New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-28

" voiced q shirt Of ,1nitv which has retained
directing influence in mission work there. Him
self a dominic Of the Dutch Reformed Church
re had his earliest theological training IN d
Presbyterian school. had been in friendly rela-
tions with missions Of the English Church in his
first missionary work in China, and always re-
tanned catholic and broad minded attitude.
DR.. Grifis writes with farvor and not without
the traditions Of religious biography on a sub
iect which he undertakes willingly and which
supplements earlier books, such as his Matthew
c.aIbraith Perry and "Verbeck Of Japan The
illustrations are from interesting photographs.
but the proofreadng shows unfortunate signs OF
haste.
II is = mortal serious business for some men,
this globe trotting. To come back with tale Of
much travelling in the realms Of old and
trunkful Of curious photographs. without taking
the world back over ones course in book, is
more than can be asked Of many sightseers-
As in war, so in travel it may be hardest for
those who stay at home, and in 9 later day Job
would have cried, "Oh, that mine adversary had
gone abroad"' To be sure. It is TO dire Attic
zion that sigmund Krausz has gone into the
Orient. Towards the Rising Sun" Oaird
Lee is q book in which much OF interest may be
found. But too much Of it may be found else
where It is pity that travellers with a bent
for recording should consider each land an un-
discovered country Take such bits Of friendly
instruction as these, for instance:
SMYRNA saw its greatest period Of prosperity
end splendor shortly after fits rebuilding by
Ambiguous and Lysimachus, before which, for
nearly four hundred years. e. since its total
destruction in 627 B. Cit had lain in ruins.
Since then its importance as a commercial place
has slowly but steadily decreased, while ii fell
successfully into the hands Of many conquerors,
such as the Greeks, Romans, Nenetians, Genoese
and Turks.
In the course Of centuries Delhi has expert
enced many fateful changes Its site since its
foundation. 30 B. c. has changed repeatedly,
ind the city Of to-day stands apart from the
Delhi OF Akbar and Shah Jehan, while the
numerous ruins lying within radius Of ten TO
fifteen miles and covering about forty-fve
square miles. mark the sites where the various
older towns of Delhi once stood. The new city
played an important part during the SepoE
rnutiny IN 1871
Intrinscally such summaries have their pur-
pose But a course Of reading in an encyclo-
psdia will accomplish something Of the same
sort. Add information occasionally detailing
that the road to the summit Of Mount Pagus
offers in several places a fine outlook upon the
bay and part Of the city" or that "along the
road TO Ismailia the station Tel-el-Kebir offers
the greatest interest-in close proximity you
may see the small cemetery, inclosed by a gray
wooden fence, in which the English officers and
soldiers are buried who fell on that battlefield
IN 1852. and, with proper care in editing,
serviceable guidebook should result Then the
anecdote arises 10 confound the reader and
claim the book for a veritable record of ad-
venture-the story of the cicerone who called
the Apollo Belvedere a professor Of music, the
cordial invitations Of Musurus Bey. Prince Of
Samos. TO visit him: the Egyptian excursions Of
Mrs. C--'s party. the mummies in Cairo which
inspired the lines duly inserted, beginning
museums lofty han contains,
Bedecked with CRIME and dust,
The mummy of a Pharaoh,
Nilenniums old. trust
The end Of Mr. Krausz's book has a touch of
pathos. viii you. dear reader, ever hear from
me again?" he writes. "Quien sabe?" Is it kind
TO leave reader in such distressful uncertainty?
Edward Henes. jrr and George Chauncey
Briner have published, through the Knicl1er-
booker Press. an Historical Sketch of Perkin
warbeck, Pretender to the Crown of England"
which for direct statement and the lack of all
apparatus OF authorities IS surprising. In this
day Of history by footnote such straightfor-
ward tale is rarely told in a serious piece Of
work The one brush with earlier writer.
or weighing openly OF other specified accounts.
occurs when the authors object 10 a passage in
Bacon's Henry VII" in which Margaret is de-
scrjbed as telling warbeck OF events that had
1880. she had" sag the authors, no special
knowledge OF the tragic history of the year
1888"
This technical aside stands alone. The story
goes on. without z glance at its machinery, 10
warbeck's landing at Cork. his reception in
Paris during the time Of war. Henrys embargo
on commerce with Flanders, the announcement
by James " OF Scotland, the abortive attempt
on Deal, the futile siege Of Waterford, the in
effective raid from the Scottish border. the
Cornwall rising, the siege Of Exeter. and the
pretender's final brea kdoWn Of purpose, arrest.
confession Of imposture and later execution for
attempting escape. Gardeners account. appended
20 his Richard III" and published five years
ego does not appear 10 have been departed
from, unless perhaps IN such omissions thar
Of Warbeck's oath before the Mayor Of Cork in
his early sojourn there that he was not the son
OF the Duke Of Clarence, the first character
runor assigned 20 him, and his later denial that
he son OF Richard Ill
AS q short restatement Of q well sifted episoda