New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12

single handed, established his medical mission
on the coast Thither his story follows him.
Beginning with a whaleboat which he wore
out in his first season DR. GrenfeH has a
well equipped little hospital steamer, the Strath-
cona and three hospitals along the shore
There is new proverb on the coast" writes
Mr. Duncan. The folk say when great wind
blows, 'Thisu bring Grenfen-' And often it
Does He has round Of three thousand miles
to make the season is short. and the need such
as to wiring a mans heart" A gale is just a
wind to take him more swiftly to the place
ahead. I'm in a hurry" he says; I'VE must
get along" In the winter he makes his round
with dog team along the frozen coast But he
won't have it that he is a martyr. He likes it,
and seems to have no conception of fear. Once
when demonstrated with for going at full speed
through fog and floating ice. in answer to an
urgent call, he replied: las the Lord wills,
whether for wreck or service, I'm about His ser
vice" Withal, he is hearty and Jolly, a man
that the folk are glad to see for himself apart
from what he do for them. And he does a
great deal Through his efforts. for example,
cooperative stores have been started, by which
the fishermen are rendering themselves indepen-
dent of the planters"
With such a background, and with a SINH
larry inspired physician as its hero. Mr.. Duncan
dor" II is a new scene for a novel and a
picturesque one What we learn from the three
other books shows us how true it is to the place
and TO the people. Such surroundings tend to
give individuality TO character. whether for good
or i'll, queerness. and to bring out the best
and the worst in men. So there villains
as well as heroes on the Labrador" as it is
always spoken of there and few without strong
ly developed traits. Mr.. Duncan tells simple
story of love- of sin, OF suffering and expiation,
and he tells it well. with power, with pathos,
with sweetness. with quaint humor and with
dramatic intensity, as the situation demands.
1t is human real and strong. a book to be read
Skipper Tommy LoVejoy is a rarely lovable
type. with delightfully."- original doctrine Of
sin.
Its only out of sin sweetness is born. That's
just what sin is for. The righteous, Dayy, dear, "
tstortY Nun The dev nets EN- Ry the hundred
quntal, for it's such easy hshin: but sinners-such
as sin agin their wili-the Lard loves an gathers
in They who sin must suffer. DaYy an only such
as suffer can know the dear Lards love. COG be
Let the righteous be damned-they deserve it!
Give me the company o sinners
Mr. DHlon's account of the Ill fated trip he
took into the interior with Mr.. Hubbard and a
Cree Indian breed" but emphasizes the impress
sion of blealness and desclation we gain from
the stories and descriptions of the seaboard,
where the kindly hospitality of alone Off
sets the stern inhospitaIity Of nature. Where
they went for much of the way no man had
been before, and the Indians whose trails they
crossed had not tarried- II is dayby-day record
Of herculeaR effort, terrible privation. patient
heroisrn, brotherly devotion. disappointment and
death-to no real purpose. It would serve a
useful end. perhaps. were Its telling likely TO
deter others from following the adventurers ex-
ampie- But II WIN probably have no such effect
Mr. Dillon even tales Of returning to make Az