The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-17

with that clever woman Nine. BLAVATSkY,
with the announcement that i'm matters per-
tanning To- the mysticism of the Orient it
was particularly at home" To some OF
the readers Of the WORTH this assertion may
have appeared like an injudicous boast, but
tpus confident a. we were that our ncighhOr
made IN in acquaintance with remote and
rcconlitc themes what it might lacn In com
prchonsion of the great social problems Of
to-day, the assurance seemed to spring from
the calm consciousness Of strength We
rcjpiccd that our neighbor was fighting on
familiar ground. and hoped and believed
that II would sustain it, part in the discus
sion with credit If not with success. We had
previously become convinced of Nine. BLA-
vArsKYs extensive experience and profound
learning. and were glad to have the Worlds
assurance that IL was likewise an adept
cur confidence in the thoroughncss Of our
neighbours equipment for the debate was
first shaken when it attempted. by satirical
allIsions to the sex II its adversary. to
prejudice the public against Nine BLA-
VArSKY ) claims 20 consideration as an ORR
cntni-t. II seemed neither necessary nor
dil,niiiad for the World to add To- the weight
II its crudition and arguments by throwing
lis trousers into tho scale. Furthermore.
We were privately assured by a linguist who
is particularly at home in the glo--lrics of
the En-t. That the scraps OF lIindu~tani with
which the WorM culivcncd its. able articles
were frequently. il not invariably. a. dc-ti-
tute of any logical relation to the context ~
il they had been taken at random from the
pages Of a lexicon.
II was then. aud -til is. impossible for MS
I..lt IA
ism about our neighbours proton-ion- ~ ORR
catnl eruditiun To believe this wodld in-
volvp doubt " the WORTH sincerity. since
IT had distinctly averred that 10 was par
ticlarly At home In that field Never
thIr-- it was natural that thr-c Develop
mcnt- should lead u- toabateour confidence
in it- ability ~ carry ON successfully CON
trov,r-y with the learned Nine. BLAvArsKY.
Cur inquiry from that time forth was not
Has the World pretended to crudilion Of
which II j. not really master. But rather.
Has not our ncighbor suffered itself to bc
mi-led 10y an exaggerated sclf-cstimatc OF
it, proficiency?
The outcome Of the controversy has
obliged lis TO answer this latter question ia
the Affirmative. A. we infer from para
graph which recently appeared in the Worh
Nine. BLAvATsKY put tn" Oriental acquire
ment- of our noighhor To n practical to-t
10y sending II ON saturday a communication
written imam Oriental character. and request
ing q translation the nest morning. TIL"
WorIi pronounco- the communication to bee
in Persian script, written out In bad De-
vanagari, and proceeds To say: As We
are not in the land ithc midnight Sun, and
IL in this country decent people keep the sab
bath, we must defer for some twcnty-iOur
hours the qualification ~ Nine RLNVNr~KY's
quite harmless desire II shall hc gratii'd.
however, and more than glatiiicd, she may
he surr.'
We are mot ourselves particularly at
home in the Oriental languages, but if the
remnants 81 a rudimcntary education now
sorVc Us. To- speak Of Persian script written
ont in DeNanagari,' good or bad Is very
much like speaking of Roman text written
out in Egyptian hicroglyphcs, or Greek
| characters written out in Arabic numerals.
Moreover, We are unable t. 80" how the
translation Of Nine. BLAvArSKY's Per-
sian for sunday mornings paper could have
iut"rfrri with our neighbours observance
of the sauctity of the sabbath. unless We
infer that tine labor expended upon the
columns OF the WorM j. mostly subsequent
To the publication of that excellent journal.
We should not grudge our neighbor the time
it asked for If it had subsequently, vndi-
Gated its crudition by fulfilling the prom
i-e To crafty Nine. BLAvArsKYs "quite
harmless desire But we are stlll left in
| ignorance OF the sentiment which the learned
lady conveyed TO our neighbour through the
medium of Persian script written out in bad
Deymagari.
i r. thus that the hopes which We had
/ hlilt upon the WOrifs estimate of it, crudi-
ron hay" boon rudoIy shattered We are
r'iurautly Obliged to decide that the palm
goes tp Mmo. BLAvATsKY hy the default ol
/ n. othcl party to the controversy.