Review of reviews and world's work . ulity andsurprise. Mrs. Brownings warning againstpumping spring water unawares upon agracious public full of nerves may be variesand extended to the sudden blurting outupon a humdrum world such a startling an-nouncement as that the great prize had beenwon by a man who nobody knew had everentered for the stakes. But Dr. Cook did not herald his departurewith a great fanfaronade of proclamation asto what he was going to do, because, in thefirst place, as he said, he prefers to defer talk-ing until after doing, and, in the secondplace, he did not start out with
Review of reviews and world's work . ulity andsurprise. Mrs. Brownings warning againstpumping spring water unawares upon agracious public full of nerves may be variesand extended to the sudden blurting outupon a humdrum world such a startling an-nouncement as that the great prize had beenwon by a man who nobody knew had everentered for the stakes. But Dr. Cook did not herald his departurewith a great fanfaronade of proclamation asto what he was going to do, because, in thefirst place, as he said, he prefers to defer talk-ing until after doing, and, in the secondplace, he did not start out with any fixedand definite intention of going to the this point Dr. Cook is quite was an off-chance,—the off-chancewhich no Arctic explorer ever loses sightof,—that they might have a try for the , Mr. Bradley, who, being a mil-lionaire, can provide for contingencies, pro-vided a thorough equipment for such a limit-ed dash as Dr. Cook alone regarded as fcasi- 442 THE AMERICAN RE^JEIV OF REl^ Copyright 1909. by Underwood & Underwood, N. J. R. (Who financed the Cool; polar expedition.) ble. But the primary object with which the/. R. Bradley sailed northward was to af-ford its owner and Dr, Cook sport and recre-ation in the high latitudes. It was not till afew months later, when they arrived atSmiths Sound, that the project took definiteshape. When they got to their hunting groundthey found a great bear hunt in the most capable Eskimos and the bestdags of the region were assembled. Bearswere plentiful and food abundant. told us that it was after he found everyessential for Arctic exploration present hethought the circumstances propitious for adash northwards. On October 5 Mr. Herbert L. Bridgman,secretary of the Peary Club, received a letterfrom Dr. Cook as follows: I have hit upon a new route to theNorth Pole, and will stay to try it. By wayof Buchanan Bay and Ellesmere Land andnorthward through Nanse
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