New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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~ ,oe-aud-easy sketches Of life and adventure
- s;,,o,t londs written with rapid pen and ann
inc less precision than at point, which oolup0so
the contents Of this volume betray the hama 81 ,o
ropular journalist. Mr. Brooks was adVlseu uy ri9
nbvsciax in the Spring OF 1871 to take UP iV' ''9
restoration of his health, which had oee'
NV a lone course Of duty in Congress, ana III P'"-
s1ance q. the medical orders, he started OH rom
Nou-york TO Japan. making hurried journey 10
Coiiforpia and embarking at SAN Francisco LOT MS
savage "a the Orient The volume now lssuou'
which is in form of letters to the press IS aoso-
1,,,eiv vittout pretension. jottod down by the
,,ritc, win pencil on japanese mulberry
-oaner his hat often serving for writing desk
and ipcontinently dispatched by mail,wlthout oeug
d or oorreetedt to the Journal of which be IS editor
The letters thus gain in freshness what they lose IN
finish Althou h they have no tineture OF scholarly
composition their frank of-hand manner some
times even liz e boisterous, and always at least on
the verge Of r,Iicking gayety, VIII have more
poteut attraction for a large class OF readers IMAM
any attempts ut poetic description or stately re-
Election.
On the principl. of speaking wel.Of the bridge
that carres Won - ely over Mr. Brooks has kindly
word for the Pacific which may perhaps excite the
envy OF voyagers On its tempestuOus riya2.
The raci6c Ocean not a humbug; but 'he 6est-be.
hayed bestoong SEA ever was on 1RsIe ma MOI MOI
i.n ripple on the water for IS hours. lneie IL nOU
s'asicA S iein On Scf1iSe i'm 1.-THE Social Ear, the
MINER f-cseocd lookout deck Of the ship, and al the
Christians on board assembled TO hear hIn--hot Sio
Bnddhsts nor the devotees Of COnfucius 81 COURSE O
missionary women sang their hymns, ane 'Iy p write
we play shut eboard deck mot on SUNDAY ngUs
and pitch qusits with caros ana an novels
and talk. The japanese are reaolhs JapaoCSo ,,Ii,,
b ,ilnsfrafivc pictures al. them, qute elauiE
'ii,s ~ ne EcV-York publishers, or instructns us
-, WIS we de- mn II necessary learn. Ohio means
GOOD morning and IN the Aoihlug We 1lo ~ ~
We choose 60 en- 20 many, but g1th appeues mat seem
Tho police OF this ship is So admirable mat must EE
thc espfain Freeman, puff therefor Ihere j. CRY On
sFrc Fre''ihat terrible cry aboard SNIP ia inlu
Pacific sca-but mock cly heIe 70 ~ tt nost with
ON the instant every Chnaman IS at ms posi- WIN
ma rdv IN Tnsn anywhere he is sent. The lieboat Is
unroed aud the Inda-rubber, cam ascoNeIeu iAl' -
blown up ia very short time
His sober second-th0ught on the subject does not
contradict his first rose-oOlored impressions
Ihave been stating Ter DAYS whether or not
haii give the Paciac ocean good character or bad
one: but upon the whole have concluded " deserves
,effcge more especially So contrast WIN the AilI-
az tbr FDiish Channel the Bay Fundy, she Mediter
anea1 lac Ontario or any other like rOwdy The
PGcac though If taking. is rather cheating Chl1s,
tan name for il kick up and flop over at ines ana
cutters often II Is eyerlasDgly pacific tddt Is GER
but upon the whole II y pretty tboe Or %
clones rage In june big steamer BIKE tins me japan
with plenty OF men ON DoarG Is yao Ts s wba led
astray so many Romans in her galley never dreamed OF
New. I0ndou; we eat, we drink, make merry we
dance, We sing; material pleasures only, Dut VIC Lcau
"
thing on board that people do at Newport or Long
branch summer, beside having two SUNDAYS now avn ln
oue week sure on ocean where all TINS can DC uOhe
certificate Of good character ana IL Is he'eO'
Tfaf- IL in summer man with his family would so
yaehtnc ON pleasure trip" only, there is nothing IKE
Tins on the Pacific especially II ON one way 70 Ja
1n 10 See the droeres and curostes OF the East where
something new must ever tnrn UP, and something fresh
Tnere Ii pleasure even in having ones senses mud
died as mine are in the loss OF real live gay ana IN
bcius among people who turn everything inside out OF
upFde down.
The entrance upon new life in Japan furnishes
occasion for several cheerful pictures of the works
md ways Of those virtuous heather, of which we
give q dashing specimen.
Something new! Everything new, at last! Under
your world now, how everything IN hls WoIio seems up
side down and d0wnside upl feel very ke nay JuSt
b ,Ursl Meas revolving within his head and act
like Franklin, the printer, when he INST turned up
munchng his roll, staring at and asounded by every
thing Long ana long ago. aiIr o & S lS
but am mistaken for am wondering over everything
a. iaybreak on the Sabbath morning our good ship
hadc goodbye to the pIetty-webehaved Paclhc, and
the BAY Of Yedo Up early and to study the first
LIVING things % refresh our long Oeean-wearled eyes
the fishermen Of the island OF NIPPON. report
says tried Us truth that Japan IS about the
be-. shns ground 9 ne ~ I'VE Rcs 60u s t0" oI T
the Speakers chair - a cOdhsh, the emblem or
Ia,snf 80 india sb,s and The spinninc }enny The
fsn boz like manner reverenced here In Japan. II is
eyes aud glasses naturally man viii, the fret life
scene-that Is, on the fishermen What queer boats
What queer oars skulls! What UueerlOOklng sails Of
mats! Boreas can hardly blow over such broadcast
boats Nobody r1ws-cyerybOdy SOULS; and they scu
with one oar wO three, four, five, many need
be for the boat o. junk-and they SOUL as fast as they
Observation-Disclosures never read it in books but may
DC truc-that when the Iycoonsand DamiOs found the
japanese scuing or sailing on from Japan, they
dted the beterc OF Chinese iunks that the japanese
had been initiating 10 be constructed that they could
never we'll gct over 20 Chna-aye TO be so heavy,
clumsy that Neptune In his roaring moods, would tip
them over roll them under If ever they veptured out
OF sight OF land. Hence the nghness of these jhhks and
ocean uselessness The June California steamer, out
from here picked up the crew of One threeourths of
them starved 70 DEATH because they could not IND their
way only from HlOgo TO Yokohama, having been blown
outside Of land The fishermen we met such OF them as
fuOusy the bottom OF their boats Can this be dOnei
charge nothing TO the Cape COdders for letting them
into the japanese secret Oh caJchug nsh' But Mhat
most astonished US new corners was the Georgia
tune minus the spurs, Of these interesting hermenl
Tue fishermen naked as the fish-that is, the
most Of these fshermeui Some Of them had something
but nothing TO speak o. Anatomy could be studied
practically, well a phrenOlOgY, and physiOgnOmy,
and physiOlogy-that is, muscular and yenOus anat-
confused and confognded this development Of
life, ana dropped their orgnettes; but see the same
passengers In Yokohama Streets and they done
bushing already.
On leaving Japan for China, Mr. Brooks bids an
ahectionate adeu to the fascinating Yokohama in
which city, he thinks New-Yorker ought to fnd
himself at home, as il abOunds with NEWCOMERS
and has many features to remind them of their be-
loved Manhattan. There is the Brooklyn Hotel
the New-York Hotel and the meat comes from Full
ton Market The flag Of the United States on the
Pacific mail steamers, dots the harbor. There are
about thousand Caucasians in the city, who live
in high style Of Oriental splendor Five thousand
dollars, in the way Of living goes further than
twenty thousand in New-YoTk. They shut up shop
at four, drive ride till seven, and at half-past
seven sit down TO dinner, the great amusement of
the day, and after sitting several hours at table in