New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS
A GENIAL RAMBLER


~. pooLor who is well-kuown contributor 10
Ar. London press. has collected IN this Pheasant
.o,,m. twenty sketches originally written iot ne
pa;r N,,r, and al the Year Round. in the intervals
of what he calls more serious work hey uaEo q"
certain unity of subject, being devoted as vi" "'o
s,h. Collection indicates TO the holiday aspects
~ nopnlar resorts hut they deal win SO MANY
widely separated places the coasts ana rivers "
England the shores of the Mediterr anean' INC
sandy fringes Of the Dutch sea, and even NV"
VII gambling house. that they show no lack 'i
variety Mr.. Booker has some OF the best qh"''N''
of the travelling CORE, pondent. His temper y
eh,rrning lie never fret over little annoN@
Ito adapt. himself cheerfully Ga the ways oil I"o
peorle among whom he has chosen 10 cast MS '','
No ,s ready 10 be pleases aud to relish su"P''
amusefnents He makes his holiday Tamo'e' ~
true holiday spirit. Perhaps we cannon NV
higher compliment to his manner ot Urea '"E Us
,o,ics than to say Of all the places he deserves %
one would like to visit in his COMPANY
lis Good bunor would I've worth httie II " "'''
not accompanied 10y scuteness OF oOseiV"''"" 90
sr eve for the absurd ~ well "a we Pi''"''
M 10 not one of those dreadful special coiI"sP'""'
-, tr,, En- he funny but he hasa true sense
=, a.. .d,,ulous aud can indu'g gait without q" ~
cent strain after eject. The chapter ON NrlWn
T,,utine m Kent" is 40 excellent sne'im"n "'
mild AVID natural pleasantly at whch ono does NV
,ssilv the and n b. aso ul Of clear ana una'e''e'
d..cIotion There IA IN easy, jolly ami Nwp'-
,betic paper ON schevcnngon the watering r'"'e
of The Hague. from which we may copy par"
graph or 30 ..s,...,....,.
-, ,,,',,t of a ,oncoft 60 hc gwen lu the o"i "l
,Lr Ungnr by y certain roVeie l.ttmail'' lo,i' Ns
dinner at t'he'cninsrn h1.n t ,"",' a. Gc w",'
at an open. an toutott Knowing w F"", ..',.
naturo of putohmen inferred thel YlUn"ll
,yrnIng dre,s wunld be appropriate WINE h' man
,,nrI maj A.. We came from the seaside I" "h
opcu air concert, at which beer was ,"hHu'NI ~
.shouid So in serge SUI Shov''.g ne'u, , "' M
gees, quite sans tdf0R, t'l PlVHu1
s1,.sion' ruliVrued by various kinds OF hll'eIA We
drcided that each should dress 10 hs own way a.
that the approving or tOulehptn"us Il9''' 20 ~"
nnIt,r .hnuld lee taken az evidence ol suc,"ss "l
L. lure Wherefore we set Out ih ORDINARY ""
!" - L.. Nr Ttttenham 100 "a blue serge cost u'nr'
nuegree. and all My MUD mlsgaNe me a. lHc
tr~'m made it, way through the ieatN avenue I'a'
me 10 The Hague. observed thar the aSt'h'S'''V"'
OF the natives was divided between my er"ln"t'
a. - frort aud INV oompaulOus puggrce J hey "'-
v,orslv did not Ike that apple OF hU' '.'. NV
silken Gbls; but they revoted Against tns n''u-
rrel kind of heluet, with tue oIltHtsI api' '1"-'
streamng ia the wind. Our ie1"w-utN'"'lN'
keeny awake 10 the fact that we weIe. alrhn-r''
and dcduCug thcrciron tu"t we WcIe l-n"'" W.
e. i'ngnage of liz. and, discussed our app 'nrr
freely in our very presence DO LOT 10y tn. s
r,tr that the Wander Neers did 50. lh"l o'sln-
on shed family had driven oil some TIM" since 10
then own carrialc and we're Aretd' AT tie SOC e.
1HW.L"a r.rtgk,ug Of either beer col tv. d h~
nasscug.rs I'm tire Haagsche lra'lwav car Wtr' OF
he ,ueaner sort ranging irom merchants u "0'"'N
The latter good souls. Dyed the r'Nl.cl Oh ~
yery much With critical eye they scanned m,
L.,rt sh.Ird sblrt-!ruut. and while approving "i
tbe manner I'm which Iny laupdre~s h3d got II mp
dcmurrcd 10 t, amplitude. lAey auo'tu ire t,c
Man with the snIIt, my companion bo Ma"
with the hat Al lls lat they never ''t9't I'd"
rarvel appearing quite unable % grasp e." 'd' ~"
dde of Il p4rti-coiOred towcl tea louh" IL HoH-'''
I,nd al. Uirk .lh.u,r Wild couectdIe> were uD-
ar,irl as To- s nationality. Me they bo"sci ~ once
- -, Ergl>huan. hut he halted con ettu1c. en-"
.Ittff- al a
in A II tf.y -siar,hed cap. with golden things NE
oIagou-h-~ IN front of each ear. was al an LrhaIN
able put Nil Tattcuhlm down as scot. bul a"-
other. with significant glance ~ 1lH '"SI II, ~
eucased IN ample blue serge declared lh'l lH''
could not tie. and that the Interesting S'r"oa,' Wa,
an Indian don't know whether II Is "a sign luat
W. are specially fitted to ill promnen; pal m the
world: hut am quite within the truth "heh as
sert that my companion and myself were ho' "ily
NOT aha>hed, but vastly amused at the isId S'l"-
tiny to which We w,re subjected.
lint thu was nothing to what awaited US al th'
home of literature and beer IN the WOOD OF 'He
Uagnc il seemed. at one time. a II the music -eE-
celieut as il w4s-wcre quite playing -. ouu ia
TO nv friend puggrce. Again must reil,i"le' n"'
III ,r,th tbe uoWu-up people. who enjoyed their tc"
o,rden Kind of amusement soberly and dls'relN,
but rom tie children. whose ainazeneni ana cur
osity could not be IepleseeG. lh'N s'si"u guy VI,
tLer bright ewes till they could stare no ongrr uno
then went and fetched their companions 10 lo"A
and delight 1hry viewed II ia mont aud at the
side They followed us and ran round uS. louhs-
go cf t.der wears actually left of eating CAKES
aud sveetstud and came away from the tea-iabl,
10 have comfortable stare at Us, SO WOhdIoue uil
we seem unto them; aud they took !, uhF,nt'
tL,t al least satiatei with unsought popularity
we soupht refuge in the inner pavilion OF literature
and beer into winch children ventured not.
Here we refreshed ourselves with mlghly glass
nj Rairiscb and speculated on the intense love ol
tea with which Dutch women are posse,seu re.
in Holland H. like almost everything Gut "a,ci' -
evceleut uuatv aud Is not converted INTO DeNe
aya iy the plOpretors of tea-gafdens, LNttND"u'
makes her own tea at the Hague ana Aust'idA
anJ eke AT scboveniDgen When AYuhoel aud us
hox al their seats al one Nl tlf Eitfi
fables closely packed under the trees fouHu tIf "l
chcstra madame proceeds 10 max YEA !5u H. 20
yory unlike the English urn and teapot ana eqnSIIN
d.ssulilat rom the Russian sahoN hi lh' ''i 'u
waiter brings hrst what appeals to bee an ron p''
but is m reality a stove ol PlHhllN' ,""Hl
hottnmod well with charcoal Vh TINS u ser we
kettle of common life. boiiiue ana KEEP, VVhuR Wy
thp charcoal underneath Tea s biouE " h 'a''N
,nscthet with black oprthenVHt" teapot MADAME
ttu,reds to mako tea. fret ascor thuR i'", 'l'
water hoils aud Nhru thc hIsi iouud ~ to1lcA "ul
,ou,,ves tho bd of the kettle and puts the htil'
ha,k teapot iu a.. place There 20 clearly hn und'l
standing httvr,u th' CON" ,"ln, "''' l", r',F' 49,
a., thr aIlo ut traputs and krito.ldh. i"i il' hi
serna exact and the Tea IH kept not, a. ~ h'td' go
l., in tho upou tIr Thus, lit't t'" manner "i ll'
iurrrr\ ih,.ur fht hic hrgua &" hul lh' k ll' il'
makethr sea, aud tho tea, presumably. ittin' I"
warm its drinkers. TOT they seem happy enough d" u
quiet, cii.c"niahcd wa" lh'N arc NOT ''a''' ~
nese Dutch drinkers ol tca shade 90 ' an buh'" 70
but they cannot he, pronounce" lts'N"' IN"""l
thrN aTc cuutthttd iuik, Ntt-uH ia lho N"l d
cnnus and careful of them, Ihtie are no praie "i
Laughter no flashing gesture, ho dcmonsirai Vcnr,-
Ol any knd, and yet those pulcn i"lA tit not ~ T.
They are gent Ia. yet not dull,' happy, yet hoi
MISUNDERSTANDING ncey-modu ated cheeIfulLe
il lie best term by which To Indicate then meut 81
condition. Chatting quietly they advance to more
aud more cups of tea made fresh and fresh by the
lady presiding far TOO good housewife to hay
lavished her store of tea On he INST brewing; Nhe
anpeaIs t. the caddy and the ever boiling kettle
aud breWs inteTminable tea of excellent strength
and flavor. The Old leaves are not kept hJc~ Iul
Til they grow bitter but are thrown away TO maxi
room for "a fresh supply.
There are i've papers on " The Thames" al
good and unlike another. the best probably be-