New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-27

Arab warrior who lOur8hed with sNUu anu pen 'A'
sioriously little before MahOmet's time be ro'o
II ON vile station I, be chief Of tribe; and bis poeus'
embroidered in gold letters sten CLOTH were oico
the seven lollaka the huncups) asesed on tho oooi
OF the Rsaba at Mecca Ills deeds Of goodness anu h6n
balance his love for bis cousin lba soon became INC
fayorite themes n imaginative Eastern storytaefs'
Some two centuries after hs death :here lyeG al hag
dad all In the diys Of good liaroun Al k-se'. VI
whose poltc court lie was ornament that iiVo'I'c
outbor. Add ell Meles EbD KoIeyb Aba He'll whom
Franksh ipades con moply call Usual fore hor- AsHa'
wrote vo,uinuousy ntout tho and customs oil
TIA Arab, their csn,s end tents and sheep ana h9fses
&c Ee VI, the first 10 reduce to writing rid give
connected literary form TO tha adventures OF Ahtaf'
which the fabusrr rocizne story.telcrs haa Won1ef
fully enriched with numerous episodes. ANS INST
edition 81 tho Romance Of An;gr IL uE''Tply long
since lost but Il served probably for loog time as
sort Of authoritative text to The professional 'tor'teers
who for centuries have held delighted Arabian audiences
with 1arraons Of passages III the LIE Of their national
bero their race.ideal man. What Indeed are the snc
ecss.s Of Canine or the Toodles, tire great runs OF
auy OF our Frankish nignt's performances compared
vita the ear-pricked attention Which groups OF
Orientals have been giving for ages TO The Adven'
uyes Of Antar ryalrd only by that other great
aitrnctior" the thousand and One Nights Enieria
mortsf Even now, on he market pieces apd in the
coffee hcnscs and under the tents, those Easter folks
arc listening TO one or another part Of tie story told
by some "star Of o recitcr" scme Eh.Ben-Booth. or
BID q. Clark or Nclek WalIack. But these eminent
ar,iFtA frequently added embroidery from thor own
lamentations so that when somewhere a6ou. the mid.
die Of the Eley nth Century Coy iearBed. prob
ably in tho Twelfth Century" say other learned the
oral narratives got roGiitcd the Ms sveed 10 twelve
volumes and IS evidently much corrupted from the
earlier works of Asmai who Is more than referred
TO BY ths comparatively modern editor. Thus 1t con-
tains FREQ mt aasons showing tho influence Of ideas
and customs introduced into the East. modified by
tie wars of the crusadcs The copies differ consider
ably respective scFibes apparently substituting insert
ing and emitting. according TO their individual tastes
Tho inventive variations OF fovoIite dSlpproved
story ellers Of their day and locality There Las been
hitherto complete version Of Tie Romance OF Anbr
H. any European language. If We except the Turkish
IerTics Hamilton WHO was attached 10 the Enrhsh
Embassy at CoES,aninople. began one, which wa pub
lisbed At London In 1870 in vols. entitled "Antar
4 Bedoween Romance" A German critic briefly char
actersas the worS Us IAN attractive ard faithful pc
iare Of the life Of tie Bedouinf. rich In truly epic quail
ties, although too DoDoton0us 10 eGse, az whole
European readers" Apropos Of It's prcson. French
volume Ernest Rensn. who SPEAKS with authority 10 this
caso say of tho or gIal Although written without art
more properly speaking. without tie icrnaiiy OF II.
.aat marks IT, literature Of learned Arabian snors
the romance Of Aner IL Invaluable revelation OF the
genius OF the people WHO have created IT, IL presents
10 VI the ideal OF a perfect man according 10 Arab
idcss. Few nations have in their literature work Of
this Kind 50 successfully eIccu;od and Il is greatly TO
the hoEOr Of the Arsb.ans thai tho ideal Is constantly
u an elevated noble, sympathetic nature The horo is
Son IAN Arab chief and black slave. lie spends his
fc in raising himself by prods es Of saor and by the
exercise Of al the virtues mott priced among the Arabs
The aim Of hs oforis is TO be acknowledged mem
Der OF his fathers family. The series Of adventures
through which he STAINED this end has hr fur
asAed subjects 20 the Imagination u the pruiessora
story Tiers Il. Mohl very well observes that had
ire work been the production ola single wIitr more
cultivated than Lis fellow countrymen. II would not
have for the Interest e docs have IN virtue Of being
the almost spontaneous production Of mutuds OK oh
scure colaborators and OF being accepted By the
letered people 70 snch extent, that whole elass OF
narrs.ors occupied solely in rectng it, episodes
and thus keeping always before the eyes Of the hun
best this glorious example OF the Life " Antar."