New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-23
Notes of an american Traveller in
Eastern Lands.

Under the lllle OF E<dSL OF 04eS NAANS
r.-turv Company he has just issued a similar
,,,,ne Of travel impressions. In this instance
- vrr,tes OF Ceylon, India. China and Japan.
"a as IN the earlier book. he embodies the
SO l,e has collected In chapters that are un-
somr,only readable. In his opening pages. which
-, ,vgth the Suez Canal, he does not take IL
- ,rants that hts readers know all about the
xs,.ev, n hat enterprise. but sketches IL briefly
"a n,cturesauely For picturesqueness, indeed
So penAeld Is always on the watch. and he
So n down IN his far corners OF the world
18Th an enthusiasm that Is itself inspiriting 10
shs reader. This book is freely illustrated. too
,tb good halftones from well chosen photo
graphs A.. po.
eelds account of pearling in the Gulf OF Manar'
"a the coast OF Ceylon, Prior TO the opening
20 a fishery the shores OF the pearling banks
,re deserted wastes OF sand. When the govern
,oene biologists have concluded. from expert
mental catches. that a fishery may be pro-
claimed, the advertisements printed In the East
send thousands to the wastes aforesaid AT the
head OF this ephemersl population are a few
British officers, who are there to take charge of
the ashery. In q twinkIing the public function
aries are provided with buildings suitable 10
their daily tasks. and. In addition. the people
sun Up courthouse, treasury. a hospital,
prison, telegraph ONCE and a postofice. With
administrative machine thus provided, the
divers begin their work. and the oysters they
bring Up are stacked by coolies in the govern
ment steckade. Then follows the daily gamble.
after this fashion;
In the fading light Of daV the spa,. m
nagnees That approximately tive million oysters are
Osahd highest bidder 10 t lGE I s MANY ey ta s
% 9ieoseH me quotation 10 be effective and apply
I'D har
there %in not be oysters enough to satisfy the
py ana asmand receS to IS ihs RTincplS Of sup
petition 10 hN tlae price OF the rst lot consumes
aes this was eevated to hry GhS W and t 80 6
until thiTty-six was the maximum that could be
INDUCED iF9lA the molley assembage With his
Reae4 ne sgeni t9Ps the table, and the mYdiliyar
49, ~ s0leting IN hindnst2ni meaning sold The
sy1diests Of rich Indians sallins a hier in lottery
~. h ~ d III, hsI e almost l9r1y ne snnouness
Then sale Of tive thousand follows at an ad-
al the way from Mecca; towering sikh from the
PnRjab secures twenty thousand at reduced rate
product is disposed of to greedy buyers for the
sum Of 62'lSs good and lawful rupees
OBVIOUSLY the spectators take long chances,
but in the long run most of them are repaid for
their ventures, Mr.. Penfeld's conclusion is that
the fishery pays tremendously In 1895, for
example, the government made profit of some
100000 Of course. he took a chance in the
@4tNcAa A4AlsSiap TWO SHEhH % OySNeAS
ana taking them aboard ship with him when he
departed. BUT Just about this time ne fell I'll,
suffering such pain that he ceased to care
whether his oysters contained pearls or not, and
ne gave them away. This pearling chapter Of his
is the most amusing in the book, but he writes
vel on the other themes. Offering much useful
Information, diversified with piquant notes on
Eastern types and manners
in the volume entitled "A Great Archbishop OF
Dublin Oongmans Green & Coz IS included
The autobiography and a selection from the cor
rs-pOn1enoe OF DR.. william King l65O-l72O
We are reminded by the editor, Sir Charles
Simeon King, that this dignitary was ranked by
Professor Stokes as 1.-THE most famous Arch
bishop Dublin has ever possessed" He was GER
fHinly ene OF the most practical independent and
high-Fninded OF prelates and Lord Justices 1t
Is remembered 20 his honor that he was one OF
those who protested with spirit against laws
made for Ireland by England without the con-
currence of the sister island; that in the GOV
eminent sf the Church he was an avowed enemy
20 pluFslities and non-Fesidence; and that in the
trnnbious times Of the Hanoverian accession
MS counsels were always those OF justice and
moderation. A letter announcing his death in
May 1923. declares that he was "a man from
whose conversation you would sooner receive
instruction than Entertainment and the same
may be said OF the autobiography and Of the
Archhishop's letters. The most interesting por-
lion o. the volume TO the reader Of to-day is
That containing Kings correspondence with
Swift during the absence in England Of the au-'
thoF az the Tale of a Tub Swift's hopes OF
preferment had been raised by the Archbishop's
promises in several letters that he would short
~ write TO him something about himself. 1T
looked TO me- says Swift, las IL he intended
something for me-" Before US Is the letter for
which he looked with so much anxiety. II
placidly advises him TO make use Of the favor
and interest he has In England TO obtain some
Freferment that may be called settlement: and
TO apply his talents, his knowledge Of the world
and reading TO the preparation of "a piece on
suejsets Of divinity not handled by others. 1t
is easy 10 imagine the smOuldering wrath Of
Swift as he noted the calm ignoring of all that
Ess in his advisers own power. There Is
sharpness beneath the courtesy Of his answer.
! never viii solicit Tor myself" he says. al
though often do for others"
The ether part Of Your GYace's advice 20 be
t9ee EaE useful 20 ths Church and the public BY
only g FOR are eS Ssfa should 20 9eR soe sets
~ Aslsln ! believe might suecsea; bnt my loCa.
@ when ne goes On Shore IS 100 hasty a question:
.st MA get thsre first and rest and dry himself:
known 10 severn great men ii my iife and Il was
u 1, op N.Y. t9s s, thought might ~ have ~, been Of
~ thsS one great msn ~ my NE who was not
ms fayors whatever resolutions he had pretended
other y - 10 s nS S0 rs ep ses cR he ppFoved d
enc Which believe may 6e re reason . Of this
uer way ~ spite % eli Obstacles but those whose
mss4t w9s ~ q second, third or fourth rate were
euness II tire world had IN TIE impudenes assidu-
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