New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-20
NEW. PUBLICATIONS.
NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL.

NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL.
PROM TIE CAVES AND JUNGLEs OF 1llNpo,IAN,
Translated from the Russian OF Helena p ,hm
Society. London.
SULTAN TO sLrAH S S%InF enc sa
don (Iicbe Bwana). Illustrated. Pp 40. AVeha
Publishing Company.
IN ARTIC SEAS The voyage Of the Kite with the
Pcary Expedition. together with transcript 81 Inc
log Of the Kite by Robert NJ keriy; Ir NJ INNS, Ne.
traied Pp VIII. 5oi. Rufus c. IIartranit. Phila-
dclphia
The translation above cited Of letters OF travel In
india. written Nv Nine. Blavatskv for Russian
newspaper is Interesting though one trained III west
ern science and philosophy finds no little dihcuny III
getting at the truth In her scmi-oricnta methods OF
thought and speech 1t is taken for granted here mat
her has represented the Russian original win
exactness and that he Is making literal version vi
Nine Blavatsky's words in this sentence WITHIN
quotation marks Broadly speaking the facts ana IN
cidents are true but have freely avalcd myself OF
an authors privilege to group. color and dramau@c
them whenever this seemed necessary TO the full ar
,st,c effect though rs say, much OF the book Is eN-
actly true | would rather claim kindly judgment lor
n A. n romance Of travel than incur the critical risks
that haunt an avowcdly serious work" As romance
Of travel book is well worthy OF perrsH Bn' con-
sdorins how much 1t is devoted TO serious criticism
Of serious mon like Max Muller and Fergusson the his
toian Of architecture. there should be some inoc'oh
Of the places where facts interrupted ana drana-
tia Is nerpoated Present inability TO lucSe III mere
candldly confessed But attention NAV be caco 10 TWO
brief passages the book. The paper en1ueo All ie
OF Mystery. contains the following sentences respect
Ing the sacred monkeys: "The bachelors kept apart
absorbed In their athletic exercises. performed Tor the
most mart With the ends of their tales. one u them
especially. attracted attention by dvldne MS amuS
ment between sauts perieuX and teasing reSpec'ae
looking grandfather who sat under tree huggng TWO
little monkeys. Swinging backward and forward from
the branch the bachelor Jumped at him, bit his ear
playfuly ard made faces at him, chatcring all the
limo Apparenty this means that the bachelor mon
key was clnging the branch OF tree by his tail ana
swinging back and forth. Again describing Journey
on the back Of elephant in the paper entitled van
ished Goros," the author writes sat on the hhoer
part elephants back In the place Of honor rs IL Is
esteemed and once thoroughly shaken, rolled down
like n log. No doubt next moment should have
found myself the bottom of the ravine, Win some
more or less sad loss TO my bodily constitution II IL
had not been for the wonderful deXteity and instinct
of the clever animal. Having felt that something was
wrong she twisted her tail around me. stopped in
simultaneously and began to knecl down carefully but
nv natural weight was much for the thin tail OF
This kind animal Peri the elcphanO did not lose hoid
OF me- but. having at last knelt down, she moahed
pain,ively though discreetly thinking probably mat
She had nearly lost her tail through being so generous
1t Is to he observed that In these two examples NINE.
Blavatsky was not dealing with philologiStS ana
ina,ions OF their own hut with comparative phvS
olociss 10 whom the dramaliza,ion OF facts Is not ov
supernuous hut obnoxious. They will say: Neither
monkeys elephants In India are endowed Win pre-
bensile tails and they will naturally look with d'-
trust on the rest Of the volume OF the more I'M
norant matters in the book there will doubtless be
two opD,ons but errors in natural history should have
been corrected They do not belong under the htad OF
Romance OF Travel
Mrs NJ rrench-Sheldon has described her journey
through Eastern Africa In colhouSly Illustrated va
ume That woman cOud take such tour ana couid
find Kindness and hcpfIlnesS among the natives l.
fact Of considerable Importance in cthnooGy IT proves
tina, wild races are always brutal "a they have
heen p,In,ed Though she took many photographs
She succeeded in obtaining only one with the willing
and joyful consent OF group OF natives, ana Ill 'ha'
ease as she saws their good naturcd laughing phyS-
ornomes depict anything but brutality or savagery'
The edition Of book Is numbered over the signature
Of the publishers.
30 much has been said In the last Few months re-
epccting Peary expedition that an EXTENDED ho"ce
Of the handsome volume prepared 10y Dr. keey ana
Dr Davis l. unnecessary. II contains the fn nara
live OF the VOYAGE the Kite including the log OF
the vessel the account 81 Lieutenat Pearys Journey
along the summit OF the cecap 10 the northeastern eA
tremv OF Greenland the departure OF Mr. Verhoei the
search for his body and the correspondence winch
hears on the case unfortunate young scientist
The large open print and the frequent liuS''"uoi's
make the book rs pleasant 20 glance over as Is 10
rad with care 4 brief but useful summary is gwen
n, preyious applications In the Arctic regions