New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-20

FROM SARANAC TO THE MARQUESAS AND
J.. stevenson During ISIS 10 Her sister Jane
Mhyte Bafour Edited and Arranged by Marie
ner's Sons.
The regular Stevenson book Of the season con-
Rains some pleasant. unpretentious journal let
sers addressed 10 her Scotch relatives By the
snother Of the novelist Since there IS no deliv-
eranco from perpetual Stevonsoniaua. we must
accept this good souls records with resignation
She al least was one member OF the family who
did not wrfUlly drop into print: there is moth
sng in Dr. c. "a. Balfours Introduction 10 show
that in the years before her death in 1897. this
sensible Scotchwoman contemplated the publ
cation o. these letters. We find nothing new in
fhem for they are merely a chronicle from the
feminine point Of view OF the Adirondack and
South Sea experiences Of r.. L. s" and his I'm
mediate neutrality-suspicious. which have already
been literally described elsewhere. and which
She novelist himself. indeed has dealt with in
racy fashion. There. is 10 particular pictu-
reSQueHcss in Mrs Stevenson's journal, and the
little humor there is is very quiet The gentle.
womanly feeling. the kind heartedness and sin
ce-e piety which animate them give the reader
q mild pleasure and help to carry much do
snestic Information OF a tiresorne sort.
Motherly pride IN II. L. SIS achievements
comes to the fore now and then. and motherly
a
Eistent undercurrent Most things in life for
Miss BalfOur's correspondent have reference to
the state Of Louiss health. The records OF
Adirondack colo are graphic. With the Their
rnoraeter down 70 40 degrees below zero she
notes various oddities % the arctic kind:
Louis woke one night dreaming that rat
biting his ears and the cause was a slight
frost bite. and Valentine found her handkerchief
under her pillow frozen 70 a ball in the morn
a.
Kitchen floor turned into nice. shining sheet
% ice the moment YOU had washed it-With
h.. water midland a good fire IN the room
Out OF doors Il impossible 10 touch metal
without being burnt and LLOYD only man
Hged 20 drive by wearing. first. white kid gloves:
second. fuc-lined ones and, third. on the top or
both pair OF bun leather mittens.
Louiss buffalo coat was frozen fast 10 the
Kitchen door behind which il hangs, though the
fire was kept alight in tho stove all through the
night. Valentines floor was sheet OF Ice, and
the edge o. her dress, having got damn, was
frozen hare and did not melt al day. When she
was making SCUM for dinner there was a large
Dump OF ice in the Dot, which did not seem 20
have melted ri all though the water about u
was stearlirr and bubblng as y OF the point
OF boiling: ana the cold venison that had been
fhawed in The oven FOR n whole hour had st.ll
trc See cTUncninE iu Il when it came 10 the table.
Neither Louis nor i veutUr2d out. but he put
on his furs and played arctic voyages" ssthe
Hrnusemcnf 81 some % our visitors, who se-
clsrod ths weather was delightful
The voyaging about the South Sea Islands was
apparently much 10 the taste OF this elderly lady,
who found herself visiting these strange shores
barefooted. dressed. like the natives. IN two gar
rnents red as HOLSTERS" and sometimes aon-
dering IL shall ever be able 10 return 20
civilized habits again" She shows a very en-
gsging appreciation OF the kindness and gener-
osity OF these natives and sets down little in
stances Of their good manners with an agree
able particularly. In an Adirondack town she
heard a sermon in which reference was made 20
Mr.. Hyde and Dr. JeiJyl" much 10 her delight:
and. IN Tahiti. she Is pleased 20 hear that good
Pere Bruno means 20 make the novelist the text
OF a sermon
This tine h. is 10 be- held up 10 the people o.
Tautra because ne Was cheerful and unconl-
planning during all his stay there though he
had 10 PUT up with things that must have beer
hardship u him" and then hts style OF dress
s. 90 Dc neld up as an example: The only wore
y hat was useful and necessary, ana never went
81 for anything ornamental eNtravagantg'
Louis g. delighted that ne has at last found
eOme one who appreciates his taste In dress
ane wishes he could have q oony Of the sermoz