The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-31

"'N'N' "'eh az ~ VHtH ho chiiiC w. q
no thought from a swoon, he found that the
sloop was plunRine into a heavy sea. and hi
saw at the wheel. 10 his amazeInent. a tall man
with shaggy black whiskers and a red hal
cooked over his left ear. He looked like a
pirate. but he was polite. Senior" said he.
dofinR his rcd hat. Il have come 10 do you no
harm. am one Of Column bus's crew
am the pilot OF the Pinta come to aid you
L'e quiet. Senior Captain, and | will guide your
snip tonight. You have a CdIentura. but you
VIII DO all right tomorrow" Then no bit OIL a
largo auid Of black twist and added: You did
wrong. CAPTAIN. to mix cheese with plums." Al.
terward when the pains and the fever had gone
the Captain found that the deck had beSh
swept OF everything movable and that II was
broad day and the Spr~y was s.ill heading as
h. had left her and going like a racehorse,
Very wisely he threw overheard all the plums
In the vessel. on TERRA del Fuego he had a
brush with the savages and after leaving
Gibraltar he was chased BY Moorish pirates,
and he had several narrow escapes from ship
wreck. but after a cruise Of more than ~forty.six
thousand miles round the world, and an alb
sence Of three years and three months. the
staunch little sloop tied UP again at Fairhaven.
to the cedar spile driven TO the bank TO hold
her when she was launched. The ship vas In
better condition than when she started and
was sound as a nut and tight as :he best vessel
atloat. As for the Grew. no weighed q poHnd
more than on tho day OF sailing and felt ten
years younger than the day he islled the nrst
tree Tor the construction OF the Spray. The
story OF the voyage is Q worthy record OF
Yankee grit, enterprise and patience. 1t is
well illustrated.
The Chronic Loafer' u. 4. Taylor 4 Co...
whose dry humor and quaint philosophy are
illustrated In an entertaining volume BY Mr..
Nelson Lloyd. is an interesting figure aud one
that should be- new 10 readers OF romance. Mr..
Lloyd has chosen a village in a pictur esaue
valley in the heart OF Pennsylvania az the back
ground Of these excellent sketches OF rustic
life and manners. and the store that stands at
one end OF the single street forms the ~favorite
meeting place OF a little group OF village worth
les OF which the leading mem bers are the
Patriarch, the School Teacher. the q. A.
r, Man. the Tinsmith and the Chronic
Loa.er. Here is the authors description
OF the Loafer when we first meet him. He
was a tall, thin. loose-jotnted man, Thick. I'M
trimmed locks Of tawny hair fell from beneath
his ragged straw hat. framing a face whose
most prominent features were a pair Of deep
set. dull blue eyes. two sharp. Notruding
cheek.bones and a weeks growth OF red beard.
His attire was simple In the extreme. II con-
sisted ~ a blu e-striped hickory shirt. at the
neck-band Of which glLstened a large white
china button. which buttoned nothing. but
served solely as an ornament. while no collar
had ever EN- braced tho thin. brow n neck above
1t. A piece OF heavy twins running over
the left shoulder and down across the
chest supported a pair OF faded brown
~overa4ls, which were adorned at the
right knee by large patch Of white cotton.
He was sitting in a heap. His head seemed to
join his body somewhere In the region OF his
heart. HIS bare left foot rested on his right
knee and his left knee was enciroled by his
long arms" Beneath This unprepossesstng
exterior turks q depth OF quiet shrewdness and
native wit that enables the Loafer to come out
on top in most OF the trials Of skill between the
local humorists. He is. in the village vernacular.
a 'Joeher." and. as he says himself. "a leetle
joshin' now an then Is rSlshed be the wisest
men-that is. Of they hain't the FELIX'S what's
bein' joshed."
lie is. as We have said. an interesting figure.
and Mr.. Lloyd has handled him sympatheti-
cally and with real humor. and there Ia much
to be said In favor OF his philosophy. Il know
that I travels slow" says the Loafer, but wen
a felly travels fast. IL keeps him too busy
watchin' the horses. he sees mighty leetle O
the country an gifts awful jolted besides. It's q
heap sight better to 20 slow. ~stoppin' a. q
stream to Ash trout. or in the woods to take a
bang at a coon. or ut the store fer a leet!e dis
cussion it a heap sight easier"
In The Nicaragua Canal" tIIarpersl Mr..
William T.. Simmons writes ente rtainingly
about the Land Of the Great Water. its people.
customs, government. &c. and gives a history
OF the canal from its inception 10 the present
day. From the authors brief account OF the
fishing. Nicaragua would seem ~ bel veritahle
anglers paradise. What with the SERGE and
powerful barracuda. running from q hundred
to two hundred pounds, and said to be
q magnificent fighter on the line. tho
red snapper and the fresh water Juapotl.
which resembles the black bass in size
and appearance. but is better TO eat. and tho
silvery sabaietta. a eamy chap shaped like the
striped bass and running to Ave or six pounds.
the sportsman should ind lots OF fun IN these
waters The game rish par excellence OF the
fresh water Is the "savalo-real' or tarpon.
which swarm both in river ard lake. The
author inclines to the belief that the San Juan
river duu Ldke Nlcdtdkuu arc tnc pTiu'Iphl
breeding grounds Of this fish, and that II Ia but
n migratory visitor to our coast. He Ia not es-
teemed for eating. and nobody down there
10 catch him so II would seem thai
grand sport awaits the angler who goes there
prepared for 1t. The book is illustrated.
The delightful relations existing between the
bers M the department OF English cornpo-
sition In Harvard College. as revealed In Mr.. J.
II. Gardeners The Forms Of Prose- Literature"
tScribpers). would warm the heart OF the gen.
tie Autocrat OF the Breakfast Table. whose In.
troductory hints are here 40 s%edulously carrie
out. The book fairly beams with genial an!
Iustifable admiration. 1t has a dedication.
two PREDATORY notes. and would probably la
but for the fact that II deals with
prose a'one. with commentators sonnets by
various hands aftorthe Jacobean model. The
dedication IL 70 adams sherman Hill. nth
Professor Of Rhetoric and Oratory"
Prof Hin fortunately survived the exhausting
clash OF wits with his first class. to succeed
Prof. Child and to compose a Rhetoric" which
has taken the place Of the Balm Of our college
da vs. In undergraduate esteem. Prof. Barrett
Wenlell's Introductory note" about the book.
about the author and about himself il a prose
poem that can only be done Justice to by what
Mr.. Gardiner calls subjective criticism.
in his hammock. while the summer
breezps restore 10 his weariad brain the v.gor
which contact with the debilitating feminine
in fupnccs Of Radcliffe College had impaired.
ba conpIecantly thinks over his pu blishers' re-