New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
.cp,nxxR,s Magazine september.

magazine literature after reading the nne piece OF
aescr,ptiye composition entitled "Meow England" by
John Burroughs in the present number OF Scr'oner'
II n rarely that sketch of foreign travel combines 80
much originality Of thought, with such picturesque
beauty Of style and such sterling fidelity Of narrative
In his account Of what he in England the writer Is
as true to nature Emerson, although his pictures
have warmer and brighter coloring' 1"ey arc
founded on rigid adherence to fact but enhveneu oy
che constant play Of poetic imagination. mr Dur
roushs however. shall speak for himself IN 10" Ca
tracts which we take at random from the arueie'
rIRsr IMPRESSION OF ENGLAND
The rst ay or half day ashore is Of course tne "oS,
novel and exciting but %a %ao sSsons ss H s first half day
It s page OF travel that has not yet been wruen; m ~
as rashea %ay hsS s went
him enormous appetite 9F Ihe anu: e. h ieS For
nv nv mari had suddenly emerged from condition bor-
dering on that OF the alternating animalsCa
in which had neither ate nor slept nor & noa
moved when could help it, into not only f1ll Dn,
keen and joyous. possession OF my health ana 1acus
ciod had BEEN but bird exung in the earth and air,
and In the liberty Of motion. Then TO II was
was England, the old mother at last, no longer
seore %h nv or eves and aSs Under feewhy
exult Go tol l will be ndulged These trees those
eds that bird daring along tue a. ctoSe those
English flowers by the stop the carrage ~nS
leap out and pluck hem the h0me veSees those
thick-coated horses. those big-iooted coarseiy
clear-sktnned
is my first hour in England and am drunk wItn 'ne
10Y OF seeing This housey even, iet me inspect ~ ~
and that swallow skimming along SO iamarly in1 Is ne
the trying 10 cling to the saiis oi tu1 ba
world overt This grass certainly have seen before.
and this red and white clover but this daisy anu Jan
miles to see the mullen cultivated In garden' ana
christened the velvet plant
HUMAN ASPECT OF THE LANDSCAPE.
As we sped through the land the heart of England.
toward London thought my eyes would never ger
out of my head by their eagerness to eaten every oet
as we rushed alOng How they reveled. now tney lo,
the birds ana 4S nog ho of oyer
fields and downs finding their delight In the streams
sheep in the fields the superb husbandry the rich mel
SOIL drainage the hedges-n the inconspcuous,
homeiy sincerity of all now dwelling fondly upon the
groups of neatly modelled stacks then upon the nela
the gathering OF turDips and cabbages or
the digging of potatoes-how longed 10 turn up the
historic soil into which had passed the s%ea. ana ',oo @
the quaint old thatched houses or the cluster OF tiled
roofs then catching at church splre across ieauoM %
(and all meadow at the remains OF tower or wall
Here. something almost human looks out at you from
the landscape nature; here has been long under the
dominion of man, has been taken up and lam down Dy
hands fed and fattened by his toll and industry and
the whole, has proved herself so willing and ractabe
seems s to rdiae his presence She is completely do
mestieated aud no doubt loves the ttyation OF the
harrow and the plow. The fields look half conscious
and if ever the cattle have "great and tranquil
thoughts" as Emerson suggests they do, it must be
when living upon these lawns and meadows. noticed
that the trees the and elm looked like fruit trees,
or as If they had felt the humanizing influences OF so
many generations OF men, and were oetaking themselves
the woods to the orchard The game Is more than
half tame aud could easily understand that 1t had
akeeper. . -
Another thing that would be quite TO strike my
eye ON this my first ride across British sell and on al
snbse1nent rides was the enormous number OF birds
and fowls kinds that swarmed in the air or
covered the ground IL was truly amazing. IL seemed
as il the featnered life OF whole continent must have
been concentrated upon this island Indeed doubt
States any two of the largest States would people
the earth and air more fully; there Appeared
every square yard of ground They know the value
enemies Of the farmer 1t be the paradise Of
and rocks IL did me good 10 see them so much at nome
TO see that the Brltish crow was not stranger 10 ne
and that he differed from his brother on the american
having less use for these qualities.
MORAL EFFECT OF THE ARCH.
S w DC at SRS oSe f
everything he sees here No temporIzlng, no make
work; no wood and little paint, but plenty of iron and
brick and stone This people have taken plenty OF time
stone on All this had been told but itpeased so in
the seeing that must tell II again. Ii worth voyage
bad seen little other wooden bridges before, ana in
England not one such, but sod arches
hold. Even the lanes and by-ways about the farm,
noticed crossed the little creeks with span upon
which an elephant would not hesitate to tread, or
artillery trains 70 pass. There form SO pleas
ing 70 look upon as the arch or hat ahsrds SO SO
stimulate the vOltion, the wllpower aud Tor my pr
cannot look upon noble span without ieenng ing 5 o
and fortified The arch is the symbol OF strength and
activity and Of reetitude, and If were despot would
keep n all possible constantly before my people
Not a window a doorway but should be arched, ana
N the land Iwond erect triumpna arches all the
streets aud build halls and edhces of the purest Gothic
architecture that so might correct the manners and
DhysiOgnOulcS
again to the human brow. whence it so lsng agoh
Isaw hpt one fullbIown' characteristic London fog
was In the National Gallery day, trying to make up
my mind about Turner, when this ehlnney-pot meteor
session Of the world Tue light fadea from the room,
the ran together in confused masses of shadow
on The walls and in the street only dim yellowsh twi
light prevailed, through which family twinkled the
iiSbts in The sLop windows Vehicles came slowly out
of the dirty obscury side and plunged INTO it on
the other Waterloo Bridge gave one or two leaps and
was oblterated for half its length Travel was i'm
boats stopped the river trains sto0c SUN on he
track and for an hour ana half London lay buried be-
meath this sckening eruption. say eruption, because
London fog IS only London smoke tempered Dy a
ampblack chief ingredient lt is not wet like our
fogs but quite dry. and makes the eyes smart and
through Il, his face is red and dirty; seen
through 6ona.fde fog his face Is clean and
burning gives out enormous quantity OF thick yell
Iowish smoke which is at no time absorbed or disspa
red as would he In hard, dry atmosphere, and
which certain times is not absorbed at all. but falls
down swollen and augmented by tue PrevashnS moist
less mpre gua with smoke. the farest days.
aud il becomes aud dense as you al pfoach
the great Ye< this compound OF smut, fog and
common elixir of youth and this rs one Of the
zine such FRESH blooming complexons and in general
such fine physical tone and fuboodedness ameng the
neope-such as has TO associate only with the
best and the purest who!esomest country Influences
What the secret Of II may VI am at loss TO know,
unless the moist atmosphere does not dry up
the blood as dOes and that the carbon and oreo
soe have anteptlc aud preservative quail
human physiology. 1t is doubt true. also. that
people do not In this climate, as in ours, and that
me delicate flesh tipts show more On that account
THB LARK.
DIANA hod nof Yards from the station began