New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-23
NEVBOOKSANDNEWEDITIONS


er.,c,os nuh,,shed In ".rhe Daily Telegraph" and
other journals. They served their purpose TIC
doubt as the correspondence OF n Traveller ana az
ephemeral stories written for the sake OF wri'ihs
but they suggest TOO much the work OF MI Barrie :
Journalist who made copy out OF his friends idio-
svncrasies In the matter OF walking sticks The
most plausible explanation OF the collection Is ha'
Sir Edwin has had popularity and believes In reap
ing the advantages of IT.
These papers include glance at Hawaii. tragic
story OF life there account OF visit TO the L'
Observatory. adventures in Egypt, a discussion VI
love and marriage in Japan and some Engiish ana
Indian tales, having or less pretence OF fea"''
and suggestion OF fiction 1t will be seen that 'nese
pages range four continents ana se'eiai so"''
Every topic is treated with the easy facility oil a
practised and commonplace writer VINO knows
that a great public is ready TO read his produc-
tons without much question. so does NOT .roupie
himself about distinction OF style Inc puohshe'
has done his work well. except FOR some Piooi-
reading errors TO be looked for In a eareiuii!
bound volume of unexceptionable type ana paper
In THE Butterfly Hunters in the Carobees
Charles scribners sons) Dr. Eugene Murray Aaron
has combined adventure and science In story 1or
vopthfuI consumption with something more than
the ordinary skill shown in such productions Not
withstandng some unnecessarily didacuc passages
and the presence Of a mentor who allows MS young
charges to make blunders on their journey IN order
10 enforce judicous lessons upon them the sife OF
the TWO boys whose travels are related Is mace
thoroughly interesting This is due to the fact that
the author is at home with nature. that he has
himself been all the ground of which he writes
and has done the things which his young people
do When he describes birds and butterflies, and
tells US where and how they are caught he is at his
best The young people whose thoughts turn to
science and collections, those of bright boys do
in this age OF scientific teaching. will read him
with pleasure; but ii may be questioned If they
would read him as readily were he TO give them
Of hal nf Cfn
telling.
AN Oriental Outing (E. p Dutton & Coz is
narrative of two months cruise along the Mediter-
ranean of a large party of Americans. who sailed
from NewYork the Furst Bismarck. 1t is re-
lated by Edward s. Wilson. Editor Of THE Iron
ton (Ohio) Register" During the voyage Mr..
Wilson sent home pleasant letters about the places
he visited. and about his fellow-travellers; and
these letters. having been published in his news
paper are now collected into Illustrated volume
for the benefit of his friends.
Dr. j. NJ Buckleys Travels in Three CONT
nents" Hunt g. Eaton recounts the story OF six
months trip through Europe Northern Africa and
Syria made in 1888 and 1889 DR.. Buckley covered
much territory with the haste natural to busy
man. saw everything that the traveller usually
sees. and records his impressions. item by item,
with wealth Of dates and historical statements
rivalling a guidebook. His declared object to
make narrative which will be of service to those
who contemplate taking the Journey by CIV
ing them hints concerning the things they
likely Under such conditions of travel
and with such purpose. nothing but the obvious
features Of foreign life could be presented, and the
presentation shows Dr. Buckley to be conscien-
tous sightseer The volume which is thick
Quarto is profusey illustrated with photogravures.
Up in the Hmalaya Mountains between the
British dominions and Tibet lies the independent
kingdom of Nepal. where strangers are not well
coined and whose rulers the Calcutta authorities
for purposes Of their own have encouraged In this
exclusive attitude Into that territory Henry Bal
lan,ine formerly American Consul at Bombay has
penetrated. and ION midas Frontier q. Sewin
TAFT d sons describes what he there.
Though he bore the written consent OF the British
Resident TO visit the country. he had great difficulty
in getting through the mountain pass. guarded by
Gurkhas-this being the only practicable entrance.
They refused to respect his permit, and only by
pure impudence did he manage to get through their
lines and move toward Khartmandu He was
in the capital the time Of revolt and massa-
ere of the prime minister. and the establishment OF
a set OF rulers around the boy king. He at
tempted to induce the Government to begin public
improvements and open up the country to trade.
but without immediate success.
Mr.. Ballantne thinks that the Colonial ONCE In
its anxiety to exclude Russian influence from the
frontier States. is in danger Of defeating its
object of binding those States the Indian EN-
from going there, prevents the establishment OF
industrial ties which would attach them indsso-
luby India. and leaves 10 official relations and
the watchful of the British Resident the diff
cult task of guarding against Russian blandish-
ments. He preached this doctrine to the Indian
officials. it would seem, to their edifcation. but
like the fishes. they preferred the old way and so
far the trader is concerned the outskirts of
India still undiscovered countries. and Eng
lish peer over the mountains to If the Russians
are coming up the other side
Henry NJ. Stanley acquired the training which fit
ted him for African exploration as a newspaper
correspondent the plains Of the Missouri
and In Egypt and Persia The letters which he
during these travels have been collected and
published in two volumes under the title of Early
Travels and Adventures in America and Asia
Charles Scribner's Sons). Stanley went over the
plains in 1867 with General Hancocks expedition
into the Indian country of which various States
of the Union have sine. been carved. War was
threatened and petty raids were frequent but Gen
eral Hancock succeeded In subduing the savages
without fighting by series of tactical marches
through their domain. The letters describing this
campaign full of interest a quarter OF a
century after the issues they discussed passed
into history They reproduce the life OF the from
tier give vivid reports of the meetings OF councils
and the speeches of generals and chiefs. and pct-
the army camp and the Indian lodge with the
same viriity of touch which made the Victoria
Nyanza actually instead Of spot the map Of
Africa.
1t is worth while to look back at the West In the
process Of white conquest. and how 1t looked
to the contemporary historian. The accounts Of the
opening OF the Suez Canal. of expeditions in Jeru-
salem and Of Oriental adventures have the same
lively qualities and the same power 70 deal with
details without losing sight Of the things
which details illustrate, and put into let
tiers of ephemeral purpose the essentials OF their
subjects which make them OF value and interest
long after the events they describe have ceased to
be talked Of
John Gladwyn Jebb was one OF those Englishmen OF
good birth and education who are not meant for
civilization. The rowing traits Of early ancestors
are preserved in these men, and leaving home and
ease and sometimes wealth. they go about the
world planting colonies. subduing barbarians dig