The sun., 1886-01-10

| evar-!ncrnaain- coEi'."X!ty OF su".a! life. In
| tnue our rotations TO tho unseen ana our REIN
| tons to one another. 1t npuenrs not imprnbabis
! that there will turyivo certain representative $
| Of these who in the past were occupied with
obssrvnnces aiid teachings concerning these
two relations. however nl,He ilieir shc.rdon,
prototypes such representatives may bccoMo.'
| what an american sn,v IN Ensinns.
Many OF our fellow countrymen, from
Emerson and Hawthorne to Grant Waite. have
| published their Impressions OF English life and
character. but most OF these bear witness rath-
| er to tho Buhicrtive ncutencss OF tho social
philosopher thnn to the breadth and fruitful
| mesa Of his nc,i OF observation. Thev uiler us
| conclusions In evolvin; which there is some
| reason to suspect that p:cpossessions played u
! considerable part. but they DO not supply US
| with data sufficiently exhaustive to support
| conclusions Of our own. In noIe Of their books
| can W. nnd 90 much information Of minute.
| significant. and desirable kind rs is wsaread
| boioro us in England as Scen or an Americrn
| Ranhe. ID. Lothrop l. Coz. We might
| count. indeed on surprising dif-
| ference in tho volume and variety Of
| facts accumulated. when We contrast the op
| po,tunitios for acquiring kGcwed.:a at first
| hand. Other writers about Lnginnd have cun-
| tonteG themselves with such circumGclihoi and
| cIraory giimpses ns could bo GAINED durin.; II
| sojourn in London or I.v"rpocl supplemented.
! perhaps. ty n hrie! stay in oaa or two country
! houses; whereas the aGthor Df this book has
rGc.a.iy .rav.rsad on foot Il very large p;.ct IT
,4.--. Br.....;r. 10 deems. as ho tells Us in his
preface. no .,accs Visited b. him .4at TO
ii not walk into sncs walk out OF.
"a wol hs walk through. his c9tos bear
wltnoss to tho fact that rs he ,russ-S
along tho highways. lanes. and iootraths.
which are still tho arterias ot EEG!aId's lie.
although no longer the channels OF her indus
try and trade he kept his eyes and ears wide
opon. and hs tongue busy. too. Whenever pat
question could elicit info! NATION. On the
aristocrncy. indeed the author wastes but
;tle of.the space ut his DISPOSAL in this v'.umc.
recognizing that In point OF numbers i. is bn,
m insignificant fraction OF the English rcooto.
and that 1t has hitherto received rrri ostcr-
Gus share OF attention from American visitors.
The writer OF this book, IN brief. is n traveller
Of tho rare ard useful typo Of Arthur Young.
lie knows not only moro about 1.ng.a than
any other American who has presumed to
write about it. bat moro than nnety-uiGs Ing
lishmen In Il hundred.
He'd the author hocn fully mlivo. wo DO not
say 70 tho valuo o, hi, uIythod OF stuLy-.r
that he Appreciates bat to Tho worth ot tho
product resulting from his particular aYr'lc4;-
ton OF X. h. wou!L have taken mu re pains
Vitu tUe Va iliH I.-Illti - - ~ IS
nrs snt down In IL random wGYjust rs thoy
zero made Gpvrren;ly-anl the difficulty 81
grouping al tho data bearing on u given
topic is but slightly relieved ~ II
very jajuno iEIoI. THIS shortco!nil: !N!Va.-si
the convenience Of tho book FOR reference. but Il
not felt to bs an objection on ths first rea!n..
Gs there ts not page, and scirre!y para
graph which one wou ID care 10 skip A few quo
tations drawn Mt hEphnz,rd from tho volume
will exnmpl!fy the mlnutensss nnd freshness OF
tho observations. ana the decided novelty Of
soue OF the conclusions. GIt til. reader may
DO assured that to this book tho time.snvng
PROCESS Of condensation ia inoppcnbic. II Is
entirely FREQ from padding and lino writing. Itg
facts are recorded with the concsepess Of q
ha,.l,ers lettcr 20 an ovorlgnwn dcpos'tor.
Ons OF the assumptions Z ,biy mnlo and ac-
copied without protest IN current talk on both
ei!"s OF the Atlantic imputes to British youth,
and especially to thnss st tho great public
schools. 4 teuor muscular development and
more physical activity than is found among
American boys OF tho same age. But tho
author OF this book does not take his far;s M
second hand. and hs arrives nj m opposite
conclusion. / Lad always heard inuch." hn
says. in praise OF The rugl:od and vigorous
ou.-of-door tabI:a OF tho young men Of Eng-
lanh: but ms idHas in thl, rcznrl received
and observed tho uhysiluas OF English
students at the famous s2!ioo, ;owns
sd university town.. I remember h.n.:
HvIaawl.u' ngtoEishr'. VI IN was s,nrt,n: ont
oac morning to walk from El.:LI TO London,
10 find tat Mons Of tba wd OF rather dri-
Cgto-!OcA. .Hg loy: VI wcgs "ai'. u; about TO
tp"n. or s.i!.!n. oysi Its streets on iil.Gi"S on
irlryclcs scanned n know much about too
hIhNav thRt would take :h"m to T.aGloa:
AID ,Ais famous Tom Hr1Sn school II. II To-
rl"nh'r correctly only about seventy niles
from tba Ej'gETy metropolis ~ Ing'aGi. ovcv
h.-4ways tic lrest ard p.aasnU,est in ,ha
world. These young men w"r" rory uirrn as
tonshei TO hoar mo tall ot1critirg 10 London.
When / told them tAoa.l thIak eo'De
ot them would Ike spch pleasant ram
Bio In zach u mnsrI''e"a: Walt F: ell
Inits as thay were hlr.3cl vita. iounN 10
hearty res ,Nns"." This Is II 'nrrr-s sir :, Tcv-la-
.,1a. FOR IL 10 British you d fine up.cr m's.-
d. class els not n;n."iss aS o,oa s.c,i s,Eare
e.!tirs ns Er. i,L''l.rw Arnold nul LORI Boa
c"a,cs!d craG't tlr'n with Ncius -:in qra len
33ay vel. - rSk"i. NIAt ara ,h.Y? 1T DID
NOT secra TO '2r." ui's sturdy trGth-scoEer con-
t!uuE5. tLG' tho to,s ~ l.p4,Y the boys raw
81 Lon ia4rsw. OIlord. and other siaeA.i"na
towus In En.,Nni whrro your: mon Eni hoys
I4o'. 10 c1uGIeGI:r. aal t.ioi. whom ! mn, IN
London. hoa!, in vast swarint fur tho hol.lay9.
wccN rs 'rui IS Hnl Hhlio mad s'rnnG CT their
.t.a rs AM"r'CtI loys - tie sGEo uss and
c,aas. Aud my obs0r'at'oR 81 the boys q
Elg'Gra a az CIDER growth, ha!h IN town ard
Cyuairg. IN al u~r.s oi t,a ~, .cH,. Glao .el
no 10 iut conclusion that lnn io4slr; suro.,or
IauGaul ;r.ty or rI.:,,, hmon. as e,ulpa;aL wj,h
sig cousins in tAe CL!.oI States. did not 80
lst" THIS opinion the outcome of an eEc.r-
t!onally wide induction, Is only partially gunN-
n u