, 1874-05-30

THE WORLD Ok WHEELS; AND OTHER skErcnEa
~ D. F. rAYLon. l2mo, PIP 1885, Chicago: y. G.
Grigga Co.
The pom -pioturos Of B. F. Taylor arc among
tho most brilliant mud eccentric productions Of
tho prcsont day. They are like the muBlo of
Gottschalk played by uottsohalk himself. Or
like hky-rookots tint burst In tho zonith and fall
in showers OF fiery rain. They arc word-won-
doris, reminding us Of nccromanoy, With tho daz-
xlo and bowildermont of their rapid Succession,
We gaze ut the gorgeous and onlloss display
with mixture Of SURPRISE and admiration and
envy. What gift in tliB by which ono has all
the resources Of language under parfect control,
and mnrahals forth, nt lightning call, the
strongost, the subtlcst, the aptoBt, tho most pic
turesYuo terms al'd phrases, and ,wohvea them
together in tho most musical and eloquent utter
nnces. Ruoh prose is moro charming than yerae
It has all tho beauty, tho variety, and tho
Imagery Of poetry, without tho worrying aud
restricting confinement and 1nonotony OF meas
nro.
Tho majority Of the skotchoa In this volume
ran through tlso columns Of tho New York Ex-
nn'i'.er and Chronicle Inst summer but they
hescrvo to DO read by legion outside tho circle
iS n 5 spplopsse to
with alI tho accessories which tho publishers can
bring together to complete their attrnctiycness.
III aadltton to tho sketches OF travel entitled
"Whoels," there iB serioH OF dcsulsory papers
article II Ny Eye," nhch IL at least Is good az
any in tho volume, bus gone tho rounds OF tho
proas and been roud from Maine to Californin.
We wish 1t had MOTT is 30 tempting 4 moroccan
to copy hero. In itu stead, however, we
trauscribc ono or two passages which will rep-
resent tho book as we'll na ainglo paragraphs can,
separated from tho context:
When you see brace Of iron b1rs laid parallel upon
The ground and hhrp Of wire nttunE along bvalo It,
you thu fragment al 1nnn that Gun nsver indulge
asonl Without borrowing nne. It IL tho lne Of \
onv, Thoughts thougta thut hro 'tap anu dressed
IN their verbal ciothoB. Tn tho other, things Tho
III aeyen-ninths OF Selptnrhl aspiration, fvs-nntAs
realized; 80 that had the wings Of dove that
soldatet arn Of Clsistandom ths common carrier ri
the luoyabe world. But grand Ia, md priceless
IA thu treasurer It h bearlng was too lats for tho
hottest burden Of all tina. Tiora train to
proved to 10 anything but wla tUas suspected Of be
ang,-iho locomotive hna,-for, made to he \ common
carrier, gigantic, quck-time dray.orss. Il IL civil
Her nhder Of cltes, and, II tho three WHh1essrs.
Wesley l,rohcrs and Whttaeli-wil forgiys mo- sers
missionary w!that The pruachera Of flesh and
blood teiouAee the Hor4gllo mud tho tlhroms Of tho
American Dnsaft, hut nobody minded 1t. The law
muera frownod upon them, aud thoy grew like gar
Jurisdiction III tic houBphold-economy of tho mu,l
In tho ,oon." The locomotive made for them At laat
from Aa1tic ald paric 1t brought the Gonsites md
the "AaIntr" shoulder to shoulder its mountains
egle clocutto rang through tho valleys Of Utah. aud
gna,et lator 1t VII! WhstIo thut paroar1Rm OF tho
Qricll down Tho wind. .-
Tho Lrazus hcl llko goblet wrong Btds up, sp!lts
Saick aotse rio trlvaaEkngs back tho levsr. Tia
eug!uas atendor arms Begin to feel aloHIy 1n