New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Az rNcyJsuMAN ON AMERICA.
FIGHT WITH DISTANCES. THE STATES, LIE rn
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. CANADA, BRlriSH 70


A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES. THE STATES, I rn
U.WAIhN ISLANDS. CANADA, BRITISH 20
IUMBIA. CUBA, THE BAHAMAS by .. %
AuBEgrIx Maps and illustrations AZ"s' PIP ''-
Lond,n: Kcgan Paul. Trench q 20
NJ .nhcrtin is n travelled Englishman who has
worn off most Of his insular anguiari'ies anu
Knows how 20 accommodate himself to crcum-
..onees make allowances and appreciate natural
bcautv and the work of man without regard 10
,cocrophical or national relations. This Is really
saving much the average traveller being inc
creature of local prepossessions and prelunoes'
and as rnle prone 10 measure all he secs and hears
bv Little Pcdlington standards. MI Auoeruh,
however has like Ulysses, known men ana
citiess and he is always prepared 10 40 Ius"oe
according TO his lights 1t must be sad thao 'iiere
is a certain affectation about the title oil MS he"
book, but this defect appears nowhere eisc ia w.
He took long run, as his map-rou'e sno"s
crossing the continent of America pacRwaro anu
,or,,,arl visiting the Yellowstone National ParK'
pi,,e,s Peal, Yosemite, the Mammoth Cave IN hci-
,nc,,v. the Lmray Caves, exploring the Canadian
Pacific. dashing from city to city IN inc EasUern
and Western States, taking in New iorK' DOS
ton. Albany, Washington then Tying OH 10 'no
Hawaiian Islands, investigating Mauha Loa anu
ualealxala returning by way of Manitou, piunglhs
onward 70 Florida, branching Oil to Ouoa' ,Aei'o
Wy X,
An these lines Of travel have been worked 10
a.u;sorocnoss no doubt, but since, even of the
travellers who write books, not one IN twenty
,rov,s how m observe or record, there is always
,lnntv of room for those who have eyes ana Kho"
How, IN describe what they see. In one instance
Az Aubertin disappoints us, however, ana thio Is
a. his remarks on the Yellowstone Park. Inc
stronge nicturcsque and weird formations ana
natural phenomena OF that region do not seem W
have impressed him adequately, but the principal
reason OF this is plain enough: he ala hoU 'ahe
spgicent time for his visit NO man WHO h"u
,calv seen the Park would or could say that wneh
rcu have seen one geyser you have seen all
,ecent French traveller, NJ. Leolerc, has wrItoeh
hook about the Yellowstone region, the llius'ra
lions of which (all photographs would convince
Mr. Aubertin of his error in this particular mt
diversity of the geysers in form as well "s h'U'o
Of manifestation is very curious. our 'r"'eii'.
does not fail to appreciate the majestic scenery VI
the Yosemite Valley, and in speaking Oh uhc var
don of the Gods he shows more enthusiasm o''ii
many American visitors have eXhlpi'eu. AS ~
NIAGARA no man has ever been able to deal with
IL in words, and they are the wiseso WHO i''i"'A'
from such futile experiments.
Mr. Aubertin is not a total abstinence m'h' anu
whenever he entered prohibition territory he took
u,iol,od uleasure in overreaching the law. which
Of course was wrong, though perhaps not I'M
natural Even in the Kingdom of kalakaua ne
encountered legislation of this paternal character
lint the guilelcss natives had learned to clrcum
vcut il in the banGest and most childllKc way D
and the thirsty traveller laughed and avalied MINI
self Of their subtlety. In common with many Wis
itors upon whose minds the pressure ana impetus
Of American life have made deep impressions, this
kindly observer is led to question the future nov"
ever vainly. What, he asks, Will the American
Union be when it embraces five hundred or thou
sand million souls? What effect Will the growing
diversity of interests in widely separated regions
have upon the political system? 10 what extent
in the course of few generations, will the enor
nous iffux Of foreign elements modify the natiVe
stock. and how will this change influence National
ideas and policics? OF course all here is the mer
est conjecture and there is room for indefinite play
of the IMAGINATION Mr.. Aubertin thinks he sees
that we are already assimilating ourselves to thos'
social distinctions and divisions which our lore
fathers set out 10 do away with; and he, beng
frank and sincere monarchst, does not hesitate u
express the opinion nay, the hope, that we shal
before long experience the need OF king ana al
arstocracy Such suggestion shows that now
ever intelligent and open-minded foreigner may
be- il is impossible for him, in a brief passag
through strange country, to apprehend the popu
Ter spirit.
But Mr.. Aubertin is Fever bigoted and Away
open to conviction. lie speaks as an Englshman
and, moreover as an Englishman who does not g
with Mr.. Gladstone very far. When at Washington
he heard the following anecdote OF Lincoln, which
though not new. may possibly deserve repetition
The President was asked what he would do Will
jeff Davis il the latter was caught
To which Lincoln replied: d" should feel yer!
hike the boy with the Iaccoon'
"What was that?"
well once saw boy crying with raccoon
and asked him what the matter. lie salt
il was about the raccoon; that he didn't want u
sell t.: that he couldn't give it away that h
didn't want to kill the darned thing: and tina
mother wouldn't e3 him take it home"
1t only remains to add that there are some YER
good Photographic views of scenery in Mr.. Auber
tins book. and two maps showing routes.