New-York tribune., 1877-08-21
HARPER

HARPER
"The Lading of Ship" with which this
number upans gives picturesque view OF the wharVes
OF New-Yor showing the intensity Of fe which throDS
IA every per and bulkhed even IN the dnest seasons OF
business General stark and the Battle Of Bennington
is an oppoune paper filed with personal details Of great
interest as well as elucidatng the historical facts OF that
memorable occasion. In" Group OF Classical Schools,
the writer presents series OF agreeable "reminiscences OF
the famous Audovor Academy, with an account
of some OF the other literary institutions which
have done so much in raising the standard
of coed scholarship in New-Engand The sketch
of Dr. Samuel Harvey Taylor. the admirable principal oil
Andover Aca leny presents feke portraituie OF one
Of the an0st eminent the most feared ana the most
beloved Of the noble line Of MassaC Iusetts school
masers The room in which lie held his class Number
Nine was daily battle ground. Into II the boys filed
va sense that however industriously they may have
prepared themselves, thcIe were chances OF deIeat
never TO be counted beforehand The master sat az is
desk his eyes bent his oook' aud rarely raised h7
cards cont lining the Of the boys were before in
and II sometimes happened that he did not shuttle them
ith tie slIictest care that the same names would
follow IN succession day after dayG closely scru
uzed by the boys who most intent the danger be-
fore them There superoas word in his questions
Zach was delivered II stripped for the fight There
was no pause guessing answer and no prompting by
insmuGtug question. The questions. which followed
each other ia rapid succession, were not put rapidly
though cast I'm the oOst succuc form hut no interval
was allowed between question aud answer, answer and
question. No ldggarj, wandering III his mind, was
waited for t he could find the place. and all suerfuous
words in the answering Of questions were ruhlessy cut
short The boys ont, those who were IN earnest
and IL was rare that all not caught in conta-
eion of earnestuess-Gushed and eager, quekenod
by the contests, and excited 10 new effort"
"Amcrican Workmen from a European point OF
view a paper Of curious interest," describing the I'M
prossons Of a swiss master shoemaker during visit TO
.I.. oI IN fvogr-
elers first wonder in America Is to see how much Is
made OF rnau point of view. lie gets into
stage on Broadway the most crowded thoroUghiare ia
the world aud struck by the eOntrivance OF faIe-boX
aud d0orsrap, which enables man to do the business
of three on a Paris line. In hOrsecar he admres the
bolpInch which the company the salary OF
eontr6leur, and does his work moro efectualy. On
raroad train he Is amazed TO find only conductor
mud nothing OF the army Of watchmon who European
roads stand guard every and crossing He re-
calls starting OF Swiss train: each one OF series
of conductors cries successvey FeTtg then the chef
de train calls Fort! then he whistles; then the bell
rings: then the locomotive whises finally the train
starts In America the conductor surveys the whole
train. When all ia ready, he makes sign to the en-
gincer and she goes II is the travellers business
70 know the time OF starting, and If he gets left once,
he is likely 10 take better care another time"
TIE sum total Of the observations made by this ntell
gent European traveller suggests tue following remarks
10 the writer of the article: The things that strike
stranger among give idea where the difference
lies between country and ms. And such descriptions
as this Of the American worsingman-hs high intelli
geuce his business integrity and hdelity his punctua
and energetic industry, aud bis domestic comfor-Ought
20 put to and silence the c;oakng of silly dena-
tOnaized tourists, who back TO America TO com
plain Of the oyerworked condition of their cOun,rymen
and wish could have more holidays and moro light
wines and genial Of spending evenings In
beef gaden ana especially that we could be elnanci-
pated from the austeny of the American Sabbath, and
learn to spend the day in sensible fashiOn-n eXcur-
sous aud pIcnos with ball In the evening To one who
has studiousy compared the working OF tie New
World and the Old IL is obvious that among the causes
which have contributed to that personal superiority o;
the American which making the manufacturers Of all
Europe trembe view of his approaching competition,
one OF the very foremost Is that religious rest on one day
In seven which IS the necessary condition o; the most ci
fec,tye labor on the other six "Wafs from Motley's
Pen" reproduce early political contributions OF the
illusfrios historian The Ne0 Yorker literary Journal
and The Nee World then edited by his kinsman. Mr. Park
Benjamin. together with extracts from his political cor
respondence written after the election OF Mr. Polk
1874.