The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-03
SOME NEU BOOKS.


hlliliN hrr1 'lulfi WIN INC iNill Oh tHk'S. H'D
will delight To- be reminded, in these rambling,
but ,ivac.ous and authentic pages, of quaint
savings and eccentric doings connected with
the pns, hunor.s,s Of scotland in all ranks of
society, with her homey parish ministers. her
plwky lairds. her strong-mindcl old ladies.
and her old fashioned domestic servants. Dean
Ramsay could himself 20 ba X in memory solnr
ffty years and to a largo extent his stories are
drawn from biz, own experience or from the
direct testimony of others. We may add that
the present voium" rcprpluccs the sixth Edin-
burgh edition OF the original work which was
enriched with number of fresh anecdotes re-
lating mninly 20 the drinking system. now obso-
lctr. in Scottish society. and to a state of am
ncrs among tho clergy which has we'll nigh
! passed away.
There il no doubt that Scottish pleasantly is
scarcely snparable from the dialect which
clothes it, aud IT may have been this circum-
stance which led Sydney Smith to affirm the alb
solutc n-cyistence OF wit and humor in Scot
land. Hcusedi To- say it required asurgical opera
ton to get u Joke well into Il Scotch under
standing. and that Scut'hman's only dca II
wit was laughing immodorntely at stated inter-
vals Charles Lamb had the same notion. and
used to defend ii by his own experience AT n
party in The North, where he was asked to meet a
son of Burns, While they were waiting for the
lattcr'- appearance Lamb happened to remark.
/ ia his dry monotone " | wish II had been the
! father instead Of the son. upon which four
Scotchmcn present with ono voice exclaimed.
lhh' lhlpossibe, Ter mes ded". inc
lac Is that inc Nst OF scotch nhn,-
d"te often seems to lie IN the mere
expressions when describe the facts. the hu-
NOR oi the narrative is unpuestionable. and Yet
no one has tried to be humorous The pun
E'h'y COMES from the S'o''St"ess' rom th'
t,. 4.
sly lhd'p'hd'ht' uh'oh''rnrd spirit oil thp
Scottish people Take. Tor Instance the char
hct"rsuc answer given by countryman To n
traveller WHO, being doubtful 81 MS WAY IN
CURED II he was on tue rlGh' ro"d TO DuhRrH.
WIN som" "' th' national lh1uistiN'n'ss' the
p'hsin'HsNei MS inquirer Wher' h' came rom
ohrhdrd III 'his hn'r'y' the stranger SHARPLY
r'mlhd'u the man 'lo' Wher' h''am' from was
notAlnG 10 MN. But all On" answer TO BE- got
ont oi IN" S'"tehman was the the quiet r"oin-
der. Indeed. th"n' II : lust'ls nt'e To me whnr
yor gaen. W. ma the same quality oi dry in
differences IN tho answer whlch Dean Ramsay
henrd given To l'N'w 'raY'U'r' gentle
mum sl'ih- "pposl" To- nm IN stage
c"ach complainrd thH' Tue cushion was
w''' an'' looking NJ I" inc ropl discovered a
n"i' Nhl'h at once a''ouht'i Tor the ms 'hiei
In great wrath ne r'pron ,hrd tue coa'hman Tor
IN" eNll nhN'r whl'h NJ suffered ana pointed
To ne noe when was tue cause Of H. put All tho
sa'siAtoh II" ~ was inc uhmoNed r'pN'
~ m'hY mon hHS complained oi mat
hoir ANA here We may cite an examine oi tho
cool view OF apc'uniary transaction expressed
10 hrhn Ramsay iath'r hy tenant ON rent
d"N' LooNlhI over u bunu'e 81 notes whi'h
n.y. Just ~''h hahi'd 10 him' Mr. Ramsay SAM
IN 'hl' "; Jam s. 'l' notes are NOT correct
To- W"''" Vie i"rh''r answered. uryN;
dlnna Zen whM they may be "oo' but thY
"A rent afDr' W lHu your fingers