New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NopnHoFFs CALIFORNIA.

III.
him before the public in singuarly favoraoie
light giving him wide and healthy reputation .
one of the most intelligent and Trustworthy n",r
ran writer's in that department OF literature nv
quality of his mind which leaves l's ilp'oS' ".
productions. is keenness OF observation 'o" ..:
with accuracy of detail and power Vi uoS',ip
ue pever socks for artificial intensity pS un
,,eensed brIiancy force OF coior'hg' ms
naCes arc clothed in the sober hues OF 'r"'n' o"'
in aiming at exactness of statement ne loses DO par
t;ole of vivacity preserving hveliness OF express
- and variety of illustration which always sus-
tain the interest of his narrative. His style how
aver is that of a practical man. rather than OF
.cholar He never affects the dainty of COM
position. He writes with an earnest purpose not TO
show off the facility the force of his pen He con-
stanty keeps IN the wants of the great mass OF
readers. and hence his books afford fund OF IN
struction as well as of entertainment, not often
found in works of more elaborate pretens'ons
The present volume opens with an account of the
authors visit to the Sandwich Islands, and although
IT follows a path that has been pretty thoroughly
explored by previous tourists. IT manages to brlng
out coed deal of novel information, and when that
is not attanable 10 present familiar facts in new
light by the aid of shrewd comment and original
suggestion The following paragraph gives PIC
turesoue view of the approach to Honolulu the cap
ital of the kingdom:
until almost within me haroor ,ua1
you get fair view Of the city, which les emo0wereu ~
Mains and tue tamarindrees, with tine tall ironGs 81
lie banana peerng above the low-rooed houses sno
thus the tropics come after all some nat upon
you for the land which YOU have Gkired All tue morn
ing Is by means tropical IN appearance ana ,h ane
first and too distant view, which gives Them ne uS
nt onolnn that from the ships deck of the
peasantest can get; 1t is view OF gray
hidden IN luxuriant green with oackgrouhu OF NoI,
camc mountains three or thousand feet high. and
an immediate foreground OF smooth haaoor' gay Win
wharf with ladies n carriages, and native fruvenders
III what will seem TO you brightly coored nghtgowhs'
eager TO sell you feast OF bananas aud oranges
Upon entering the city and visiting the scenery
in the neighborhood the American traveller Will be
struck with the resemblance of certain features to
familiar objects in his country This is ex-
planned by the influence of the early missionaries
whose great problem appears TO have been the re-
production of a New-England Paradise III the bosom
of the Pacific
The white frame houses with green blinds the picket
fences Whitley until they shine, the stone walls
fhe small barns the scanty pastures the little white
frame churches scattered about the narrow - 'front.'
yards" the frequent schoohhOuses. usually with put
little shade: all re NewEngland. genuine ana unadul-
terated and you have only to eliminate the palms me
yous bit of Vermont or the stooer parts OF Massa
freedom about 1t than petty New.Engand village but
lust neat, TRIM orderly and silent also There Is
fairs under one roof which born OF climate
Massachusetts, hut has been Drought over 10 THESE
"
In fact the missionaries have left an indelibe mark
upon islands. You do not need to look deep to
know that they were men of force, men OF the same
Kind as they who have left an equally deep impress
women VINO had formed their own lives according to
certain fixed and mmutabe rules, who knew no better
country than NewEngland, nor any better ways than
kcwEnsland ways, and TO whom u never occurred 10
equally good and ut in any part OF the
world. Patiently and somewhat vigorously, no doubt
tnry sought from the beginning TO make New-Engand
mon women OF these Hawaiians; and what is won
delfd that to large extent they have succeeded.
The more one travels about the islands the greater
will be his feeling of respect and admiration for the
missionaries. The material prosperity, the signs of
which everywhere visible, is their work. What
evers peculiar in the country is due TO the efforts of
the sOfteued Puritans who went there fifty years
ago to civilize a savage nation.
Their patient and effective laOors seem to me- now that
have seen the results 10 have been snguary under
islands and remain there even month without feeling
proud that the civilization which has here been created
III msrVelOusy short time the work OF his coun-
Try and women; and II you make the acquaintance
the older missionary families will not leave them
without deep personal esteem 10r tner characters as
well admiration OF their work. They dld not only
form written language for the Hdwallau race and pam
fully write for them sehoOEbooks,a denonary ana
translation the Scriptures and Of hymnboOk; they
tho H Children into Schools but they guided the race
slowly ana with immense difficulty. toward Christian
feet Christian than the New-YorKer or Massachusetts
man. and though there stu traces OF old customs
and superstjons these missionaries have eradlcated
grOsser crimes of murder and theft so completely.
that Honolulu people leave their houses open
all day and unlocked all night, without thought of
theft there not country Ill the world where the
stranger may travel 10 such absolute safety as Ii these
islands
The following sketch of one of the leading Amer
lean missionaries presents well deserved tribute to
eminent worth OF character and scientific ability:
In lo you 10 visit the volcano, you will find
Coan, of the brightest and loyeliest spirits of
them ALL the story Of whose life IN the remote island
whose apostle he was. is wonderful and touching
a. that any OF the earlier apostles aud shows what
great works uDyleng faith aud love can do in redeem.
Ing a savage people. When Dr. aud AIRS. Coan
the island of Hawaii its shores woods pop
niOus and through their lanors and those OF the Rev
erend Mr. Lyman and one two others thousands Of
men anu instructed Ill the truths OF Chris
brought into the church.
As you sail along the green coast OF Hawaii from its
northern point 10 uo you will be surprised at tue
of quaint little white ehurcnes which mark the dis
noes almost with the regularity OF mIe-stoDes; II,
later ride through this district or the one south or
Hlo you will that for every church there is
school house will see native children reading aud
writing well as our own at home You may hear them
singing tunes familiar In own SuDday-sebools you
will the native and woman sitting down 10 read
their spaper al tue close or day and you could
talk win them, you would mud they knew almost
interest IN the Of the rebellion And you
remember when, less than ~ years ago. Dr..
with bu one church ana one scho0 mouse III Inc district,
and almost without prI ted books or knowledge OF read
aug. They focked 10 bear the Gospel Thousands re:
moved from distance TO Hlo, where, in their rapid
way, they built up large town. ana Kept up surely The
srangest "protraeted meeting ever held; ana going
back their homes after months, they took with
them knowledge ana zeal te build w Christian churches
and schools OF their own.
Over these Dr.. Coan has presided these many years
not only preaching regularly on sundays and during the
three neighbOring churches but visiting the more DIS
tan churches Ut intervals TO examine and Instruct the
members aud keep them all on the right track He has
seen region very pOpuous when he first to II de-
until II has deserted and ruined
housepiaoes than Inhabited dwellings but also be has
great population turned from darkness TO light
considerable part OF IL following his own baneless and