The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-05

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IL must also b. ssk nowlsdssd fha, tho suscsss
whsreby the ssIisf ssp-dition 81 1894 10 81
fsvorsbly eontrsssed with the two failure. that
proceeded II was due 10 causes quite fortuitou-.
and for which No credit should b challenged
~ the fortunate commander for the Ths,is
under schiey. went not an inch further north
than the Neptune. under Beeb.. IN iss2 or ihs
Proteus. u0dsr Darlington. 10 1888. All thrs,
commanders landed at Cape Sabine. and " Of
tho three Schey oaiy had the luck to bring
back 0rcsly. this was owing to thu accidental
circumstance never counted on by the di-cov-
erer that 0resly happened to DO there 1t 10.
OF course. indsterminable what prodisies Of
dsxterity and endurance might have boon
performed By the officers and crsws OF the
Thetis and the Bear had Gre~iy chosen to rs.
main ct Discovery Harbor. and compelled his
rescusrs to puah on across three parallels OF
latitude through Smiths Sound. Kane basin.
and the only four times traverssd Ice pack OF
Kennedy Channel. Hall Basin. and Lady
Franklin Bay. We are willing to credit the
commanders OF the latss: expedition with the
most dauntless resolution and tho nobest
spirit Of lf-sacrifcs. and 1t 10 possible. OF
course. that they might have Joined the names
OF the Thstis and the Bear to those OF the
Polaris. the Alert. tho Discovery. and the
Proteus. which alone thus far have pierced tho
frozen solitude that stretches northward from
Smith Sound. But all this 10 gratuitous con-
lecture Men do not make books about what they
might havo DONE but what they did. and we
repeat that In pushing his vessels to Cape Sa.
blEe. Commander Schiey did no more than Gar
lington and Beebs mad done before him; while
AZ for the rescuinR OF Greedy. 1t Is certain that
Darlington and Beebe would have performed
tho gallant deed had Greedy been waiting In the
same place to be rescued. 1t 10 equally certain
that the work actually performed by tho Thetis
could and would have been accomplished by
ono OF the half dozen whAlers that crossed Mel.
vile Bay for the purpose OF adding the Govern
mont reward Of $4,000 to their usual years
earnings
We are OF the opinion. therefore. that 1t was
no common literary achievement for Prof. So
ley to construct. from the somewhat common
place events preceding the actual removal OF
Greedy from his place OF refuge on Cape Sabine.
a narrative 80 capRcious. and at the same time
SO engaging as the book before us. And.
naturally when the starving and half-frozsn
victims Of appalling hardships are luckily dis
covered at q point where their presence Is un-
suspected and where the fact OF their survival
was peculiarly Incredible. there 10 an occasion
for a poignant appeal to sympathy. and for
strong dramatic effects in description and in
diaogue-an opportunity OF which the accom-
piishod author does not fail to mako the most.