New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-25

What q Sentimental Trageller R,
cords of Her Impressions.

81 have lust been reading most lntsEs,.
hook observed the Reading Nan. n course .
conversation with friend
yes was the half lrter-osat-ve reply o. p.
listener and the first SpeaAer proceeded. aIr =
The title The Sentimental Traveller waica q -
iriscert Of that older famous WORK q Lagr.-
otarne a Senlinenta. Journey Through F-,-|
an. ItaI-- and. indeed. the authorizes. Vernon =
r,rovol4s the comparizon OF titles ~ healing =
If her chapters 'N0nrreJl- and saying thar q.
same title stands At the head O.. t.e cha1ts-. i
the 'Sentine nJal Journey
But let me read YOU this des-r- 1--on o. A D.
in the Alps and see IL you DO not agree win
that IL is the next best thing 20 taxing tie -
ones self. Mountains exist FOR our .magt1sr.
ONLY seen distant from the PLAN and tie z;s-
ing valley where the eye scales then. CT q.
in the reality Of their higher regions. For In
ing is less like the feeling mountains can p.
their freedom and aided sweep u eye and far
than the valleys winch they i---o=e IN TIER hon.
less steepness Of flank. valleys battling and age
our wishes. multiplying distance, districts q Il.
where the very stream. twisting around corag-
and dashing among rocks. seems. despite a. "a,
and struggle, to get no nearer 20 the COUNTRIES
it's unhemmed and visible progress Once n q,
heart Of the mountains. high or -5w as tzsy n
be. Alps or humble Apenniles. one feels imprso,s
until one has been a the top and 5-9ught dsr
the knowledge of the kingdoms Of the earth vas
they reveal
We had ridden UP the Ir--a W=ls=Eo-n "a.
ing our horses where the rock energies OF 0.rs
soft grass The valleys had closed around us a.
the great mountains sat around. -- L.scolc--aa
as seen from further down. l-- an Ulor0Aen q.
cult Of walls, lowered and bz--.=-usGred c-c-
within circuit. "a OF some medieval citadel ",
fiat places and hoIlows. Iauli-ss and lodges =
expected. like what one sees -r.. roof A-a =
from roof or balcony, 500 -.o- --5= rocky IN
turret of the Weisshoru peak, one al tl,z
things which are unseen from below. the VOL
no longer shut out. but expanded % the eye al
fancy IN peak beyond peaA- c1a-c beyond cas-
in the suddenly revealed vicinity Of great Al,
familiar in other places Jle shining BerlLaa ralgs
the seven rocky qiuGacias above Wa.sens-adr an
rnassed together and foresh or-eIst distant moas
JaIHs OF I.GceTEe ana Bern. --= L--J- Ea.,sllza,
who knows? Perhaps tile mountains above Las
Garda and the Adise; faint vrHicezezses one ca.
barely tell from clouds. and. as the SUI s1a
bIus washes Of UnsU5s-sIra- Alps. ULmOde1a-
serrated jagged and J.rr--al against the SKY
But what takes closest hold ~ NY lea- O
the tops OF mountains and or those highest pass
which afford d real view. is not the distant pros
pcct. but those last elcosgr1---=. under tie up
most peaks. where the rl.--, s-l.l q la :. 10Es
flush OF stones or embedded u ROSS s-- u.1--s
flowers. without strength or need % cut iLs=.t ;
deeper channel I imagine every real mountain %
have, Just under its summit. 1.t-=I.IEs and Tiiss
ings hoIIows Ike ampli-l5at--S beneath slop1g
crags: smooth landings also where II meets Z
neighbors, sad mountain leaning toward its fslOz
or withdrawing from him; and low hiIl0chs b.
Iowings Of grass which mimic the rOors and doV1i
of older. more futed parts OF rE= globe
Those little baby streams Il remember quite sin
liar ones in the highest Apennt-esJ. oozing. soak
ing. emerging. pure white r--u-is. among III
flowers and MOSES. OF trucking over the stones