Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 11 | In the Hills of Japan

. IN THE HILLS OF JAPAN. Psfiorama One of the Most Deautlful In the World. On every side of us, from our feet to tho golden distance far away, tho world-stretched mountains, peak upon peak, as thick as Junks In a Chlneso harbor, and rango beyond range Inexhaustible; In-exhaustible; no sounds of mortal life came up Insldo tho rock, whllo tho river, gentian blue, wouud silent In transparent pools below. Tho panorama pano-rama ln Japan on a splendid summer day Is Impassible to doscrlbo to an English reader who hat. not been ln tho East, for such a ono will read bo-tween bo-tween tho lines the local color In which ho was bred, Instead of tho wholly different atmosphero that heightens th charm of the picture there tho brilliant, luminous nlr which Invest our oyo with telescopic power and brings tho whole lttndscapo to our fcoti whllo n soft suspicion of silky hazo scorns to float a halo roend each follage-hlddon hill. Switzerland, too. Is a mountain world, but small compared with this; tho entire content con-tent from Innsbruck to Geneva only onofourth tho length of this single Island of Japan a thousand miles of continuous romance. And the quality of tho sunshlro Is what separates, by a very wldo gulf, a sum uor'ii day In thoao latitudes irom ono !n more northerly Ei'ropo. Cornhlll Magazine.