New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
rr IN THE INDIES EAST AND WEST.

THE SIMPLE ADVENTURES or ,Ao,o ME NJ T.
BY sara Jeanette Duncan Illustrated M r.; e. e
Townsend. l2mo. Pp'' OIL ~ "pP''o"
GOSSIP OF THE CARIBBEEs. sketches OF Anglo
West Indian Life. ~ william Il. H. Iro"oriuse'
IT,, 1o mo. TAFT, sons * Co.
Here IS a woman's book which IS we'll worth reah-
ins. In that It gives graphic slight. sketch OF the
ord,,orv domestic life OF the English In Media MISS
Duncan has set down with feminine vivaclty 'he
homely TRIES OF everyday existence WHICH, ''".n
together make a record OF social customs more WIN
than any TO be found on the pages oi Il Iorin"' Ia
toran The chapters are strung on what can haiu'
he called thread Of story. exceedingly tehuou' Is
4, Tho English girl who is the heroine OF the
boo cnosses the ocean in the first chapter 10 harry
IN Calcutta an English youth In business 'heie' anu
tho other chapters filed. not with the develop
ment Of a special plot. but with the oeai'' VI '''
vcunc couples housekeeping. OF their queer 'APeif
ences with native servants. OF the result OF 'heT uh
s.-+.,.ro 70 toin household forces with another
married rair of their journey 10 the mountains anu
~ their "minging in society," some OF me ple"S
ATTEST chapters deal with the representative giore
frotter-in this Mr. Jonas BatcHalu W.
Mr. Batcham who stays with the young bro"'es' -
IN. Kind OF man who writes an exhaustive oooH
80, . stranre country its government. and It's
,oor,. AZ tho end of a sx-weekS' visit. lie "unoer-
stood perfectly that gobe-trotters as class "'ie
frequently and prodigiously taken IN. Acuns upon
this Mr. Batciam made his increduhty ''e Sions
~ intelligence,
a, inflammation with an almost obvious WINK mat
=. g.. D,oh+ AT dinner he proclaimed himself 70
@,. provnes a person who could not be impose"
uron-nselcss 10 try Coming down from behSre''
so,d Mr. Batchsm. Il travelled with coupe VI NV"
xrho said they were indigo planters aga 80 '''' may
have been for all know. Anyhow they sP"'o' u"
20 no a gobe-trotter-said they knew 1t by inc hhu
a, hat woreand then they proceeded TO NIL me up
.hont the country One fellow said he dloh' own
o. ward OF indigo land himself always so' .he p"'a"
IN grow It for him; and the other weh' in'o .
comn,cated explanation Of how blue inoIgo was eo'
by squeezing green leaves. All sor's % r,otnry
to,d me How the natives wouldn't eau i"''oi'
80 hecansc they believed It defled In the Prpi-
,ation hut preferred drain water 10 any o'"''. ~
a I'M woman would make nothlhs VI uo,r
an her hack a thousand feet. steady ciiiio'ne' .,
a. Vs., mart Of the country were going throus" !,
xyas an hot in June that men had Servants w -,
,.,, o,or IN the middle Of the night regularly
Su thov were ENJOYING It, so ] let them go vi
,r fact rather drew them ont. espeoAa"s
,ndico Tbok II all in and cried lot nore' % ~.
hotses do for patent medicine. Theh' Will w 60
tbo station here said "ThanK you'
ou. ." tor ali the information You have gwen
- =, hos been very entertaining. on COURSE w.
IN, understand however, that don't peie'e WI"
a, n Good morning. fancy "ose
planters Will hesitate before they tackle "'eii
globe trotter never saw men look more aS''i''"'N
In my Mfe.' $3.50, ,r rrowno
.,,,. .hor told Won was wholly and literally 'rue'
mNr Jonos Ratcham looked at his. most WIN "
twinkle Don't you try II on saiu h''
Naturally enough when MT ha'c'i"'n ~ ~
6 ,nformation', which accords Win MS wv" p
.e,ved notions. he swallows the most ouraee"" -,
mepts with childlike faith: and the chaPter II,
-. acou,res new and startling and utterly 1ase III,
,.oss,ons concerning labor questions In Ihuia II
ro-ned ont cleverly and with much humor' Hous
..;,c 4, India nc described by Miss duncan Il NV
.oor,tor,ab,e I, one deliberately Ignores 'he o'r'
thisverv and lying Of the native sefNa"'s' ~
drawbacks aside. they are dehehnu'iS pr''PV ~,
comnetent Thanks to them. moving-day baS ho 'o
rore in Calcutta for the heads OF IN" house. -""
.arr and Madame rise from the breakfast table, go
,. % walk or 10 pay cal, and when they return
n Is 10 the new home. where everything Is III o'e'
~ Oh. onnurenances of the old home transferred anu
IN n,ace and the table laid for luncheon. 10 oe
$50 M Calcutta house is burdened with much fur
n,ture and the labor Of moving Is not great
Mr.. Trowbrdge's sketches Of Anglo-Wes' Ihuiah
life present characters and episodes ehtertains ""
MI asnedaly novel All writer's on British coiohia
.oo,o,r ds.l with much the same phases and people
a. dom,neerinr wife OF His EXCellency the Governor
~ fascinating Young officers who love and sail away
te beue who hovers undecided between the rlch ana
elderly sutton she doesn't like, ana the young anu
poverty- stricken she loves: The woman schch'ns
In marry her daughters and ruling society cheny ny
means OF an evil tongue and ruthless nature i"'
a.. characters not peculiar TO the colonies and owe
~. thov have 81 freshness and strangcness to the |
.,or,cal Getting OF the scene and the ruling part |
n,aved in daily life by maternal England, otherwise
Home In the sketch of yellow fever in Barbados
IN the story OF the Old Portrait" and In Tine Muse
of History" Mr. Trowbridge IS at his beet. IL Is
suf6ciently pleasant best'-spnghtly somewhat
s.trcal and showing here and there an undercurrent
Of earnest feeling.