Chapter I: Front Matter

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DUE NORTH.

BY MATURIN M. BALLOU,

AUTHOR OF "DUE SOUTH," "DUE WEST," "EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH," "GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW," ETC., ETC.

One Vol. 12mo. $1.50.

Mr. Ballou's previous travel-books have had an immense popular success, now repeated in this vivid record of his recent travels in Russia and Scandinavia. It contains attractive accounts of the Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian capitals, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Christiania; chapters devoted to Bergen and Trondhjem; the Loffodens and Maelstroem; the North Cape and Midnight Sun; Lapland and Finland; St. Petersburg and Moscow; the Neva and Volga; Nijni-Novgorod; Warsaw and Russian Poland, etc.

=BOSTON TRAVELLER=:

"Of the finest and most extensive culture, Mr. Ballou is the
ideal traveller."

=GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP= in the =NEW YORK STAR=:

"Research is a recreation and travel a joyous rambling.
Above all things, Mr. Ballou does not believe in boring or
in being bored. Books of travel written in this light and
pleasant vein do far more, we are convinced, toward making
the general reader feel at home on foreign questions than
more labored and abstruse dissertations on the subject are
apt to do. Mr. Ballou's cheerfulness of mood is contagious,
and the book is one likely to meet with a generous welcome.
In 'Due North' (Ticknor & Co.) he has made a memorable
journey. The reader is interested and entertained, and comes
away with his eyes opened."

=THE OBSERVER= (=New York=):

"We are ready and glad to follow Mr. Ballou all around the
compass as long as he continues to lead in such delightful
and interesting ways. Mr. Ballou is in many respects a model
traveller. He sees and hears everything which ought to be
seen and heard, no more and no less, and describes his
experiences in such an easy and natural way that his readers
are carried along through his pages for hour after hour
without a thought of being weary. We count this volume of
travel as by far the brightest and best of any we have seen
during the present season."

=NATIONAL BAPTIST=:

"Exceedingly interesting. One of the best of recent works of
travel."

=BOSTON GLOBE=:

"An ideal writer of books of travel, and blends instruction
and entertainment in the most insidious manner. Next to
going one's self to the countries is the reading of Mr.
Ballou's own travel in them."

=CHRISTIAN LEADER=:

"We commend the book, alike for its novel information and
for its constant fascination."

=JOURNAL OF EDUCATION=:

"He has the tact to travel without an object; he strolls. He
sees things accidentally; you feel that you might have seen
the same things, under the same circumstances. He never
lectures; rarely theorizes. It is as useful to read him as
it is enjoyable to travel with him."

=B. P. SHILLABER=:

"He is a vivid portrayer of scenes visited, and in his
descriptions, so admirably given, there is a self-evident
authenticity that renders them charming."

=BOSTON TRANSCRIPT=:

"The late E. P. Whipple said, in a review of one of Mr.
Ballou's books, 'Few persons have travelled so extensively,
and no one more profitably both to himself and the reading
public.' ... The first two chapters are devoted to
Copenhagen and Denmark, so graphically described as to
induce a strong desire to visit that extremely interesting
Danish capital. From thence the narrative of the journey
takes the reader into Norway and along one of the most
remarkable coast lines in the world, indented by fjords
deeper than the sea into whose bosom they empty."

=THE BEACON= (=Boston=):

"The book as a whole is very pleasant, very entertaining,
very instructive, and very popular in the good sense of the
word. It will help in destroying the popular prejudice about
Northern and Eastern Europe which, strange to relate, is
still supreme in our press and even in our literature, but
is wholly unjustified."

=NEW-ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT=:

"A very charming book, ... a series of studies and sketches
of Northern Europe, with myth and legend and historical fact
interwoven, that makes it enchanting reading."

=THE CHURCH REVIEW=:

"Altogether, this is certainly one of the most successful
and satisfactory books of its kind recently published."

=THE WATCHMAN=:

"While Mr. Ballou confines himself to facts, his style is
yet so graceful and natural as to captivate the attention
and interest of the reader. The narrative runs on like a
pictorial panorama unrolled upon canvas, under the best
light, and we seem to see in tangible form the people, the
architecture, and the thousand characteristics of scenery
which are recorded by the author's ready pen."

EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH.

By M. M. BALLOU.

An Encyclopaedia of Quotations, the Brightest Sayings of the Wise and Famous. Invaluable for Debating Societies, Writers, and Public Speakers. A Treasure for Libraries. 1 vol. 8vo. $3.50.

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NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

=CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL=:

"A vast collection of pungent quotations.... Mr. Ballou has
made this immense collection in a liberal spirit. His test
has been fitness and excellence. The volume will be an
addition to the working force of writers, speakers, and
readers."

=THE NORTHWESTERN=:

"An almost inexhaustible mine of the choicest thoughts of
the best writers of all ages and countries, from Confucius
down to Garfield and Gladstone,--a _potpourri_ of all the
spiciest ingredients of literature. There is a vacancy on
every student's desk and in every library which it alone can
fill, and, we believe, soon will fill. The book deserves the
popularity which it is most certain to gain."

=THE BEACON= (=Boston=):

"The quotations cover a wondrous multitude of subjects.
Indeed, the book is like an endless string of pearls, with
here and there a ruby, a diamond, or a bit of honest glass
interjected. Mr. Ballou's taste is thoroughly catholic, his
sympathy wide as the world, and his judgment good. The
friends of quotations will find these 'Edge-Tools'
inexhaustible, yet well arranged, and highly convenient for
reference. The book is a literary treasure, and will surely
hold its own for years to come. It deserves a place by the
side of Mr. Bartlett's 'Familiar Quotations,'--no mean honor
for any book."

=THE CRITIC=:

"M. M. Ballou's 'Edge-Tools of Speech' shows a broader
culture and a wider range of thought and subject. He has
classified his quotations alphabetically under the head of
subjects after the fashion of a glossary ('Ability,'
'Absence,' etc.), and has collected the most famous literary
or historical sayings bearing on each subject. Every side of
the subjects finds an application and illustration in one
quotation or another. Thus the word 'Ability' is made the
text of wise utterances from Napoleon I., Dr. Johnson,
Wendell Phillips, Longfellow, Maclaren, Gail Hamilton,
Froude, Beaconsfield, Zoroaster, Schopenhauer, La
Rochefoucauld, Matthew Wren, Gibbon, and Aristotle. It has
no rival."

=PHILADELPHIA TIMES=:

"There is a running fire of fine thoughts brilliantly
expressed, and hence a splendid fund of entertainment."

=BOSTON JOURNAL=:

"'Edge-Tools of Speech' will find its way into thousands of
families. It is a volume to take up when a few minutes of
leisure are found, and it will always be read with
interest."

=CHURCH PRESS=:

"The work, indeed, is a dictionary or encyclopaedia of wise
and learned quotations; and, beginning with the word
'Ability' and ending with 'Zeal,' it presents in consecutive
order the wisest and wittiest sayings of all the best
writers of all ages and countries upon all subjects in
theology, philosophy, poetry, history, science, and every
other topic that might be useful or entertaining. It is thus
a treasury of useful learning, and will prove valuable in
suggesting thoughts, or in supplying quotations for the
illustration of ideas, or the embellishment of style."

=BOOK NOTES=:

"It is a large collection of condensed expressions of
thought on a great variety of subjects, by the most
distinguished or profound writers of all ages. It is
arranged by subjects. Take the word 'novel,' by which we
mean a fictitious story. This book gathers short, pithy
expressions concerning it by Herschel, Goldsmith, Emerson,
Sir Walter Scott, Thackeray, Dryden, Carlyle, Sala, Beecher,
Willmott, Hamerton, Fielding, Swift, Macaulay, Sterne,
Masson, Balzac, George Curtis, and others. It is not within
the range of possibility for any reader to have read all
these writers. Even had he done so, how could he remember
just where to turn to these authors to find their thoughts,
and yet how convenient it is for a writer or a speaker to
have quick access to them for illustrations. This book for
the uses for which it was made is invaluable."

=THE COMMONWEALTH=:

"A remarkable compilation of brilliant and wise sayings from
more than a thousand various sources, embracing all the
notable authors, classic and modern, who have enriched the
pages of history and literature. It might be termed a whole
library in one volume."

=THE WATCHMAN=:

"Highly creditable, as evincing vast literary research and a
catholic spirit in the selections. Professional men and
litterateurs can hardly afford to be without a book which is
calculated to aid and stimulate the imagination in so direct
a manner."

=BOSTON HOME JOURNAL=:

"The volume is not only of great value to students,
professional men, and litterateurs, but will be a rich
treasury in the intelligent home."

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_For sale by all booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of the price, by the publishers_,

TICKNOR & COMPANY, Boston.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

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GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.

_One Volume. 12mo. $1.50._

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NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

=BOSTON COURIER=:

"One of those pleasant, chatty, and gossipy volumes that
everybody enjoys reading. In his easy and flowing style he
tells most entertainingly the curious vagaries of the men of
genius whom the world has revered, and many a fact which
escaped the ordinary reader of biography will here be seized
upon and remembered. The volume is a most agreeable
companion for solitary hours."

=PITTSBURG BULLETIN=:

"Mr. Ballou seems to have a positive genius for seizing upon
prominent traits of character or events in the lives of his
subjects. How many people who have read of Cromwell and
Hampden know that they were once on the point of setting out
for America to live before they took part in England's civil
war? How many people remember Agassiz's noble answer when
offered a large salary to lecture,--'I cannot afford to
waste time in making money'?"

=BROOKLYN MAGAZINE=:

"Daniel De Foe, Keats, Oliver Cromwell, Hugh Miller, John
Bunyan, Benjamin Franklin, Elihu Burritt, Benjamin West, and
hundreds of others are cited as instances to illustrate that
genius is independent of circumstances. A galaxy of the
names of the world's great men is presented to demonstrate
the fact that the humblest may rise to be the greatest. Mr.
Ballou's book is crowded full of interest from cover to
cover. He shows a wide knowledge of men and events, and his
strict regard for accuracy gives a permanent value to the
book. To place such a book as this in the hands of young men
is to confer a blessing upon them. It is full of beneficial
illustrations and lessons, and many a young man will take
new heart after a perusal of its pages."

=JOURNAL OF EDUCATION= (=Boston=):

"The book has much of the fascination of a conversation,
chatting leisurely about the gossip, history, anecdotes,
etc., which the names of hundreds of authors, artists, and
other celebrities suggest. The index is so complete and
accurate as to make this marvellous compilation as available
as an encyclopaedia."

=SUNDAY BUDGET=:

"A work of exceeding interest and value, for it is a
veritable epitome of biography, dealing with all the famous
characters of literature, science, and art, and presenting a
wealth of instructive data such as no volume of similar
compass has ever contained. A more instructive and
interesting book has not been brought out the present
season, and its charm exerts a hold upon the reader that
leads him on from page to page."

=THE JOURNALIST= (=New York=):

"A charming, gossipy volume of literary anecdotes. It is
this very gossipy style which makes the book an easy one to
read; and, while the briefness of some of the references
frequently piques the reader's curiosity into further
investigation, they are full enough to furnish much valuable
information concerning the masters of art and literature.
Mr. Ballou displays a broad and thorough knowledge of men of
genius in all ages, and the comprehensive index makes the
volume invaluable as a book of reference, while--a rare
thing in reference books--it is thoroughly interesting for
consecutive reading."

=THE WATCHMAN=:

"The book contains, in a condensed form, so large an amount
of interesting information concerning the personality of
authors, artists, and scientists as to cause us to wonder
how one mind could be sufficiently retentive to produce so
comprehensive a collection. The book is so easy and flowing
in style as to seem more like listening to agreeable
conversation than the reading of printed pages."

=BOSTON TRAVELLER=:

"One of the most permanently valuable publications of the
year. It has one very striking and curious element in being
a kind of literary phonograph, so to speak, with which one
can sit down alone in one's room and summon up spirits from
the vasty deep of the past with far better success than
attended Glendower's efforts in that line. One returns to
Mr. Ballou's book again and again to discover the secret of
this peculiar quality; but, open the work where he will, the
same spell of fascination is over it. The wide range of
literature in many lands and languages, the fine and
discriminating insight, and the scholarly culture that were
so conspicuous in Mr. Ballou's 'Edge-Tools of Speech,' are
revealed in the 'Genius in Sunshine and Shadow.' It is a
book to live with,--a statement that can be predicated of
few of the latter-day publications."

=SATURDAY EVENING GAZETTE=:

"A large store of delightful literary entertainment. It is
written in a graceful, fluent, and attractive style, and
with an easy liveliness that makes it peculiarly pleasing in
the perusal. We know of no volume in which is presented so
vast a fund of interesting gossip about the world's great
ones in art, literature, and science as is here set forth.
Every page is abundant in anecdote, of which there is such a
copious shower that it even overflows into foot-notes. It
would be next to impossible to describe the work in detail,
so extensive is the field it covers and so luxuriant is it
in illustration. It is enough to state that it will be found
fascinating by every reader of refined and educated taste,
and attractive and edifying by all, not only for what it
tells, but for the bright, chatty, and spirited manner in
which it is told."

=MASSACHUSETTS PLOUGHMAN=:

"One of the most agreeable books. It is a work teeming with
delightful information and anecdote gathered from the broad
fields of literature and art. The great charm of the book is
its colloquial and epigrammatic style, conveying a whole
volume of suggestiveness and facts on every page. Open it
where we may, it reads charmingly, and one is loath to lay
it aside until every page has been perused. In saying that
the book is one of real and permanent value, we pay it a
just and merited tribute."

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS

_OR TRAVELS IN_

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, SAMOA, AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS

BY

MATURIN M. BALLOU

AUTHOR OF "DUE WEST; OR, ROUND THE WORLD IN TEN MONTHS," "DUE NORTH; OR, GLIMPSES OF SCANDINAVIA, RUSSIA, AND RUSSIAN POLAND," "DUE SOUTH; OR, CUBA PAST AND PRESENT," ETC.

... Of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak,--such was the process; And of the cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi.--SHAKSPEARE.

BOSTON TICKNOR AND COMPANY 211 Tremont Street 1888

_Copyright, 1887_,

BY MATURIN M. BALLOU.

_All rights reserved._

University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.