New-York tribune., 1883-12-19
DIR. scHLIENIYYS LATEST W0EK ON TROY

From me London Times. -,
DR.. Schliemann's new volume, =. dI0la, ,dits mus
inst heen rnbltshed Mr. Murray. In 1t the labofiohs
exnorer hns gven to the world the latest and as he now
believes the final result OF his researches IA m ee bse
ENGAGED for than twelve yearsIa lohgeI P M ~
time than sufaced for the siege ana epe M ", | se % v
voking most embarrassing kind c9ntnnmany m th4wr low,
nawer tS mpede him. the Turkish guards in his pay have
been upfaithful 20 him; his labors nave peen
Looked upon with suspicion as it were Impossible that
tHev cod he accounted Tor by their professed purpose
and from time to time they have either been OfmIdth
seryanee of which would have cred them OF little
use Ii has been amid no slight dimcues o' ap1tcI @
kind that the work Of excavation In the Irosd mas oen
done Dr. Schliemann has had TO encounter IOf weeks
together strong north wind, increasing ~ intervals 10
severe STORM clouds of binding dust, making abof WIN
the spade and pckaxe more than d0unl! haIu GoI aI
night below freezing point and not many degrges 9nTr t
With the advance OF the season caiie [9eI liO
tha but when summer has arrived We lind Dr Schhcsnn
laid up with an attack M OF 10 .hron Win "a tronbesome
and so exacting work as Dr. SchliemaRn had taken N
hand He has had his reward more amply than he had
entnred 10 ook for when he began his task the site OF
Troy had been for long subject OF discussion HIS 9D
2eeI was 10 nJ @ Mich should correspond with the Old
traditional account Of what Troy was or II ne ialed n
logical research His twelve years work has brought for
him the uldlment Of his most ambitious hopes re nae
fed ard brought to light the yeritabe remains OF Tie
HomcTc Troy. a., . -. a..
book may be considered as the supplement ana COM
pleon OF the earlier yelume Ilios" In some inpor-
great deal of new excavatOy work has been done since
" Ilios was written. Comments have been made by
friends and by foes all of which Dr. Schlicman has had
good right to use and profit by The Hgmcric Troy
the city that DESTROYED by fire. Dr Scnllemann now
believes to be identical, not with the lhlfd clty
i'm succession from the virgin soil but with
the second city. the ruins and debris OF %hc1
have been unearthed under the NIL OF
Hssarlik The objection, that Hi,sark was too small
and confined place include city as large as Troy Is
represented have been. has been met by more Gxt2l
sive digging and by the discovery OF ruins outside the
narrow ground which DR.. Schhenann had pierced INTO
CITY thus been DfOugDI 10 lBnJ 80
10 saw put together at HissaTk which certainly agrees III
many important particulars with the Iliun OF ancient
story DR. Schliemann has found at HissaIik the lc
mains of a large city, which must have existed In re-
mote antiquity and which bears marks or having been
acropos with its temples and few other large buildings
on the hill OF HssaIR, while the lower city extended IN
an easteiiy s0uthcry and westerly direction This Dr.
Schemaln claims as answering perfectly TO the Homrlc
description Of sacred IOs, and he identities II the more
confidently because lie has carried his researches into
every other possible place in the TToad and has every
where drawn blank.