, 1876-09-09
The Manufacture of Silk, and
Why It Is So Costly.
Flora Round About 0hioago--The
Lobelia and Bellwort Family.
Explorations in Arctic Seas and in
New Guinea-..Reunion
island,


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S1uAn1 T.: GRANT DurF, Men!hct for the E!slH; II;
Dltsles Of nnrghs. md iate rnor' 'ssGTotnT5 o.
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Lon'.on: Macmillan / Co.
In the winter Of 1674-'75 Mr.. Dull spent folr
months in journey through India 1t was
necessarily rapll, for 1t travcrscd In yarlons ai
rections the most interesting portions OF the
vast pcpinsu!ar colony under English fulc'
Nevertheless, from Ills previous intimate nc
ouaiptnrce with ths workings Of the British
Government III India, and with tho naterlnl anu
social condition of tho country, and from the
eupcrior facilities for observation offered him
by the ot1lcinla In The Civil Service and the ma
tive Princes, the tourist was enabled to make q
pretty Thorough inspection OF cities, architect
u.al monuments, physical features OF the proV-
ii,cc, outward appearance OF the people, mud
their ciril and religious institutions. His notes
taken by tho way wero rapidly md eucclnctly To-
corded yet are always Intelligent and direct. aud.
To QUO familiar with tho history oi1ud!a, cnsorta!n.
10y.
There "a such IN cnchantment In the very name
Of ln1Ia,-cycsy circumstance In lts c1istence,
whether relating to tho land or tho fnhubitahta, Is
10 rich in charms for tho Imagination, that the
ba.cst transcripts Of travel or sketches OF IT. life,
excite this faculties Of wonder, and curiosity. ana
admiration, to plt1suf4Dld hCklfjty Ill tHG cHtifc
body Of his notes, 3fr. DMG seldom goes beyond m
allusfon OF comment whlcl, prcsupposcA on the
mart Of lila reader full knowledge Of Tho point
touched; yeti have alld his route OF inycet1ga-
tlon wl be followed with q feeling Of enjoyment,
hints md references that l,e instracts, few pms.
cages in hs narrative are comprehensive enough to
warrant citation. One ehort extract, however, II
strlking In a exhibition Of the 1tndoo Intellect
under culture, tiiGt reproduce It. It was writ.
ten at village near Lahore. In the rnninb din.
'.wc adjourned to grows Of sissoo, under
which te boys from sty neighb0ring village echouls
bud hccn collected, ,-Slkhs, lIndns, and Mahotn.
ctans. snrnc OF thcnt we're very intelligent.
asked one youth Of about II which was tho most
powerful country in Eutope after ENGLAND. Ger;
.lsussla,' he sald. i Idemurrrd, and asked Hin
what ho thought Of France. .Ohl France he
eal, 'was anee vcsy powerful; but her disaaers In
the late war weEe great that she ts no 1ongcr ao
Then askctl him what was the eccleslastcal capl-
tal of hs snl!gion. 1fe wns Hindu: 'Dtnarca.'
ial q the 'nost numerous body Of Ghrlstlans1'I
what is going oil In that conntryr said, pointing
tn Spain. "A war hetwocn the people who want
icnab!'s and those who want Monarchy, was the
How many boys Of IA In tho Chicago schnols pass
similar examination ns credstahyi
Appended 70 the notes Of ttnrel la m essay on
the social md political status OF India, which, like
the preceding contents Of the book, i repsln!cl
from the Contemporary RerfeT. In this, Mr. DM1
maks sha statement that the possession OF Ind1a
gland, Its advantages lying chiefly In the incrcnss
Of inlurncs AMONG 0ther Powers, nnll III the field
orgy Of tho nu!tcr, which Il affords.