q handsome octave OF 442 pages, London
print, nne paper. bold, clear type-pretty frontis.
piece, IN coors, OF ''The Castled Crag OF Monaco
spirited engravlngs. Mr.. Cox dedcates the oook to
his 'constituents OF the Sixth Congressional district
OF the city OF New York" He wishes them to un.
derstand that In his travels in foreign parts in
search OF health he has abored for their amuss-
ment and edhcaton. With q preliminary chapter
on the life giving and health restoring blessings Of
light, sunbeams and oxygen he opens his narrative
In the Riviera lying In the southeast Italian corner
OF France, embraced in the department OF the MARI
time Alps between the mountains ana the air
warming Mediterranean. Or this delicious and,n
In closing MS second chapter, he says:-"N0t OILY
do the mountains make scenery unparalleled, but
they shelter from harsh winds the shore, and all
that grows and lives upon it, beneath their auspi-
cious SCREEN and fourthly, as the climax
Of my conclusions the air Is so guarded
by mountains from Winds chlls ana damps and so
tempered with sunbeams 80 mild and yet so brae
eng, SO full and resinous OF emanationS from pine
aad fir and redolent Of violet rose, jessamne and
cassia-tnat from November till April the despalrng
invalid may pr0long his life; the suffering. mayhap
lead painless life; the Responding receive genuine
exhlaratlon. ana the consumptve, with care re-
ceives cure-absolute curen This Is truly great
news He continues Gan these climatic virtues
spring from the potential sunbeam ana the best
theatre Of It's wonderful winter performance Is to be
found In the Riviera; and It's most eligible point Is
III my opinion, at Mentone."
A little way back In the same chapter he says OF
iIs bousnan was Ss'' ns es 81
this winter exodus towards the south. He led the
way 70 Usn1es & wnere v or xes a song ,n Iamas were
Here he prolonged his life and made It's burden
easy. Here the sun warmed nun into intellectual
vigor long after his natural fOrce was dbated ana
| when men thought he Jagged supernuous, at least
| for his fame.n
To the END OF his third chapter Mr. Cox entertaina
| us with the sun and sea aud land, and sights
and scenes at Mentone, Nice and Monaco;
where he much that Is new, strange or note
| worthy that he devotes fifty pages 10 this famous
pora' aud OF those brothers and sisters OF his VINO
went over witp their mother to France to become
kings and pfincesses bs The VIII OF the Emperor.
| But Mr.. Coxs Corslcan observations are mainly
| upon the glorious mountains OF the island, It's mag
pncept forests with their different zones OF vegeta
ton; the climate the peculiar habits or the people
and the great variety OF beautiful fish OF all colors
and the crabs, Holsters and oysters whicl abound
Our Representative from the Sixth district next
| takes US over to Algeria, where, III the fertility
s asa sS a Y
Lebanon live OAKS ana other trees In the Atlas
Mountains, and IN the M Iica historical treasures
ss 70 Ss lofty sS @ q Gs sdsS
hSs IN @ Durnns e Sruss 81 ,ss
i us over 10 spain, where he regales US with tue
Rlorles OF the Moors and all the charms OF spanish
| history and romance people and customs ana man
ners, ana Incidents and reflections by The way, 70
In turning nack ofter turning itu noga. ouor 70 ~
| end we light upon a passage referring to q school
visit In Agiers, which may serve to correct the
| MINDS OF some OF our readers the erroneous Im-
preston that the Moors are negroes blacks This
impression mas been widely extended by the pre-
| sentatl0n OF Shakspeares Otnello as blacka-
moor, In all our theatres; ana shakespeare himself,
who In matters OF chronology, geography. ethn0lOgy
ana some other things was very Ignorant or very
error. Mr. Cox speaking OF hfs visit TO q Moorish
| embroidery school IN Algers) says:-"Some thirty
beautiful Moorish girls, rs fair as any such group
| New YORK (save one Of gOssiesL ebony were all at
! work. sltting on the moor over their frames and
| finishing the lnwoven elegance Of those fabrics
/ which astonsh the Occidental lady by their per-
| fcctlon OF needework. saw new meaning In
Slakspeare's line
The hand little employment hath daintier sense"
| Our traveller thea goes TO say that these
] girls-ncary al-eyen the smalles! of four years,
mad the plant nails OF their tiny fingers stained
dark with henna and their HAIR coiored
| into a reddish wine color;n that this color
| Of the hair they retain TIL they marry;' that
then 1t Is stained black;'' chat when the hair be-
comes gray their OLD they stain IL red agaIn -
tnat lone OF the children was tattooed over her
beautiful facet that she was $50 modest SO
pale and far seemed cruel TO pick into pale
cutice the tlusn TINS IN shape or and
| and other marks signifyng, as our guide HAMMOND
told US, the tribe TO wnlcn she belonged.n Further
on we are given In an engraving type 0f the well
dressed Moorish lady" picture Of beautiful
| man o the Caucasian race from which came tho
Saracena MoOrs whose c0nquests and civilization
were extended from Damascus and Bagdad across
to along the northern shores OF Africa into
Spain. see "Tne ARABIAN Nights" as to the color.
beauty ana rehncments OF THIS splendid people
AS u DooknakIng traveller Mr.. Cox is success.
lie avoids as lar as possible the dusty routes and
hackneyed sights and wonders that become fiat
| from frequent repeGtiOns lie gives US things that
are and iresn or presents them In new comblna-
tons and lights and shadows. HIS style Is easy, IA
mllar, splghtly and sparkling and his eyes and has
| mind are always open TO the OBJECTS around him.
| His search for Winter SunDeams,n In short, Il
| good prescription Tor shortening winter evening"
| Dy the nreslde or days journey by rail.
! REPTILES AND BIRDS &c. by Louis Figuier. An.
| pleton Co.: New York.
| This Is handsome octave volume. Although It
| bears the name or Appleton 1t Is an English book.
1t consists OF 6as pages and Is illustrated with 307
wood cuts. The editing and adapting OF the work
| from the French OF Figuier reflects considerable
| credit on Parker Gilmore, known In the literary
world as "Ublque" The book is really what It pro-
iesses to BE- "a popular account OF the various orders
oil reptiles and BIRDS with description or the habits
and economy OF tue most interesting" To those
whose tastes 20 out this direction and to all who
are wshiu 70 nave good book OF reference on the
| subjects treated OF we can heartily commend the
| volume. The BOOK would have been Improved by A0
index, but The table OF contents Is iolerably ex-
| haustive. For this and kindred works which they
are presenting to the American public the Messrs.
Appleton are entitled TO thanks.
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A.-For Moth Patches, Freckies and Tan
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