New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24

INDIA AND CEfLON. By JONI ii"'Ss 800 ~ M M
IL. d. With maps ana ihnsti"tohS' 0No' PIP
794 Harper BrOthere'
DIR Uursts travels in India and Ceylon appear
in a large and handsome volume, beautifully IL
lustratcd The size of the book. however mas
hccn needlessy increased by the insertion OF
hundreds of pages of that historical information
which so many travellers think lndlspchsap'e ana
which the majority OF readers are not thahKiui
for. India can hardly be regarded as new
oorrtrr a, "a ono which Is still unbroken ground
% Wos,cr, rconles 4 vast literature has grown
nm around IL. and great library might he en-
tirclv filed with the records OF travel IN and
about it, Nevertheless travels VIII long con-
tinuc 10 he interesting if only those WHO write
them will take the pains to realize thc proper hi
tetions Of such work. To preface absorption
OF every State and province with history OF the
region from the remotest antiquity may ne useiui
if the work is intended as textbook out other-
yyisc II is a supcrAuity of labor on the part OF
the author.
DR. Hurst has so pretty gift of description.
.,d obssrvcs en- we'll whenever he does observe.
tina. the reader wishes he had played of his
owr hat \ rood deal more in this volume, and
loft bvrone history 10 look after itself In the
nature Of the case he has had much TO say con-
corning thc Missions Of India, and pcrhaps IT was
inevitable that the only view he presents Should
be that Of the missionaries Themselves; view
which, where the practical results oil thelr WORK
arc concerned does not, as n rule, M all hafihohHe
with that of secular Ango-ln lianS. Dr Hurst
apnears to have been very well received ana very
handsomely treated throughout NJ lSdcrapaa
he was accorded the rare privilege OF Visiting
tho fort and palace Of Goconda. the kaIih pro-
viding state elephants 10 convey inc hl"ii"p 10
his destination His travel was apparently
sincularly free from contrctcmpS OF any KIM
at least if he experienced any adventures ne has
not recorded them. lie explored INDIA pretty
thoroughly in the matter of spacc-co'erng'
though OF course no man can rdrh
much Of the people by hurrying from
place to place during few months. H"'h
hits Of description rs that of bis Madrasi home
arc very welcome. and the same may I've said Of
his experiences in railroad travel All this Is per
fcctly fresh. and illustrates Anclo-lndIan life as
it is.
Among his most Interesting chapters are those
which treat of the Indian language, the new
education. and tie results Of native wreetllne'
with English The Bishop deserve, thanks for h'
copous extracts from an already rare little book
written by n native In the most marvellous mlAtnr"
Of Addisonian English and modern slang. Ihi'
book j. simply delicious, and II would certainly
pay to reprint il. few sentences viii give an
idea Of it, style and quality better than any al
tempt AZ description. II J. memoir; tie
Memoir OF Onoocool Chundcr Mookcrcc. by his
ndmirin1 nephew Mohindronauth MookeTIce.
The author. It NAV be A. we'll 20 know, Is
teacher Of history in the Shambazar lliGh-Gradc
English school, and has written work cnii'lc
TIE Effects Of English Education Upon the Native
Mind" some Of those effects are illustrated n
his memoir of his uncle. from which tie following
extracts may he offered:
Hi, first business. on making an income wa.
70 cNtrirair his family from tic difficulties tn
which I, had lately been overwrappcd and o.
,c..orc lonpinc.S and srrsrirr . ,.o.c sweet and
,..u ,r.,.,I ,,co. ~, ,.t,c, 10 t,l ,,, so, ,ic
.or and ,,.cir,,i,, hc,r,, o., , simmer f,r man,
q rr,,r.vis,ocl year"
"Wcol,h ratic- aervcI % brirr i,,o fiu NAV
oua,!tc. II heart which poverty bad either wholly
or partially Kept snug"
The selection "a Judge Mooicrjcc was mos,
ludiclOu. and up-top"
H. defeating or conflicting - '-1,c. - temper
was never in, descent a'd laIy He well pr 'r-
stood the Interest q hi> client AMI never ceased
70 tu,>lc for 10 until 10 was flushed with e4r.,.,
or un'n the shafts NJ IT, argument. made ll,
culver VOID. He wa, never .ceu 70 i.udc g.
tIcspas, upol the time Of tlc Court with fiddle
faddle arguments. to prove his VIII. going a-woo
gathering. but what he said WAS nude truth
When a boy H. va, hllmcntou-. but gradually
in the course Of time he became plninp a, 4
partridge"
Even on going 10 sec a 'Nautch or >omcthlne
~ the like ! have never seen him I'm dress fine
as "A carrot fresh scrapcd but 'csfn pcryotnum
in Pan:aloon AMI IN satin or hroadclofh chan
kan with a 'Toopcc' well ouadraio 10 thc
drcsbr
bo ros M, lovi,,I,r 49,, clio ,c,op ~ 1hcr,l,,,.
"Tbc body ,c,s recovered. and consumed ~ ashes
according to our Hindoo rites ana ceremonies,
The house presented a second Babel or a pretty
kettle Of fish