The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-11
COURIER l 1885,

| place eor a thorough criticism of Miss
 Harrlson's work of her affected style and of the numerous errors which sprin-
 kle her pages. One would almost think
 that Dorpfeld assistance were tenta- Itive. Mr. Gardiner's volume is still larger, heavier and bulkier. Neither were made to be carried about MT. Percy Gardiner is a brother of the MT. | Gardiner who is at the head of the
 English school He is professor of classic archaeology and art at Oxford, England and is d pellucid and charm- ing writer The volume consists of d
 number of articles most of which have already appeared in English magazines. \ Some are quite new and contain still E later informationth than Miss Harrison S. MT. Gardiner is not an original inves- tlgator and accepts the conclusions of
 the authorities he deems the best. His
 deductions, conclusions and notions
 when original may please or displease,
 the reader as the reader is individually
 disposed. No reader can help being
 pleased by the flow of thought and lam
 guage, for not only Is MT, Gardiner's
 style exceptionally pure and flowing,
 but his mind has been trained to logical
 thinking and rhetorical presentation,
 There may be a suspicion that subject
 matter Is subordinate to method, but
 the matter is satisfactory while the
 method is delightful.
 So while the rain continues; get the
 two books; have fire and comforta-
 ble chair and make yourself happy.
 Should Miss Harrison's femnihities pro- woke, turn to Gardiner. He will soothe and comfort. Should you tire of his (sentences, send out for the last Greek newspaper, and with the help of dic- itionary, read and enjoy the epithets
 Tricoupis is hurling at Delyanis and
 Delyanis is returning to Tricoupis. The
 Delyanis party is fin" just now and
 are therefore the less abusive. It won't
 be long before there is another change, for the Athenians must have something new to talk about. As St. Paul des- cribed them, so they are to-day, spend-
 ing "thelr time in nothing else, but either to tell or. to hear some new thing
 The only incident of the week has been a superb case of delirlum tremens exposed in this hotel by an American. At last accounts the patient had so far recovered as to be able to swear coher- entity at his wife. So all is well again. No one seems to be. coming to Greece this year one hotel has already shut its doors and others must surely follow, Hard times, backward season, and the cholera scare are the alleged reasons. The difficulty of getting here and the greater difficulty of getting away from here are the more probable reasons. Between Greece audFItaly, where com munications should be the best, they are the worst They have been so bad for the last two years that the regular tourist who took in Greece on his re- turn from Egypt. now skips Greece and goes directly back to Italy or France, The Greek will tell you that it is pure on the part of the regu- larlar tourist, and he will argue by the half hour in support of his position. Agree with him to Terminate the talk and he will instantly take up another position and maintain with equal sput- ter that it is all the fault of Tricoupis | or Delyanis. For all the world they are | like badly broughtaup children. They l need a master. A
 NIT INItlldINkSbl bHS SuHe OIL pl d | private hunt. It is@Teported that the | funds for the guest have been furnished | by Columbia. college, and that if there | be success, 1t Is tpsbsfrecorded in mem ory of Professor @sgriam, whose sud den death here aBht a month ago has been a blow .sas the progress of | American archaeol6gyl His place will \ bF hard to fill Mga{2ichardson has talk sn with him MT. sTfMmance, late from Yale, who Is altogether the most prom sng student in the American school If Yale could send her boys better eculp4 ped for their work, the school might | compete with the schools of France and Germany In original and advanced in- vestigation. As it is, the time students lan devote to Athens is filled with ele- nentary and preparatory work. When will Yale wake up to the demands of ad- yancing scholarship? FERNANDEZ.