New-York tribune., 1872-03-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


=, :; ,,, ,,odicsl pr,itSsion his elevated poSi'o"
:. r,lisl, societv hia extensive haves III n"'"S'
- my, of thc civilized world MS Htir'a'o a"
o,;tapce with the principal htel'n1 aHo S'''"''"O
- ,e tbe ,lay and bis own adnhranle a''nhh'h'S
:. ,,o,s branches Of literature ana science 'i' ''
,,;tv of his disposition his rare practical SeiS''
.nd his great age lie WAS born III l'SS, ana II oo''-
seouenty now IN the eighty year OF us "N''
hnt nrcscr>inc sonnducss of phy sica' conditon'
puictncss of observation, aud an mlaIity OF temper,
which are seldom found combined in any peIlod OF
hfe For more than fifty years of medical practice
be has never been prevented by illness from attend
inc to The uaadies of his patients. except III the
single instance If severe surgical operation whlch
eonfucd him for several weeks More thah
twelye years of his life taken collectively have been
devoted 10 annual journeys III foreign coun'nes'
none of which, with only one or two exceptions have
been interrupted by sickness or accident Alter ms
settling IN London. there were only twoycals dhil'g
the h4l,-ccntury since that time in which be did not
pas at least two autumnal months in foreign travel
In the course OF these journeys Sir Henry Holland
has visited every capital of Europe-inost OF thel"
indeed repcatedly-has made eight voyages TO the
United States and Canada. travelling over more IMAM
eGM0milcs Of the American continent, one voyage ~
Jauaica ard other West India islands, has Decu Iour
times in the East, visiting COnstantlncVl' Na'ous
parts of Asia Minor. Damascus, Jerusalem' ana
Cairo has made three tours in Algeria two JouihoAS
>, Rus.ia several in sweden ard Norway repeated
visits - SPAIN Portugal and Italy two journey. %
Iceland and VOYAGES 70 tie Canary Isles M'oe'o''
and Dal1na. a. besides rumeroOs eAcn'SoHS oi more
limited extent
a. lan of animal travel never niterfcr,3 with his
nrofcesionsl slccc>s lie came back each yeor Ie-
frcsb,d in bodily and mental health. and at once re-
snurd the hard work of ten months. On the V'rN
day or even hour of reaching home after long jour
news. ne entered whou; delay into the old traces.
He often made engagements fOT the very moment OF
his return On one occasion be found patient
waiting in his room when he came back from the
mountain nights. not more than ga miles from the
frontiers Of Persia where the 10000 Greeks ultcieh
thcir joyous cry the sudden sEht oi the LuAlhe'
Nogetlsn once ON returning from America, he began
his round # visits from the EuSton niiway station
llsheca his habit to yoto the leisure of The long
evenings AZ the European hotels to literary labor.
In this way he pre- pared many scientific arucles--
onc iu the Autumn of each ycLr-for the Edinburgh
and Quarterly Reviews. Before his departure, be
would choo>. a ,ohjcc, familiar from previous study
read the work to De reviewed arrange the materials
10 the PAPER and commit them to writing AZ such
intervals Of his journey. accident OF mood OF mind
might suggest, using the sca-vOy2go which often
ea.e AZ tv end OF his yearly travel TO put together
the several scraps written Oh The road and after his
BY this desul,ory method Of composition. Some
whimsical contrasts between scene and subject grew
out of this practice. Il all very wei to write On
tb. Physical History of Man" when within 200
miles # Mount Ararat and on liulnbodts Cos
ros ~ 1hc foot Of the peak Of Tcncgile but Il was
almost "a drol ucoucIuiiy 70 prepare an article on
"Modri Chemistry under the shade OF hg-tTees M
n tA, Wells Of Nosc, the Red sea- or another on
"Me;cor, and A,foitc> in ~ Arab hut between
III on flp
Life and Character at Juiius Cesar ghrn travel
ing Ou the pr.iiries of Illinois
sir Henry Hollands ability TO accomplish these
Doug and distant journeys presents remarkable cX-
hmplc of physical strength and power Of endurance.
1en years ago, when wearied by sutry ride of
twenty miles from tie Sea of Marmola to BZoussa.
and compelled from f0tigle 70 relinquish the ascent
ol ihe Asauc Olympus which towers over that city,
b. ft that he would bo longer able to enjoy the
pleasures of distant travel. lie remembered that it
waNthen just f1gy y-une years since after day passed
H. the Vale Of Tenpa he had slept at the foot of the
Thes,alian olympus. and he began 10 doubt whether
he coaId a1diI encounter the hardshipS Of foreign
joururv. Hnt This doubt proved TO be wholly prema-
1lre. Since that excursion he has Travelled through
TIE northern provinces of Spain, visited the hGad
quart.i, oi The Federal army in Virginia in
tie hrot Of the civil war, made two other
tours ia Tie United States in 1868 and 1863,
visited Gibraltar. Morocco NORWAY, Portugal,
Nadcia Danoa.ia and Iceland. and III 1870 accom-
Iii>h,d a VOYAGE 10 .hc West Indies. When the
veigc of A~ rghty-seeond year. he made the tour Of
il.c Nouh-We,laiu states aud thc upper waters Of
tn Mississippi. travelling more than $500 miles in
five weeks.
In i... ~ the a,c If eighteen, Sir Henry
Holland b-eame member vi the medical school
of Edinburgh. then in the zenith of its
nown, vbc'e he passed fonr years previously to
taking hi. degree This was in the palIny days Of
the h.,rry socsty of the northern capital
Sroughau sydney Smith. and Horner, had indeed
just taken ,Ieir departure, hut there remained Wal
ter Scott. Dugad stewart Payfair. Jeffrey. Henry
Lrskue. Alison, Henry Mackenzie, Dr.. Thomas
brown and other celebrities who formed intel
lec;ual circle almost without parallel in British
riety Though merely student in the medical
elas-cs of the university, Young Holland gained
admission to the best company, and became
more oI less intimate with the above named
famous men. He had already made voyage to
Ioclaud. and ms notices of northern antiquities
brought him into favor with Walter Scott who at
that time was known To The world 81 large only by
his poetry, bat recognized ia the society of Ed
;nbUrgh Is one of its most agreeable and accom-
plisied members The litte suppers at his house of
which Ee himself was the soul aud spirit, The
occasions Of delightful REUNIONS SCOTS c0untc-
ilanoe usually heavy, hut il always kndlcd into
hfc at tlr recital Of the r,cy Scotch .tores Of which
be had All eAhaistle-s budget His conversation
eas and then u rppeIrd with a little political
sarcasn, hut free from has personalities. The
snihor DESERVES Scott listening with enthusiastic
endowment f0 Lociinvai, and other of hi, ballads
n, sung, with the accompaniment oi her harp. by
gifted ternalc singer OF his acquaintance. This