The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11

torrent of abuse from the newspapers. whom
giNing an account Of the performance; on the
contrary. it was praise and only praise. which
they b"stpwr. upon me- Tor the mustcrly mum
ncr in which had led
Col Longs DiscoN cries In Central Africa
The SiIe sccrct-rhc ryGmics.
II jars upon our sense of harmony to find
the heroic, .r'ucs vulgarizcd bya streak of folly
No doubt the most yirilc dualti is like yalor and
endurance may sometimes cOcNist with pucrlle
variety and hoastiulucss. as was sufficiently at
tested 10y the medieval Gascon and Spaniard.
but the queer admiNturc is seldom met with in
men OF AnglD-SaXon breed. We are bound to
say that Col. LON0's narrative OF travel-CeDhdl
.iJrttd. Naked truths Of NdieiPeOp'e uIarper'sl
which records the successful execution OF an
almost desperate project. and is stored with
matter Of substantial value il by no means
equally distinguished 10y modosty and sef-rc-
preston. The wcll-informed reader will not
he pleased to see the achievements Of preceding
explorers almost totally ignored. as in the ease
Of $ .hweinfurth. orthc discoveries and opinions
Of mon like Sir Samuel Baker treated in "a cap
tious half disdanful vein. Nor are W. at all
consolol for thu abs nee Of candid anl philp-
| sophie spirit by the frequent int"recton Of
som what stll, quotations from Childe llar-
Old. and We confess our inability t. perceive in
Col. Longs African journey the sugg, sted am
alOgy with the pilgrimage Of that fascinating
person.
Yet it il hardly less reasonable to look gift
| horse in the mouth thin t. SHOW ourselves too
cNaeting toward men vino taFe their lives in
their hands and push their way whore few 81
VI might cars % follow. What W. ask from an
explorer is now facts ami sine Cll. Long =
diar, Is fruitful Of these. W. need not dwell on
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