New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-22
Books Of TrdUel in The East
and EiscSchere.

KAsuMIR Described by SIR Francis
Nounshusband, X. {. J. r; painted
by Mai0r T. Molyneux. d. ;. o. sto.
pp. Ally, -. The Macmillan Company
CHINA. H. Mortimer Mcnpes. Text by
Sir Henry Arthur Blsl-e. q. & NJ. q.
40. 20, ~. -. The Macmillan Com
psRg.
CASTLES AND CHATEACN OF Old
RlkGlNpN AND TllE BORDER
With many Illustrations Reproduced
rom painting mahe or The sr"' 10y
Boston, l.. :. Page 60.
n tho vogue ~ the illustrations IN
colors has justified itself anywhere IL
hse been In tho book OF travel. Volume
after volume IN this field is published.
and while sometimes the result is trivial
enough. there arc many instances Ia
which the frcside sdventurer is frankly
grateful. lie may explore tho world as
never beforc garnering impressions
which possess a striking reality. The
nov book on "Kasmnir" which lies be-
fore us offers a good ease in point. IL
would lie cinicult 20 say who has con-
trisuteo the more valusble portion Of ~.
Major MolyneuNs pictures are 50 charm
ius and Sir Francis Hounghushand
matches them 80 well in his text BE-
tween them these two lowers ~ lovely
region have made an exceptionally in
teresting book.
n was O goO6 iGca Tor both author and
artist 90 pay special attention 10 the
landscape The native types have their
picturcsquenoss. and that the architect
ure is worth sketohing is shown in one
of the best Illustrations, a view II some
shawl merchants shops on the river
hank At SrinaEar. But above all things
m Ksshmir one would wish 90 gaze upon
tho snow-ceppcd mountains. the flower
hllod valleys and tho many rivers II is
q region OF extraordinary beauty.
Apropos II tho water courses. by the
way. IL is noted here that these are so
numerous and 50 strong that they are
proving Of tremendous value i'm the de-
velopment % electric power. Thus does
The invention 81 tho West play It's part
On tho rehsbilitation ~ the East. Some
- the authors most interesting pages
relate 10 tho growth ~ native industries.
n r. amusing 10 remark tina; those
shawlS FOR which tho country is chiefly
known 90 tho outside world are manu-
featured firm wool which is not pro-
duoe6 in Kashmir itself hut comes from
Tihei and Chinese Turkcstan. This wool
IS made from the soft down which lies
under tho Ions hair ~ the Tibetsn goat.
There il much information If this sort
assembled by SIR Francis Vounghusband.
We arc Elsd 90 have II. hut. we repeat.
Major MolyneuXs Illustrations are
equally fascinating
Tho new volume In tho series into
which Mr. Mortimer Menpes has been
omptrine his sketch books is not. per-
haps, - purely charming as tho one AT
which We have just glanced. but II has
rs solid merits. his drawings OF Chi
nese scenes are very clever and are par
ticularly O. he commended for what they
have % show us % the life Of the people.
John Chinaman is convincingly por-
trsyed In this book. not only I'm the FUN
page colored illustrations but I'm the In
formal ijsck and wlitc sketches which
serve az marginal notes. The brief text
by Sir Henry Arthur Blake il crammed
with facts and Yet the writer contrives
10 he lightly readable. HIS pages on
Chinese customs are interesting. Speak
ting ~ the power ~ parents. which ex-
tends even 10 life or death. he gives this
incident:
IN Hong Kong paper a short Tine ago
mere appeared a paragraph reciting that
Neaitny young Chinese whose mother
controlled a large business Ga canton rad
heen spending tNe money OF the firm too
havishly the attraction ~ motor cars and
powerful Tor him After ySriots snSsss ,,' ~,
10 control hlm. TIE mother AZ length pre-
psrea chains and letters and LAD him
locked up, lie however. escaped aud tn
rate mother announced her intention 10
EXERCISE her maternal rights on his return
So, l,s tne teho9ns of his ankles and
20 say that this treatment h. often resorted
10 by rate parents With prodisal sons
Mr.. Francis Miltoun is very syupa-
thetic traveller who has already shown
IN more than one book peculiar apti-
tude for discovering what is most in
toresting In France. His latest volume
enc on Castles and Chsteaux az Ola
Bursundy,' takes us into region
hacked with names which by themselves
seem in some curious fashion 10 touch
the imagination. Who could resist places
called Nezelsy. Semur-en-A uxois. Ton
mere ar Ancy-le-France And. ~ course.
20 follow the spell ~ these names IL to
ramble amid sbule 81 the most heauti-
ful buildings In the world. buildings
whose every stone r. saturated in ro-
nance. AIR. -fIltoun ncglects nothing Of
historical or biographical lore that will
help 90 enrich the glamour 81 his sub
iect. but, 80 Ne have noticed before Ia
pages 81 his. tho appeal ~ old unhappy
ar or things does not bcguile him from
that careful description Of monuments
which the reader also demands In this
part 90 his Work he has been admirably
assisted Dr. Miss Blanche McManus.
whose drawings in black and white and
IN colors. though not brilliant in tech
nioue. are notably sincere and give a
specially solid and truthful account Of
BurEundian architecture
Mrs. X. v. 10 Saussure's sOld Planta-
fsou DAYS" npufiicld A. CoD l. a charm