AN 16 1895 The Literary News In winter you may reade them, ad ignem, by the fireside; and in summer, ad umbram, under some shadie tree; and therewith pass away the tedious Howres. Travels in Three Continents-Europe, Asia, Africa. DR. J. M. BUCKLEY has travelled for years and has always made use of the new things he saw and heard among the strange inhabitants of strange countries, for the cheer and enlightenment of the less fortunate, kept at home by the iron chains of circumstance. In these protracted tours, Dr. Buckley learned by experience that a certain amount of information is necessary to the interpretation of what is taken No. I work that is the result of his journeys, brought out in very handsome shape by Messrs. Hun& Eaton, must be warmly welcomed by all, as it will aid those who contemplate such a journey to prepare for it, will refresh the recollection of those who preceded Dr. Buckley, and will enable such as do not expect to cross the ocean to see, while looking through his eyes, almost as well as with their own. in by eye and ear, and in preparing his narratives for the stay-at-homes he has always endeavored to interweave such knowledge with the natural flow of his eloquent description. In his travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa, Dr. Buckley naturally has traversed much ground often travelled over, and almost as often described by travellers. But as he truly says, "Every traveller sees what he takes with him, and because of this I hope there will be a place for another record of travel in many of the most interesting parts of the world." The The great journey begins in New York, from which city Dr. Buckley sailed on November 21, 1888. He was accompanied by a member of the senior class in Amherst, who evidently proved that necessary ideal for a journey-a congenial companion. The itinerary was from New York to London, across to Paris, through France to Spain, where the travellers first began to loiter, giving much attention to the buildings and the people of Madrid, Toledo, Cordova, Seville, and Granada. A general view is given of the bull-fights of Spain before crossing to "Afric's Copyright, 1894, by Hunt & Eaton. sunny fountains." Roaming around the north coast of Africa, they gaze upon the wondrous scenery of Morocco, Tangiers, Algiers, and their neighboring islands, and then again make for European land, and journey to the heart of civilization, and the sights history and associations have made familiar from generation to generation. Marseilles, the French Riviera, Genoa, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Vesuvius and Pompeii are all commented upon, by a mind full of thoughts born of the thoughts of the greatest thinkers of all time, and a pen made sure by long years of cultured writing. Once more Africa is reached, and Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, the pyramids, the Sphinx, Thebes, and the Nile come under consideration. A very clear and fair idea is given of Mohammedanism while journeying towards the Holy Land. Asia is then presented in the sacred places of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jordan, Jericho From Travels in Three Continents." and Bethany, Nazareth and modern Palestine, which give Dr. Buckley a starting-point for some very stimulating reflections on the Christian religion and its progressive work in the world. Again Europe is reached by way of Damascus, Beirut, the Egean Islands, Smyrna, and Ephesus, until on the classic soil of Athens and Corinth, Dr. Buckley explains the Greek mind and the history of thought with which the Grecian lands are synonymous. A rapid course through Constantinople, Roumelia, Bulgaria, Servia, Hungary, Vienna, and Paris brings the travellers to Havre, where they finally shipped for New York on the 10th of May, 1889. Not quite six months of travel, and what a vast amount of new and old knowledge is made fascinating by Dr. Buckley's fine literary methods. And made of enduring service also by a remarkably well-made index, which keeps the delightful contents get-at-able at a moment's notice. A cursory reading of this index gives a better idea of the book than pages of description. There is no padding. Dr. Buckley offers solid information in enduring shape. Nearly one hundred illustrations beautify the large, clearly printed pages. The work is substantially bound with typical oriental decoration, and makes a specially sumptuous book, which there is no doubt will take rank among the very most reliable of works of travel. The welltravelled paths are set in new light in this fine book. (Hunt & Eaton. $3.50.) SCENE IN ORAN. Copyright, 1894, by Hunt & Eaton. Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb. THE life of John Gladwyn Jebb reads like an invention from the fertile brain of Jules Verne, or Rudyard Kipling, or H. Rider Haggard. The latter has written a fitting introduction to this strange and varied life, which, in hairbreadth escapes, ups and downs of fortune, meetings with noted men, connection with Utopian schemes, and remarkable influence of personality, far transcends the limits of plausible imagination. Mr. Haggard had a personal acquaintance with the hero of these startling adventures which began in 1889, and ended with Mr. Jebb's death in 1893. During that time they were much thrown together, travelled extensively in Mexico, and became warm friends. Mr. Haggard speaks with emotion of his friend's warm heart, loyal nature, truth, self-forgetfulness, "complete colossal unselfishness," and always brave and generous instincts. starting its successful career. While on these American trips Mr. Jebb fell in with General Fremont, fresh from California gold-fields, and his roving mind and restless body turned eagerly to mining and big-game shooting. Coffee-planting in Brazil, treasure-hunting in Mexico, starting an Omlette Company in New York City to manufacture an article of food From "Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb." Copyright, 1895, by Roberts Brothers. John Gladwyn Jebb was an only child, born of well-to-do English parents in 1841. In 1850 he entered school at Bonn, and in 1852 was for several years put under the care of an English rector. He learned readily and showed many and most varied gifts. His talent for drawing amounted almost to genius, and he had a voice for singing of remarkable beauty. From earliest youth he showed the desire for freedom and change that formed the spirit of his life. He longed to enter the navy, but his family favored the army. As soon as his age permitted he was sent on active service in India. On the voyage to India he first became interested in hypnotism, secondsight, and spiritualism, being much thrown with those with whom the occult was business or pastime. Jebb soon left the army and went to Oxford, devoting himself to civil engineering and practical sciences of various kinds. He had an independent income, but lost half of it in an investment in a steel gun-barrel factory at Glasgow, and in. vested the rest in bad investments and insolvent banks. Penniless at twenty-six, he next tried sheep-farming in the Highlands, then shipbuilding and drumming up trade in America for the White Star Steamship Company, then first |