Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-20

HERE AND ABROAD.
THE WONDERS OF THE OLD WORLD
AND THE NEW.
- European Tourist-American Travel
III. Wonders OF Oar Scenery-Th.
Nr-ernite Yellowstone Prai-
.-"-- Literary Id.alizatioh-.


-"--L Literary OSCILLATIONS.
The harm % Europe largely is = thin:
T citation We have read Of IL tb.
E"- - the rsmance- We have iingerel
Yer are All ia tie o. World Scotland i.
7"""red svith tie glamor of the genius u
Sa'"tt ami Barns; Erglani's fielis an
Lecs have rsyal place, ia the Imagination
tecafI 3" II tn . etry, the stories We have
r,'It whsle . mystery Of tho >ea the a.
s"ela,i"nS "f a !--toric past, have given
tn, OF World Sc fact groun! tnat afford
rJya! citing. T. these older nations
! u e actually Inow little % the wonders II
Gu. "'sn iai.:. u haS no perspective, !,
f. iacE- historic settings, its >ceBes have mol
I been wsv-u into the stories over which
/ y1uth's imaginatil has dreamed 4, ami it i.
/ t-'ir that while tns Matternorn AMI jan.
! fTau ar familiar to u. WashbuTn and
! IA ~. AZ unknown The lake- of Eng
/ igu' are catalosusl in tho biographies Of
I every school boy; the New England ponds,
! which are larger AMI fairer, the CrOton
/ cham which has finer settings, are unvi-itei,
uusI9yu. anHeari Of Distance charms.
tie near l. unregarisi.
Tie American can find within easy dis
ttnc- If hi, own home larger wonders than
hr can 'Hl across the sea The writer went
| ai.r lay across Geneva lake-by cars no lit
IL II ttnce-tg. stand within the shadows Of
Tie Gorge In TRENT, never dreaming until
IN after years lie stood ia Watkins Glen,
that within half days ride of his own
homo there was larger wonder Set side
y side the scenery 81 Europe and Americal
The pointed submits II the AlpS are moro
picturesque than any of our mountains, but
IN grandeur If bulk AMI ma jesty Of outlins
tie Rookie, far excel
The water indeed comes down at Lenore
with ple:.san: j-t, ami sprays. Giesback
with its Transforming lights i wonderful,
Du; hidden in New England woodS, un-
known, unhOnorei and unsung are cascades
that excel them byth, while Niagara puts u
shame the waterfalls Of the world, and the
Bridal Walls # ! osemite laugh at the petit
mes 4 the show cateracts OF Europe
The Vale of LlUlerbrunnen is one Of the
fairest places ia the heart Of Europe 1t is
ideal in lsyeliness, with frowning cliffs
with tie wreath Of mist so feet in length,
trailing IL ileecy gossamers downward from
The sky On tie black surface Of the mighty
waii Of stpae. But what is tho Lauder
Jrunnen be ,iIe tn, Yosemite Put 0JJ
.nID feet and double tn. long spray of
s..TeT-y mist, make the tiny stream int, tiIe
broad MERGED river flowing through En-
orali Wales kissing the feet Of FL Captain.
and even then Lau lerbrunnen has not been
Iaagniiisi into the fair Yosemite, with its
mirror 'al.,- it, placid river, scntimeled by
tn eternal cliif-.
he cellars %. Lebanon are pigInies beside
h.. ,1.n LII.
cities OF Ssiiz.rian! are modern compared
with ." OH tcuementS OF tn, mouliers. AMI
Iu.op" has Il" antiquity Of perisilei races
so antqU. and wonderful a, the elf cite,
q Ar z,Ta and New Mexico. The groves of
s trent, find peer in the grange gardens
IN the suburbs OF Los Angelo. There may
l. on 81" iiirnalayan Slopes fairer pastures
tlan tio-s on tie New England hills the
val 90. Cashmere in India may rival tn,
L.aijies Of the "Garlel of the Coils and
pleasant VI nitou. in Cplora h, but one must
eek far and long M the oil world to fiui
i.lrcr scenes than are within easy distance
q oar own homes.
Jnis-- ths writer's eyes in ~ceing and read.
IN O.: the marvelS of the world have PLAYED
han fl %, there l. nothing on tins globe u
equal TIA IHlrvels Of the great nation Al Y.,-
wonders i a park excellin. the game pre-
serves 81 England, with grass rs green as
that uI ii4e old ancestral lawns trimmed
round with mountain, with forests dark
and den C. with turbulent rivers breakin,
nat" caiaract' and rapid, The Iceiandic
Ccy.7r. ere tut TOYS he-ideS these monsters,
wha-c Gnw m9kr, the source of river; there
are nowhere t. e such marvel, of crystal
IT.a at
moth >Irn->; the mud pots of Norris
Basin are worthy of the Imagination of
pantc, while the priSmatic pool of He'll.
Hall Acre viii find no rival until.
b. an alchemy Yet to be diScov-
crvl tnc rainbow can BE- caught
and c'i II solution In some pool 81
lake Tie Yellowstone lake rivals Con
stance e.rclS lamln and puts to sham
L5ch l.oIT'nl, while the great falls of Tia
Glow tone and the marvellous gorge, witt
a. = ojj t,-at 81 altitude and eight miles of
len III, with c"lors before which the sunset
TINT Of the l.ihyan desert are pale AMI life
less. Is pr.rl among the wonders Of the
glob.
The stepp',s cf Tartary are not 80 llni:lrss
a ihe prairie str.tche, Of the vast the
rivrEa 4 Europ, could lie turrsd Into the
leis ol the -. Lawrence aud the Mis,i,-
sipi;, All navigation would cease l.. cause
Of the l,wne-s OF tho water; the everglades
oi Tiuri.a match tine iagoon- of II Hand,
Will, the gray moses of Savannah show
gr.zzly age that the Oldest OH Worli cite
dc NOT show There i, too, the
element Of a. great associations in
tha Now a. IN the Oh World The dynastics
Of th, ri man are at least a. rich in hi>-
toric color n, those of Picts and Scots. while
The conquest II the Pilgrims. had they but
fl hist r.an Is rich IN heroism as the in.
vasiur uf t4a Normails. 1t WAS said once of
q fair heroine hat ",hs had No poet AMI she 1
lid. ami America suffers because she LACKS 1
tie llaIllzarIun OF literary art The imeri- I
can novel Is a creation Of the present gener /
alton No novelist vet has done for our val /
lgyS what Black more has done for the home |
Ct Lori ID one, AMI Genes of nature become /
pl GRIM shrines because tho poets magic /
wan. teaches ia m, rather than ON account I
O their intrinsic beauty. II Is sail tnat the .
u vel IL scott raisel the value Of 1
ever acre in the Highlands. and 4
l. yery certain that Byron .
made tho fortunes OF innumsrable vii. .
lp-as hy the pilgrimage ot Cailic Harold. I
Iaat are MT uH~U ap.ibla t. these ro-
mantle associations can b. seel by the few
place, that have Lccn brought into ma
Iona. muor lance b. being made the seen, .
D. ONE Seatim, ntal tale. The village # .
Grand Pre-. because II L3rgfellow'S poem,
has been made famous: 1t Is the shrine ul
tie l.l-rilI from every lani. and it, bare
narsIe, have now a beauty they would .
have never seen hal not Evange,Ins walked .
sver them ia the older days The fails Of /
NiGn-hIAa cast their waters into the gulf .
q spray, al unno,icei, until Hiawatha sang
here nj, lover song; but the echoe, Of the
Music ,iH-er yet, ami men come and wor-
.hip here.
New ORGANS Pcayune: The hurryn,
uan wip loses ms lie by jumping from
Ierryt.a, before il lands gains nothing in
.i.a long ran.
ouictci the BuIIy.
uaalelHary Za,tu--
III, .ul3vIr- manner II the German
tJ.gau-- IS proyogIlyI. a. !, a. their mania
..v -us..'l. % was AZ Heidelberg that a
quiet c.t.s,n leavll- Tie cars said 10 swas.
-aT.n- -tu isr:t.
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