New-York tribune., 1873-09-04
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

TOLD IN BOOk-TRANSIA11ONS Fkoh II
,RARcH-"THR FAIR GOD" BY MAJoR-GEN. I&w
wAILAcE-wBAT GIN. WALLACE HAS DoNE-A
MANUAL OF FREE-HSND DRAwNG-osGooD
CO.'S NEw BooKs-RoBERTs BROTHERS AUrUMNAL
INTENTIONS.
uRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNt.l
BoSToN, Sept. THE next best thing 10
Summarizing in Newport, amidst all it's matehess loVeh-
sess Of sea and sky and busy bay, and verdaht a"s
and wnsome women, is to read "Oldport Days. ny l.
". HiggnsoB, with which J. r.. osgood q CO. are ao %
10 delight the reading public. "oidporV Is INC se
Disguise under which Col Hggnson chooses 10 prese'"
We the quaint old city by the which he 80 muoh oF9
HIS book will be Illustrated by heotype engravngs from
views taken In Neypor expressly for this purpose We
shall have the Old M and the old houses by tue Day
and the Jewish Cemetery. and Blue Rocks anu 's ~
another fair. familiar scene. And tben we s"sN ,.t
sbe soul Of the whole, rendered into the hmpiu' i"
tn.bsb ~ which r. W. II. Is so thoroughly master-a
s,ve On perfeot that book from him when was s'!io
and notling else must needs be welcome; no" muoh
more one with so fascinating substance No '"0 ~
written about Newport as Col Hgsihson mas "i'''
about it think because no one else mas 80 lel' !. ~ 10
aas He has grown into its atmosphere tnIo"sh
,o, ears pptiI he has learned 1t by heart-the only
true knoUledce He writes about it IN Spring, in summer
An Autumn aud above all in Winter; when the gay ou
Of massage have flown and left Newport 10 Tue
tender intimacy OF those who never forsaKe her Du
vat Ieyelike on all her moods He quotes the Persian
IL
ara where he Travelled, people never ded the hatur
death Eut once year they met on certain plan' ana
occupied themselves with recreation, in the MIDST OF
which individuals ofevery rank and age would suddenly
stop make reverence TO the west ana settnS out a.
nn sncea toward that part OF the desert, be
seen no more" 1t is quite in this iaSDloh 'na'
ruests disappear from Oldport when the season
ends They are also apt 10 go toward
,he west but by steamboat. But, TO those VINO re-
rAip the glory has not passed from lana or sea- III
snmmer the new things have entertained you-'he III
oemes the liverieS, the dress, the manners IL is
pleasure 10 see opuent citizen IN his nrst kn
gloves HIS newborn splendor stands in sueh brilliant
relief against the confirmed respectabty OF the Old
Stone Mill the only thing the Atlantic shore wnlch
has had time 10 forget its birthday. But IN Winter the
old NIL gives its tone TO society. There is dignity
about the deserted estates. One can people them WIN
tenants at villa noble lineage, WHEREOF all the
sens are brave, and all the daughters virtuous'
Won have " Syrian peace immortal leisure" in this
place where no grown person walks rapidly along
the street Perhaps this is why people live 80 long hele
for certainly the number Of aged persons is surprising
The unnated think that the reason there are no hitch
ingposs front Of the houses in Newport is because
Be horse is supposed 10 be unattended by groom not
stall II is because the posts removed in order to
ret rid OF the multitude OF old who leaned all day
sgaust them and DISTRACTED the passing. No wonder
they live long here where mercury rarely drops to zero
and there is but little snow, and in the air, whenever
approach the sea, even IN mdWlntef theIe !s hnu
Of summer sOftness
Col Hgeinson turns the wbaryes OF the dear old
town into poetry. fascination, he says about
hwhar Every who comes TO 1t feels an impulse to
follow down. and look from the eud. IL is the point OF
contact between land and sea. bridge evades the
water laud with land a. there were no OBJ
stacle But a wharf the water and grasps with
solid hand II the sign OF lasting friendship Fol
lowing uorthward along the shore from the busy
wlaryes where the cys industry Is carried and the
others covered with little black tenement houses which
look a. 4 they had gone out TO play when they were
children aud grown Old but never grown up, you come
to arcc1On where
The ancient wharves OF commerce. ruined 1915 have
never oeeu rebuilt; and only slender pathTays for
pleasure yOyacers now stretch above the SUBMERGED
foundations Once the court end of the town. then MS com
Decid center IL is now divided between the tenenens
of fishermen and the Summer homes OF city households
Still great old houses remain, with mahogany star
ways carved wanscong and painted tiles the sea has
eBcroached upon their gardens and only boats IKE mine
approach where English dukes and French cOurtiers
pace landed AT the head of yOnder private wharf 10
spacious and stll cheerful abode dWelt the oeaut
fl Robinson sslerhOOd-bree Quaker bellies OF Reyolu
DonaTy days the memory of whose loves might lend ro
naIdcns asked in marriage by captain IN
the English army, aud was oamshed ey her family
60 avoid him; her lover was afterward killed by
y cauuou-ball, in his tent, and she died unwedded.
Another Was sought by NO aspudhls Nho oalnG n ne
snip 10 WOO her, the one irom Philadelphia The
sailed southwark together; but the wind proving ad-
verse, they returned and one fingered TIL he won her
his friends. to tear him from the enchanted neghDor
hood while sailing past me bo3se be suddenly Threw
himself INTO the WatcT-lt have been about where
the end of the wharf now rests-that he might be
re.cued. and carried. passive Leander into yonder
door Tne house was frst headquarters of the En-
esh commander, then OF the French and the sentneis
Of DE EoIes once irOd where now croquet-bals form
the heaviest ordnance. Peaceful and untitled guests
now thrOng IN summer where 81. Nneents and
NorthunDerands once rusted and cttered and there
i nothing 10 recall those brilliant days except the
painted Tiles the chimney, where there is choice
society OF coGuetes and Deaux, priests and eonjurels
beggafs and dancers, and every Wig and hoop dates
back 10 the days OF Queen Anne.
Down Oh the wharves, too you discover rarely good
society our author finds class OF uneducated men
whose talk is so apt be worth hearing that OF
.ailors They have seen than other men, and IT
has given certain enlargement 10 thed minds.
quiet demeanor in a seaport town proves nothing;
the most inconspcuous man may have tbe most thril
ing career To look back upon. with what superb
Familiarity do these men treat this habtahe globe!
cape Horn and the Cape OF Good Hope in their
phrase hut the West Cape ana tue East ta merely Two
familiar portals of their wODted home. with what u-
payed over the ocean yachtracei That any man should
losi OF crossing tue Atlantic IN schooner OF 200 TONS
in presence those have more than once reached
the Indian ocean Ia hshing-smack OF 90, and have
beaten the hOneward race the ships IN whose com
here a Hshng-skpper whose surname Daredevil"
.Hd sailed IRON this port 10 all parts OF the world,
usrly said under water when she got outside The
hgEts reaPpear until she reached her port
And not only who sail on long voyages but even
our pilots and fishermen. still lead an adventurous
snd life less soteued than any other by the
appliances OF modern days. In their unlocked boats
ihy DAY and night along these stormy coasts and
al any hour the 6eaing OF me ongro upon tne peacn
aud crushed from among them by pressure
constant; and they are "lt6a truthful ana steady n
horn poor ana remain for their work Is hard With
blanks than prizes; but their life - he for
and though IL makes them prematnrey old, yet
then OLD age comes peacefully aud we'll
There three stories in this volume which would
prove author entitled a story teller
II he had done nothing else 1.-The Haunted Window "
tale, thrilling rather OF psychology