The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
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David Douglas, Charles Scribncrs sons.
II he has not made mistake in his noun
tain. Mr. Collie. We believe. has attained the
highcst mountain altitude reached 10y man.
the chief doubt about his feat being the
absence of mountain-scin"Ss at heights
which he est mated AT over 21,ODo feet
In this lool; he tells very nlod''StIy OF the
ascent Of the DiaMirai peak and the at
tempt On Manga parbat in kashn.rr In
which Nj A. + Munmery lost his life.
He tells. too, oil climbs in the Canadian
Rocky Mountains, IN the Alps, in the Lo-
fcd"n l-lands ard in le-s ed ,enturous
place. The book is "A delightful addition
to the literature OF mountain climbing
OF di.Ie-en, character. though in many
WAYS more important. IL ireland. Indus
trial and Agricultural" edited 10y William
p. Cuync ,Browua and Nolan, Dublin,
Charles Scrlbncr's Sonsl. Government
publication issued by the Department OF
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for
Ireland II is n scientific description of
the natural resources and Of the Industries
of Ireland originally prepared for the
Glasgow exhibition, but brought To date SO
far a. possible. 1t contains a greater mass
of information about Ireland than any
volume Of the size has hitherto offered II
j. only TO be regretted that il appears too
early for the figures of the 1901 census TO
be available
4 car. ful. wcll-written and interesting
Gccouut Of Japan by woman who used
her long stay in that country 10 advantage
u Japan and Her People. in two volumes.
by Anna {. Ha-tshorne tHenry 7. Coates
d Ia.
Of the history. the objects and institutions
described are we'll selected and made in
tcillgiblc. and the pictures, which are plen
tifu!. are very good We feel particu-
larry grateful TO the author for showing
Ils good photographs Of things a. they are
instead of inprc-sionistic limitations Of
Japanese art
Dr.. Carl Pct"rs's statements about
Al lea must be taken with some caution.
and the Identification Of Rhodesia with
Ophir or the land of Sheha is still open
TO a great deal Of doubt, but there is no
doubt about his energy or his enterprise.
or his experience and his late It book, The
Eldorndo f the Ancents" &C.. Arthur Pear
son: T.. =. Dutton 4 Coz, is entertaining
reading. II H. the story Of his expedition
IN the Zambcsi region in 1899 and 1900 in
search of Ophir. Every one knows that
DR.. Peters l. sure that be- has discovered
that land, and in this book he may read the
arguments in support of that opinion.
1l".o are adventures Of many kinds and
stories Of big game hunting TO enliven
IN" tale. In an introduction DR.. Peters
defends himself against the Judgment Of
the German court that condemned him
t.. brutality in his earlier expeditions.
CT wholly different order Ii Mr. II
HcsHeth Prio haras Through the Hear,
of Patagonia Arple,orsp An Englith
professor in the course of a lecture said
that it WAS possible that the mylodon, or
giant sloth, might still exis, in Patagonia
Ihcreupon the proprietor of London
yellow journal despatched Mr.. PIichard,
a,ugt whose scientific attachments we
have no lEo.yleuge. to chase the mylodon.
he hunted around in Patagonia for few
morth-, ana, a. lie i'd not find it, he natural
ly draws he conclusion that the my!odon
L. ret Ia L. found, which very liPcly is
'ru,. Mennv lille Mr. Prichard made notes
q! ,'.tt h" sa' and reported it to his news
papc' IN he spIightly style Of British jour
nai'm That makes up his book IL il
very fully illustrated. partly from photo
grFrt- and partly, We fear, from n lively
imagination. We can hardly imagine that
the .olpred "1ehualclo hunting scene"
70: Instance, which forms the frontispieCe,
corl! have been presented anywhere OUT
sic" &C mcnaCerie. Nj PriChard, how
ever iii Traverse some uneXI loi ed country
aud had the good fortune to visit Lakes
B.cuos Ayes and Argentina, which are
prominent points in the recent settlement
of tie rrcntinl-Chile boundary que,.
tiCu. This part of Nj Pi i,hard's book
gives Il ill., chief value.
III" tau, ION can never cease 20 be an
object If interest to New Yorkers The
story Of the liver and it's picturesque banks
has 'oen rCl ited time and again Mr.. tdzar
NaN.eN Bacon repeats it IN The Hudson
River from ocean to Sound" o. y. Put
mans sons That is the natura, course
ior he traveller to take from New York TO
Albq"y and Saratoga, whcr, Mr.. Bacon's
acc cunt ,nNs. HE usual historical and
leE"noary stories are related, and there
a,c many PICTURES and a se,tlonal lnap
of the river. Whoever does not Posses
a description Of the Hudson River will
md Mr., B1con'S book worth h1ying
Il, giebt nur a Kaiserstadt, es giob,
nur a Wan. Vienna is by no mean. rs
WEI known AS Il should be TO travellers in
Europe, for il lies a little aside from the
hca'"a road. IL is one of the most delight
fui capitals to stay in in the world A
number Of excellent photographs are &C.
conpInied in Vienna and the Nicnncse"
uionry 7. Coates 4 Coz by a DESCRIPTIVE
text adapted from Victor Tissot by Maria
Hornor Ltnsdal". II is good work of. the
guld' book sind.
There is nothing new in the pictures and
still less that is new in the letter press Of
French tathcdrals and Chateaux," two
volumes by lara Crawford Perkins (Knirht
MII'tt, Boston) There was c. c.
Perkins ono" whose name meant something
to art lovers, but he is dead The book
before us is a pretty centre table ornament
and little more
MI. Henry Haynic has missed a great
opportunity 10y writing Paris. Past and
PrcS'nt. vols. Frederick A. Stokes Com
plny) IN English, II he had put it in the
French Of his account Of Prof de Sunni
Chra>' : performance Of "Athalin" il would
have attained the success of The Portu-
gucs' PhraS" Book" His English. though
far ir' IN %, d, is not eccentric enough to
he amusing Hi, account of the various
buildings Ia Paris is perfectly untrust-
worthy and superficial, and we doubt