The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-15
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'SkAFORTH
"Seaiorth," by Florence Mon gomery ~. B. Lippin
colt Co.. is q story OF NO little merit. There
nothing striking original about tho plot nor the
characters but the sketches Of child life sdmira
bls The little lonely Joan Is over romantic at times
Tor child, but In the main she is natural The
little Ainsbro' children are capital, particu-
arly little Bcrus, who wept when ne heard
his father say that the Mayor OF York
dead; not that Berthe knew that august parsonage,
but 1t made him feel badly TO have him die II don't
want him TO BIO dead At ALL sobbed Berthe Mrs.
Ansbro telling BERTHE and his little sister Marion
about the creation Of the word-ihey had Just como
70 the making OF the stars-whsn Berthe sx.
claimed, "God could mako gas II He liked. Tor Ho
do everything, you know" 'Yos," SAID Marion,
"He can write with HIS fingers like when He wrote
the commandments on the tables Of stone" ~ wish
Ieoud write win my Apgers," said Berthe. mourn.
fully adding, alter o moments deep and Interested
thought, "Of course Gods got plenty OF pens, only
He likes better writing with His fingers" While not
q child's story, 'Sesiorh" Is story that any child
might read Tor tt 10 pure IN tone and moral its
teachings. Tho family OF Godfrey Sealorth, tho gam
bier. might have been drawn from life The book 10
full interest there are words wasted In idle
talk.
Mag"
The best part Of mag: Story OF To- Day" Harper
L. Bro,hers), 10 It's sentiment. All that It has Of
interest could easily DO condensed within the limits
Of . magazine story. IL 10 nliod with Irish and
negro dialect not clsvory expressed ofplot there
little none. Tho lesson taught by the story is
good but good moral lesson does mako On inter.
estipg novel unless IL be combined with plot and
skiifui handbag. Mag was outcast OF the most
unprspossess,ng type, but under her rough and
brutal exterior Bsrue Lee discovered soft place,
an impression. We must confess that wo do not
understand how youug lady like Miss Loc could
'sovov such q dsbssed creature. IL natural
enough for her to want TO save the woman IRON Jail
aud from herself, but love Is a quality that is not
onen excited, even IN Elizabeth Frys for women like
Mag II the author OF "Maa" is u very young girl
there believe that will better work
- she gains maturity.
THE BRITISH ARCTIC ExPl DIXON.
The history OF the British Arctic expedition OF
1876, written By It's commapdsr, Captain Sir George
s. Mares. r. NJ X. c. b., r. H. s., cannot fail to at
tract the widest attention, although It is from the
beginning TO the end, the story OF great national
disappointment The expedition, composed OF two
oil Her Majesty's shtps, the Alert ana DIS
covcry, specially ntssd out Tor Aroic exploration,
and named by efficient crews OF officers and ZEN,
and furthermore, commanded by . seaman whose
world vide reputation as the Captain OF the famous
scientific exploration ship Challenger caused tho
british people 70 plsos the fullest csnndencs the
success OF tho usw EFFORT TO roach tho Pole, left
Portsmouth, on the 10Th Of May, 1875 The
object was 10 reach tho Pole, and the
route selected that followed by Hail
~ the Polaris, namely smmh SQUAD. The fsrlnne OF
tho expedition may 10 briefly described. Tho ships,
after experiencing soms difficulties with the ice in
Kounedy Chanel, reached Lady Franklin Sound
Hall Basin. IN August There the Discovery went into
position In winter quarters aud the Alert
pushed northwsrd beyond Cape Union, In lat.
iiuds 81 deg. - min. where she
toned for the winter 10 u very exposed position.
From both vessels sledsng parties started to explore
Tho northern coasts OF Greenland and Of Grin
nei Land respectively. The Discovory's parties
reached longitude 81 degrees In their east
ward exploration, and sighted land to the
northeast, which they called Cape Britannia
and Beaumont Island. Tho parties Of tho Alert did
moro important work In following the coast line OF
Grinneil Land 70 Ion. So deg. west aud establish
ing What may prove ~ b the southern limit
OF polar waters IN that region. Farthsrmors,
a plucky dash was made due nortt ward unaer
Commodore Marx ham, whose siedgs party, after
q terrible struggle reached the highest att
tuds on record as being attained by white explorers
namely, SO deg. 20 min. ana 20 north. Finding
ncds the Markham party struggled back and reached
tho ship Alert IN an exhausted condition. Then IL
aud tho expedition returned to England. where II
received with much enthu slasm but n little share
critcism, growing out OF the bitter
OF the pubic ~ iss failure. ..AIU
wtb the causes OF the failure and the CON ments
thereon wc have nothing TO do In this brief review OF
Captain Mares narrative Of shs voyage. uis book is