New-York tribune., 1906-07-15
,IPRARY IN PICTURES.
arfisf's Journeys Sri algeria
and THnis.

l Gf5zlA = Nesbitf- With map and seventy
\ b fI---se-e in water colors- svo. pp Y $40
I ~ Macmillan Company
wa regard Mrs Nesbitt's book on
I'D Ttlnis as series of interesting pict-
,,an,euted ~ descriptive text. or as an
- description Of those countries supple
I series Of water colors. the result is
I - -s-isfscto-y Both as writer and as a
- .ts author views everything with an
| eco. and il there is a certain lack OF
tsr impressions. If she concerns herself
-slx with surface effects. she admirably
!, cor this by her scintillating play of
Grade and by her quickness to catch
-,--esope qualities Of all the contrasting
- an arrested Arab civilization. the
-. NJ tte Independent Berber tribes. the
-,;ns If Pgnic and Roman times. and
.ss-nizfuc tendency Of French colonization
- strongly antitheticaI than are the
! .--a.ioT,s of desert and oasis.
l .-4isr-as1ha- is no explorer. hunting out
\ and undiscovered points Of interest. but
- translator If what may be readily seen
80 uho move hy railroad and along the
,,,,e-t5oaaI paths 81 travel in the Bar
s.az SIN the railroad has penetrated
.,.54r tHe stimulus Of French activity that
,.r-revfng may obtain Impressions at
= an tbe varied characteristics of the
| - its luha bitarts- Even on the edge Of
| ,ba ralf Of me desert may be felt when
IRIS his hack 10 the veTdure and gazes over
.-,anse II sand and stone and ochre-tinted
+-u vision is los, II infinite space. and sky
eesr meet III a blue 50 soft" that the
sri7iers ou t1,ir first coming cried, The
rho sea- Frara such q prospect il is a
-. hang, 10 meet vIth SNOW and ice among
ais
I, sai.a If the Arah belief that il is wicked 10
- tse ri-,ure OF any living thing and that an
- n rerroaueing q aians image gains power
!, Aiq soul trhile some Mahonetans go stin
..-.s- and i-aeiue ca4t u the next world a
--r ulll DE- srr,ourded Hot only by the souls
a.s his appropriated but also by those he has
,es through The power of his inagination),
| j.. xss5.tt met with little opposition in making
ss4.rl.es se6ate merchants would politely
--.- rfes- shops IL ae used as temporary
-~ md eu.e-lv pres ent intrusion or obstruc-
NJ ne view. woman herself. the artist
-ssles ~ penetrate into the interior Of the
mss and u make drawings of the women
| In ihefr Gc-sesr tasks or amid the vaPid
i iss.---T ras-5u et The harern.
sa,,r adorned 10 ther houses. in the
-s .hs women --e - course. yelled and
.-s.r attraction u the eve The men m0nop-
be lo-o. me fe 4ud HE activity Of tho
Grave ana 3lS red on occasion. they are
Re seize -pa1 a-T eprortunity for display
q zu-hor gives 4 tEeIr description OF the
END other 81 arr- II Biskra. ending with d
.sa. ~ mimic arte in which squads
-se IRE and ven ssng their guns into the
w1s- r1-toz and pipes play martial
ee and the din IS -e-tsniDE.'
-e q tlis gay the natives is mani
sd by ne Fr-aa eo.onis-s. who seemed
-5e aat1os ID ueW environment 10
il al grave and r -heIy aspect. losing
zznr cases u1l1 If their natural vi
They appear 10 have caught the
serious rather -han the more joyous
Of Tie Arabs among whom they live;
gaaher This j. due o. The isolation. the heat
} .ae absence II a1--ene1t the author does
undertake r. r.ak- rcojectGre- The French
F=2k Arabic. and -aa Arabs who have deal
Eaa them al speak French. The young
/ 1a boys are quick (. learn French ways and
-zaas 70 enlarz= lge.r experience by foreign
z The wearing # shoes IS considered
-- proof Of a progressive mind, 50 that
Ill say. i you SID take me with you I
rear boots" otH=r and less pleasing attri-
e q cViLlzalll are assumed with equal
-laess- and il IS Oily as one gets further and
-ler from Tie French influence that one learns
lll-easle me stately courtesy and the real
-iasnsut Of Moorish civilization.
Aa--ouan. tle sacred city, founded by the
-1i9r-sa-Ht sd okla, in CO, was the most
---lc,sristlcally Moorish Of al the cities which
author visited. and Yet II is. by a cruel fate,
, gle place II ne Ba-rarv States where the