New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-07
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.

"HKY-PEvER"--AP PATHETIC PIcTURE-BooK-HE FEELS
III COMING oN-HK SUFFERS A sRA-CHANGE-HE
FtErs TO THE WORKMANSHIP TAKES THE WINGS
OF TIVE MORNING, THAT is TO SAY, lie GOES UP IN
A BALLOON.
trRox A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT TIE rRrDuSB.l
BosroN, Aug. Avery appropriate TO the
season is Mr. Augustus Hoppins pathetic picture DOOR,
entitled Hay Fever" Mr. A. Wiper Weeps is an snhua
victim to this relentless malady and Mr. Hopph
pictures his struggles against 1t during single season.
By way OF preface he quotes from Dr. Wymans book on
Autumna Catarrh," plain statement OF tue hapts Oh
the enemy IL begins, the last week In August and con-
tnues till the last week In September IL begins WIN
sneezng, and tears; and sneezDg ana tears marx ls
progress Tho only remedy for 1t is the removal 10
noneatarrhal region All pleasant things aggra'aee H.
Buushne various kinds Of fruit the fragrance OF now
ers-eaeh one is a special pain. No wonder that Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes suggested, in reply 10 the heN'
Henry Ward Beechers inquiry after remedy ior nay
Fever: Gravel is an efectual cure. IL should be
taken about eight Deep" Mr. Hoppn paints as one
who knows. At midnight, on the l9sh OF August ms
hero Mr. A. Wiper weePs is awakened by the familiar
demon You see him in an attitude Of hopeless despair
standing beside the bed where his pretty wife is rubbing
her sleepy eyes. He "fees 1t coming on" Weary with
stanchng his own tears ana waiting on the discomfort
of his own nose calls her, who had taken him Tor
better OF for worse help him. and she. weary In her
turn awakens the children. that they may show ther
nal pefy by their assistance in stemming this ~oiui
tide How discouraged Mr.. weeps looks after four day.
OF sneezing no tOnguc-but only Mr.. Hoppins pencii
can ten He tries Anopathy by the bucketfuL lie taxes
Homeopathy through maRnifying glass. he INDUCES
in a pinch of the Great Anti-catarrh snuh" winch
completely upSets him.
lie has been told that the seaside is panacea anG 70
the sad sea waves he hurres much tornented by ral
road dust on the way His first weeks wash OF seFera
hundred handkercbefs more OF less, waves IN the sea
wind while he himself hangs out upon rocK 10 ~y.
young lady iunocenty presents him with noseeay' ou
the consequences are disastrous At nght his lranuc
efforts 10 catch his breath awaken al tue occupants VI
surrounding rooms who flying at conclusions Imagine
themselves beset by noisy burglars In despair he packs
up his handkerchies ana retreats to tho dryer StoS
pnere OF the country But change OF place Is ohy d
change Of pain, and the wind of the nils Diuteers
20 and fro a yet more numerous wash than had oeeu
blown about the week before by the breath OF the sea
IL seeks IN the country meetin" consolation Tor ms
soul bat he makes so much noise with hs sneezns and
blowing that the elders turn him out He goes down
into coamiue, but he fails to bury his mlseries in the
bowels OF the earth He flies TO the Indian country and
becomes a companion Of the prairie dog-the solemn
creatures round upon their haraches and stare at
him. but their sympathy is faure-he sneezes stlll
He takes his handkerchief box, and climbs the Rocky
Mountains in search Of the nOn-catarrhal region
He whens the sierras with ms OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
but his intimate enemy climbs the nights with him. At
last he goes up in balloon aud, having reached GER
tain altitude huds relief. He floats about In space
rs bird ght until the 25th Of September, and then re-
turns 70 earthan emaciated, solemn, thoughtful man
tie has triumphed over and outwitted the enemy. lie
Ia a discoverer. He has found that the great non
catarrhal region is in the upper air and that you must
70 to IL in balloon All these adventures arc pictur-
tsquey set forth by Mr. Hoppin His sketches are al
ways spirited, and should say fe-like, but that to
degree they are He inensihes the peeul
lrites Of his characters-makes the solemn more fune
real the Fat people fater and the foolish ones more
hopeessly silly but then, did John Leech This is
certainly seasOnable pctureboOk. Doubtless Osgood
q Co. issue It Just the principle that misery
loves company, that the sufferers from hayfeyer may
console themselves by laughing over the more pro-
nounced miseres Of A. Wiper Weeps. L. C. NJ