New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BURROUGHS WINTER SUNSHINE.

Nj Burroughs is so completely at home i'll the IA
vorte haunts of Nature that he has noneed in speak
ing Of her to use tie language Of compliment or eere
mony He is familiar with all her secret paths, and
describes them without dainty or fstterng phrases
There is often a certain LONELINESS III ms pictures,
which shows both the veracy Of his observation and
the sincerity of his devotion. He is on too good
terms with the great mother 10 feel any reserve IN
her presence OF TO express his attachment In any al
footed OF fantastic ways His pages glow with cor
dial warmth. inspired by sympathy with the LIE
which forms the theme of his book
The first aspect of the subject which he presents
relates to the want of atmosphere IN the American
climate. He illustrates the apparent paradox by
the assertion that in New-York and New-England,
we have no atmosphere 20 speak of except now and
then during the dog-days or the Indian Summer
n is only ms we go South that the atmospheric ef
fects become visible, and on reaching the Potomac
we have an atmosphere well as a climate. The
splendor of the climate the Atlantic seaboard can
not be fully appreciated by the dweleT north OF the
thrty-ninth parallel /" Ii seemed rs ii had never
seen bat a second-rate article of sunlight moon
hight until | had taken up my abode in the National
Capital. Ii may be, perhaps because we have such
splendid specimens of both at that period of the
year when one values such things highest, namely,
in the Fall and Winter and early Spring. Sunlight
is good any time, but bright, eyenly-tempered day
rs certainly more engTossing to the attention IN WIN
tel than in Summer, and such days seem the rule
and not the exception in the Washington Winter.
The deep SHOWS keep to the North, the heavy rams
TO the South, leaving blue space central over the
border States. And there is not one Of the Winter
months bat wears this blue zone as girdle" These
Southern DAYS with northern blood in their veins, so
elastic and full Of action afford an excitement; TO the
ioyers of the open air. like the exhlaraiOn of wine
One feels new sense Of life under sueh skies There
Ia consciousness of altitude, as if Oh the top of
mountain.
Isay ont in the morning with the osensibe purpose
Of gathering ehestnuts or autumn leatesor
eXlorus some run or manch II is say tht iaSl VI
Octohcr the fret of Noveuntr The a'rls h0i paIhy
but tart ard puneeht IKE t NTl % tno ld not -
apples by the roadside IN the sty hot d Ci4', Ot
.peck vast dome of blUe eher lightly suspended above
prs gaseI-rrrat spasl,s ~ red and and gold
The ponds and streams bear Uon their bos0as leaves
low Of The chestnut IN the gens and hooks il II 40 still
TIA; the chirp solitary crchct Is notcethe, The rtd
berries OF the dOgwOOd and Sce-bis and othol shrubs
sline in the like rubics and coral. The crows ly
hgn above the earth they 90 only on such days forms
IKE e.n-ly birds sailing round and round
On It ay be later in me season vel INTO December
The daNs are equally bright, bat htt.e more rugged
The mornings u>hered IN by an immense spectrum
thrown upon the eastern sky: broad par OF req ana
Iansc az color in which green uNsseS WIN Yellow ana
blue with green hall The way 10 te zenith Nv ami by
the rtd and orange spread upward and grow DIM tde
snectrm fades ana the Sly becomes sulGsed with yell
low white lirlit and i'm moment the fiery scintatious
OF lie sun begin 10 break across the Maryland hills
7hcn before Oug The msts ana Ndlos Iiflsr IKE the
breath of giant army, and for an hour OF Two one j. re
minded oi a November morning III England. But by
nndf0reuOOn the only trace 81 the ouscl3 mat Ie-
mains is sght haze aud tne day is indeed summons
md challenge to come forth II the October days were
cordial lie the subacids Of mutt these are tonc Ike
The wine ~ iron Drink deep or be careful how you tae
this Decemb vintage. The first SIP n!ay chill but iuii
draft warns and iuyUraes No lettering by tue brooks
IN the woods now. hat spirited, rugged walking aous
the public highway. The sunDeWnS are Welcome now.
They seem Ike pure eiectnclly-Ike friendly ana Re
operating lightning. Are We lcd 10 thinR ClccilclV
anOuuds only in Summer men we sc IN tHe storm
clouds ar il were nc ms ana ore's OF II lls 'n
II equally abudAnl IN Nm'e, ana lioIc cPu't"c anu
bet r tempered. Who ever breasted u snOW-StCrm
without being ii ed and eXlarttcd, as # tins meteor
had rhdged With latent aurora oI me N"rtu, as
doalu css il lasg IL is ike being cited with sparks
from battery. Behold the fr0sIwOk on tic pane-tlc
wild, fantastic Trimmings ana ,chhss, can i'ttT DC any
doubt Int iS subtle agent has hceA Ltrei Where ~ u
aSfc the fire Of tie frost Tie OF tie sunbeam. Til,
crisp Winter air rs ull of IT, When cone IN Al night
Inv r c1se Acs and snaps beneath the comb ike cate
back. and strange, new glow Giiuses itse through my
system.
Bat one must be good walker to enjoy these
"skyey influences" at their best. Mr. Burroughs
feelngly doscauts the want of taste for pedestrian
exercises which characteIizes most of our country
men. We are unwilling walkers. We are not sim
rle-hearted enough to enjoy walk. at cannot be
sand that as q people We are positively sad, or
ruorose or melancholiC that we are vacant of
that sportiveucss and suIpusage of animal spirits
that characterized ancestors, and that springs
from fun and harmonious life,-a sound heart in
accord with a sound body. man must invest HIM
self near at hand and in common things and be CON
tent with a steady and moderate return if he would
know the blessednoSs of a cheerful heart and the
sweetness of a walk the round earth. This is n
lesson the American has yet TO learr-capabil:ty Of
amusement on a low key. He expects rapid and Ok
traordinary returns lie would make the very ee-
mental laws pay usuy. He has nothing 10 invest
in walk; il is too slow, too cheap We crave the
astonishing the exciting, the far away, and do not
know the highways of the gods when we see them,-
ALWAYS sign of the decay Of the faith and simplicity
of mau." The English present n great contrast to
us in this respect. They claim that they are more
hearty and robust people than We are. In the opin-
ion of the author they are certainly palmer peo-
pie have palmer tastes dress palmer, build palmer,
speak palmer keep closer to facts, and wear broader
shocs and coarser clothes. All these traits are
favorable TO pedestrian habits.
The English crandce is not confined to his carriage bnt
II the American arstocrat leaves ms ne Is ruined On,
the WEAKNESS, tie emptiness, the pOluns' lhe H"ehl
rest and finding none that goes by IN tie carriages
while your pedestrian is always cheerful alert refreshed
with Us heart ~ LIS haad ana ms hdu nc - NJ ii
looks down upon nobody h. is on The common level His
pores are al Open his circulation is active his digestion
good. lis heart uot cold, nor ms faculties asleep lie
l. tie real traveller; he alone tastes NE gay hcSi
tic ROAD. lie u NOT rodltd, DHt
things. with the farms and industries on either ha4d
The vital. universal currents Ildy through him.. he
Knows the ground alive; he feels the pulls OF tie
wind and reads tie Language Of Things. His sym
pSthief al arouscd his senses are continually r.
nOrtng messages % his mind. WIND, fr0st, RAIN heat,
cold are something to him. lie NOT mcrcya spectator
Of the panorama ~ nature, tut IaIucipaior IN H. lie
sxucrIiccs the country hr passes trOugH-tasics II,
fees H. ats0rhs ~ tn traveller % his IKE ca1lage sees
s. merely. T.S gives tie fresh charm 10 that class or
book. fgt uav D., called Views Afout" and TO the
rntivcs OF hunters, natlrlsts exploring parties etc.
To wtlser docs not need large territory. WL"p you
sar tuffst a. NfHfIE
he O. rage T.QuIcs township; but a walker Ike
Thorcau inds as much and along Tie shores al al
zen Pond The former, 10 were, has merely tune t0
,arc. at tie headings 0t tie chapters VilC the Latter
need not "a line, ana IAOtcau reads between tie
n. D. elmo rf. gf IN "a