The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
Pleasantly Through the scn~sr,wa,d.

poem that ~ ONerc1 as an INVITATION
20 the reader and that IL 10 -nticing that
We believe the reader will consent 10 IL II
he il able introduces Mr. &. T.. HUoHEs's
very Pleasantly entertaining work. 4 Book
Of the Black Forest ~. p. button ana Com
panyl. The poem lsts the reader know
that It IL purposed to 90 into pleasant
places. regardless Of the tourist charts and
the history books. After some eNplanA.
tory enumeration It concludes
such are the charms | 90 20 md.
knowing the place they Turk In. We,
~ rvader you be thus IneIned
WIN se~k them out In company
~ not, ny blessing guard your feet
wish YOU. free OF all mishap.
~ every train = corner seat
in every corner seat nap
The author ma k.'s hi- start from Stras.
burg From the -pira ~ the great cnthe-
dral there the panorama Of tn" Black
Forest NAV b. sNen-its whole array 81
peaks and the rad leading from the town
across the Rhine To kehl and the Kinzig
Valley. which traverses the forest west
and east II the names engraved in the
tower Il Strashurg Cathedral arr anthem
tic many famous persons have looked
out upon the Black Forest from that
! sulendId elevation. Goethe's name ia
there also Herrt"r's. lavater's and Vol
7 tllre'-. - many names indeed are carved
all about m the sfpn" 81 the tower and
spI-s. and arr carved - we'll that the
author j. moved 20 tho suspicion either
! that therp was some one in Stra -burg who
made a business " carving them or that
"A great company II tourists were poe
.-'s=ssd Il much leisure and skill and re-
. ma rkaby We 70 t"'uJarsi Jsnkuiyr-.
Mr. Hughes not.s- that not only docs the
kinzIg Valley divide ~" Black Pores;
into two portions but that it i in itself
IN "a manner separate and peculiar. For
much II IT, length it il the part that is
, most int Irnit.'ly associated with the out
side world II has "A considerable river
and a railroad runs through it that u for
part u the way the c'slabr atssi Black
Forest Railway A. regard the north
and spIfh portions. tn" south clings more
to the old customs and irpS- than dOas
th-north. II - less trimm'-i and Smoothed
4 This u true of the scenery qs well ~ ~ the
p.snp!. Nj Hughes leads hi- readers
through the kinzig Valley 10 Frnuden-
s'adt on tn. eastern border " the forest
then rlmhL-~ through N" divisions mort 10
and south.
The road 20 N-Umuhl and Ohenhurg -
an avenue - fruit trees The cottages -
tie first named village. made ~ timber
and plaster. are - hig that one II them
would TAX. in conveniently AZ least half a
dozen such cottages as are found in an
ordinary British hamlet Al Orenhurg
there stands IN rho market place a statue
Of sir Francis Drake and regarding this
IN. author informs ~ rather curioualy
Il. :. e 1T, 4 T..
th. da..d- that brought him fame in his
own country Tn" statue ~ erected moi
20 The man who first sailed round the
world hat 80 The man vho first introduced
potatneS into Europe Magellan did not
get quite around he perished in the Phil
Ippinas. hut our understanding ~ thai
members q his expedition completed III,
accompanying voyage The Ofenburs
statue of Drake - supplied with proper
Oh Jects ~ symbolical detail The lef
elbow Of the great captain rests upon al
anchor Al hIs right foot there ia a globe
behind him ship In rms right hand h.
holds a map Of South America In hi
left hand SAYS MIR Hughes. -s n singu
larry well grown potato plant. potatoe,
and all : The face IL a psssable portrait
we read. hut IL lacks strong expression
Perhaps the sculptor thought IL proper q
put only a subdued fire into the eye Of
man bringing potatoes.
In a chapel at Haslach the travelle,
remarked what he describes as the queer
est aims box that he ever saw. Il wa
followed out 81 log 81 wood some tire.
feet high and strengthened with iroI
, hands that ran around arr up and down
IL stood upright at the end Of a bencl
in front - the altar hole in the to,
received the offerings. and a door at IN,
|, bottom. -stupsndouzly paddock 81 an,
, with hinges almost like thoaa ~ a dun
gaon door let them out The who'll
thing IL ~ recorded. was mot altose'h.
unlike a stow"
! Tho legends are not neglected in Mr.
. Hughes bnpk Three and a half cen
, turtles ago the devil made the Lutheran
4 village of Schilttch. a proper enough
village now. Ga" - his favorite dwellinl
places Particularly 10 fancicd an in,
that stood near tho old Rathhaus Mr.
Hughes has hia own ma inner II narratin,
the circumstances in the case He saws
His liking for this house appears 10 nav
, aroused small interest 10 long ~ he va
, orderly and Vel behaved But pres
emily Ls began 60 show the cloven boot
/ lie PIT into operation al the most for
: mldable compartments of haunting
- and the performance was repeata
nightly Voices were 10 be hoard utter
ing words in language which was IN
more terrible that II could not be under
stood Pots and pans rRttled on thei
shelves doors shudderrd IN their frame,
. the clamor ~ bells set IN motion by spec
r trail visitors summoned substantial an
, sleeping servants from their beds
This went on for som" time before
was explained what IL was all about
I Finally the devil lot II be- known that h
{ was "a love. -He had gazed with the eye
OF longing upon "A young serving maiS
81 and the Nocturnal din was partly by wa
= 81 ser"naie and partly by way - rnlis