Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-26
WALLS BOOK
Around the World With George Francis
Train-A Typhoon

Traln-A Typhoon
Mr.. H. NJ. Mcdonald, Of Fairhavcn,
has been appointed the general agent
on Bellingham bay for the remarkable
book named above, written by S. W.
Wall, now known as "Kodak Wall, 90
who went around the world with Mr..
Train on his trip from Tacoma. The
book is here and a copy Of it lies open
on the IIERALD's table. The volume
is delight and treasure.
As was to have been expected, 10 is
like no other book under the sun. A
book about Train has no real excuse
for being like any other bOuk.-it is
not expected that IL shall be like any
other book. That is the first point in
which the work meets expectations
il is such book as no man can expect.
1t is book Of entertainment from
cover to cover. Mr.. Wall has treated
his subject with the delicate touch Of
an artist. Train is followed through
all the nations Of the earth i'm his most
remarkable journey by man with a
brush and who has eyes 10 sec the
humOr that lies I'm all his eXtraydgant
sayings and dOings. The man says
never word, but smiles deeply and
with his brush paints the picture and
tells the story as he gOes-hcrc drop
ping flash OF laughing sunlight, there
allowing "A shadow to iall and lie.
The japanese are painted in their
homes so faithfully, even on the run,
that the reader seems 10 walk the
streets Of Yokohama and Nagasaki,
and to stop and look into the shops and
price the queer things in trade. The
! Chinese smell TO heaven out Of the
streets Of Hong Kong, and we leave
them and 90 10 the races Of the
EngiShmcn i'm "a fOur-cOOlic rick
shaw" We j0stlc the dark natives Of
MalaCca i'm the hot streets Of "Singa-
pore under the equator and breathe
the perfumes Of beautiful CeylOn. -
Then we meet the Arab on the desert
and his brown and patient camel, aud
sail up the Red sea to Egypt To en-
counter there the native and his
dromedary.
Changing from the North German
| Lloyd to the PeniuSular and Oriental
! Steamship line, we cross the Mcditcr-
rancan 10 Italy and take the cars for
| il across Europe, and thence through
/ Britain. Only three days from the
! time we left the Mediterranean W.
again take ship for the Atlantic yoy
age. The "lOng roll across the Amer
| lean continent is told i'm chapter
and the hurry burly Of "thc finish il
another short one.
Outlined against the background o0
| Japan-a living Japan-against the
| sultry life of the Straits Settlement
] I-ggaiuSt the slumbcrOus atmOSphcr,
and the sharp colOrs Of Colombo
| against the dark and turbancd native
Of Arabia and Egypt and the whirl o.
! life on the continent, is the crrati,
and vOluable figure and trcmcndOu
and irresistible activity Of Tram.
All this, seen with the keen apprc
citation Of the funny side of il, anI
presented with Just touch Of satir
! THAT Train himself was so quick e
distinguish the story is "A rare treat
The sketch artist, II. G.. Blair. VIII,
enlivens each page Of the text will
from one 10 half "A dozen pen drawings
has caught the spirit Of the authO
exactly. and his work adds greatly q
the quality Of the book as an enter
tainment. The snapshot kOdaks
which make so large and important
part Of the book, are an entertain
ment in themselves, presenting per
feet chain Of snapshots round tn
world.
The book is predestincd 30 a larg
sale throughout the country land PEI
haps other countrieS), and must col
for its author something more tina
money.