New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24

ention on its appearance year ago in the pages OF the
Magazine. Mr. John Burroughs contributes n ne"
chapter OF delightful Notes OF Walker, WHICH,
like all his writings rural themes presents so nany
fresh aspects Of Nature from bis personal
experience of outdoor de. The following little sKetcn
shows a nice observation o; canine psychology; Inc
hound Is great puzzle TO the farm dog the later AZ
trac.ed by his baymg, comes barking and snarihe up
through the fields bent picking quarrel; ne inter
ceps the hound, snubs and insults ana annoys hl III
every way possible, but the hound heeds him NOT tue
dog attacks gets away the best he cam ana goes
on with the trail; the cur oristles am parhs
and struts about for while then goes back
10 the house. evidently thinking the hound
a lnnatic which he Is for the time Dehg-a
monomaniac. the slave and victim OF one idea. sd"
the master OF hound day arrest him IN fd COURSE
to give OF the hunters time 10 GET 10 cel'ah run
way the dog cried and struggled to free himself anu
would listen TO neither threats careses KNOWING
he mus. be hungry offered him my lunch, but he would
not touch it, put in his month"; but he threw u con
temptuously from him. We coaXed aud petted ana re-
assured him. but under SPELL he was beret Oh
all thought desire but the one passion 10 pursue that
trail" lover Sunday in New-SharOn,' by Edward
King ia an uneOmmonly good specimen OF magazine
writing, marked ny unaffected vvaclty, with quiet
vein OF natural humOr, and facile descriptive power
which produces the desired effect without excess OF col
oing or cyta ancc dictOn The article Is devoted
TO Western eatte-town," which exhibits branch of
commerce and q variety Of life the Ike OF which can
not he fonnd elsewhere under the The portrait OF
the Texan drOver does not present reassnrg promise
Of the angelic tendencies of human nature Once ar
rived in Newsharon, the herder or cowboy don't
mates town lie is longer the easy-goinG mild
type OF native Texan anguOr and the anon
alous selreprcs Of the trail he turns loose as ne
calls IT, and appears 10 change his disposition in the act
of shifting his garments, rapidly does ne chaehEo
every restraint OF society and sound every depth OF vice
and shame, He becomes Il speudthrft, a drunRard
gambler llbertinc. and too Often alas, murderer!
For him arc The frequent saloons. the aTO-banks anu
rOulcetabes, the ccnccrhalls, the dahcthouses anu
all the other various appliances of imQuy which meet
the eye every turn in such place as New-Sharon IL
is wonder that In the wild excuses that he practices,
and the manifold alluremens that sot for him, lie
contrvos retain much OF manhood as he aces iOr
il is undenia1le that he il generous, iruthIuI sym
thetic. honest trade, brave to desperafion-neVef
Il nggard, never thief aud never coward lie even
has strange paradOxical code OF personal hohor III
viuacaiou OF which he will obtrude his life as tuOuGh
IL were but toy Nor is re without the
small inflr;nities OF vanity that betrdy tue
common kinship of all humankind; he likes 10 ais
| play his small hands and feet; smile from woman
latteIs him he has passion rjeWelry-tAra'asah'
scarlet bosom-pns are his specaliy-and ne ayes MS
mustache IL is tail and muscular, usually, with legs
somewhat parenthesized by usage 70 the saddle aud
hjs face mauv times remarkable FOR ITS wellchiseied
outline is always thin and pale. and always gru-as il
ne wore mask conceal his inward oathlng OF the
life he preteud enjoy And it is life OF snort AURA
uon few whirug months, 1t most, OF incessant
Ca17usal sAtfce TO empty his purse, or exhaust MS
health and then, IL he be not ye quite lost 10 touSh
he braces up as best he can, and Slips away ana whaJ
finally becomes CT him can teil-or he fingers
still little loDgcc, and sinks still little lower until
tho brief candle to the socket and goes out az
| last in some drunken cegy, at the muzze oi u
revolver, or the point of quick and awful knife
4 IS q D.s fha 1t
interest as it advances and promises TO be valuable
addition to the historical literature of the daY' VIA
Nnova sonnet by Hrs. Anne Lynch Botta. Is grace
full specimen Of poetic thought and expression III Z"
branch OF composition for which high gifts are the con-
| dition cf success -
Though recall NJ word. no glance, no tone,
Wherein my eager LIeInOry might Iepuse.
Vet like The earth where grew the Persian rose,
/ feel ! higher lie inspire my own
And sluce that higher life have been near
Some aura some mysterious einuehcr'
Transcendins all the scope OF thought or sense
Surrounds me like "a rarer atlnoslhefr;
Aud dwelling in Tins new element,
The world OF daily life exalted seems;
| walk therein IN the realm OF dreams,
Following the thought that leads me on intent,
ASH stream that wandered alnicssly
Had heard at last the murinur OF the sea.
The contents Of the number al@o comprise new IN
stament of Louisiana" by Mrs. Burnett, and Of the
" Grandisslme," by G. W. Cable. paper entitled 1.-TWO
Views O, Napoleon" severely cuticIsug the memoirs OF
Prince Motternich and Madame do Renusat as authen-
tic "reminiscences OF the Emperor, The WARDS OF the
limited States Government" by II. H. and variety OF
more or les interesting and amusing matter IN the
miscellany at the end OF the number.
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