The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-29
Tgvo Years in the - -
~ French West Indies.

The Worldwide interest in the island Martinique since
the terrible eruption of Mont Pelce May s. gives particular
emphasis 70 the value of Lafcadc Heans valuable con,r
button TO the world Of letters entitled Two Years in the
French West Indies" published by Harper Bro, New
York
Always writer of intense feeling and power in de-
serptive work may be down as certain that in this
book Mr. Hean has surpassed all former efforts perhaps
and especially 50 when he has taken real flesh blood
as his theme and people that possessed warmth
and hdorade temperament in the abandon OF their dreamy
lives than the shown pon Hearn tells Of this
people at ST. Pierre in thrill OF ecstac positively brilliant
rhetoric that has seldom been surpassed Perhaps
no modern writer his equal in command of exquisite and
yet wltha powerful English OF ST. Pierre he writes
one inspired No has ever no one could surpass his
Yelling OF this astonishing and picturesque population Their
origin their aneryadne yellow color. their ending
ana eapreious ospay Of tint OF WHICH the author
the observes these costumes the more one feels
that only Nature could have thought such comprehcn
SION OF powers and harmoncs among ooorssueh know
ledge OF ehromac witeherafts aud chromatc laws In
closing paragraph to early chapter he apostrophzes the
head dress of Mont Peee follows
This evening write La pcee Is more heavily colt
tured than is her won't or purple and lilac clouds the
couture is-a mssn6cent Madras, yellow-banded by the
sinking sun. La Pelee is in dc fee like cdprasse
stred for baptism bail and in her phantom turban
one great star smmers for a brooch"
And SO all through the telling of this story of the great
west Indies, Hearn audacious, aeratve, allurng He
has monstrous prodgous vocabulary and in that land
volcanic thunders vsas and slopes his words flow
such rhythmic as TO suggest more vivdy whatever he
aims to picture II is this vvdness of Heatn which eap-
Yates ard the lover of brilliant style uds him the reai-
cation o. all that scntates and dazzes His style that
overwhclms in its amazing multitude OF melting cadenees
while his meaning sacrificed to
He Is both ford and oreefu and vthal the greatest
ter OF atcrative attitudes scaled by reporters pen
To the student nature, Hearn is revelation. He took
this tour hrcash these violet hued islands and moulded
their outlines into great il by Turner
Church putting his atmosphere and and green fields
and mountains and the poetic people into words instead of
paint But The image is not lost II can not fade
OF Mont Pelee, if himself a great prophet, he wrote
as he left the little toy cemetery du Mouillage day
Some dly there be a great change in the little
city OF 81 P'eehec may he less money and less zeal and
less remembrance OF the lost Then from the mtne,
the bulwark the green host will down unopposed
creepers will prepare the way dsoeatng the pretty tombs
pulling the checkered thing then will the giants
roofing deeperfeeug for the hearts, cropping among
bones and all that love has hidden away shall be restored
TO Natureahsobed into the rich juices OF her verdure-
revtazed in her bursts Of colorresurreoted in her up
fittings OF emerald and gold to the great sun
CHARLES Thomas LOGAN.