The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-28

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aaHe Mr.. Isan0s should - nskpsa1ly sug-
esse adksrsacs % tho Mosiem faith - Ssai6s
iinsaGs-but rerpian Of the purcst AryaA
type. endowed with those admirabls AptituAes
Of mind aad body Of which this branch Of the
Aryan family has not failed even In Its darkest
epochs OF social decline and political degrade
ton, TO exhibit some impressive illustrations
Indocd - we mark tho extraordinary physical
and mental gifts. and the spiritual nobility
ascribod 10 this man by the author-revealed.
moreover In such q spontaneous and llfolike
way that the attributes. majestic On they are
do not strike US as exaggerated. fantastic. or
spurious--wc seem to divine that In the unex-
pressed thought OF tho writer the blood Of
Achmmenld or 8assanid princes has been
transmitted beneath age-lon9 and muitiform
mutations OF the social framework. and BY
devious. unnoticsd channels TO the veins OF this
fair-bodied. large Drained. hish-souled being
Tho man 10 Moslem. for. with the exception
Of an insignificant fraction. the whole Persian
people Inns exchanged hre Worship for Islam
nut save his creed and familiarity with tho
English language and the manners and tone
OF English society. thcre Is nothing In his
portrait Incompatible with the most august
"reminiscences associated with his race. Ho
might have been q satrap OF the Great King.
or cxpounde the lore Of Zoroaster among the
mn9i. He has tho intellectual requirements
and proiciencies. the spiritual intuitions
and warnings OF the most highly organized
type OF humanity; yet he keeps bold and
clear. In the foreground Of his character. those
primitive and virilc traits I'm planted by tho old
Persian training to ride. to draw the how and
speak the truth. Places now. rs the author
LAS onlAn ~ lent
ing. and henrt-hsunting figure amid strange.
romantic. and puise-stirring scenes. such a. In
India may still be found. and beside him. .
young EnglishwOman. impressionable. gener-
GUS. bigh-bred. handsome. charming-andw what
does 1t matter to him to her. or to the reader.
TINT the man has three wives q ready. and that.
according to all canons of precedent and ortho-
dox opinion. q union between these two would
be utterly incohgruous and monstrous. They
do not trouble themselves about precedent and
prejudice: they love- each other. these Of
shoots OF Aryan tribes long parted and far
sundered. and the young English girl appar-
ontly docs no moro dream Of resisting ths mas
torful attraction Of her Persian lover. than &C.
cording to the sacred narrative did the dHugh-
tors OF men when the Sons OF God saw that they
wero fair.
We have no intention OF impairing by nm out
line OF the plot and minute review Of the In
cidents and characters tho nest with which our
readers will enter on the enjoyment OF n prize
long and valnly desidcrated by the novel; read
ing world. something vertically new in fiction.
We would. however specially direct attention
10 two or three features OF the book which sig
naily exemplfy the authors artistic capabiii-
ties VIZ. the description OF the application OF a
marvellous drug by which severe bruises are
healed and extreme exhaustion Is repaired In
the course Of a short sleep; the rescue OF Shere
Ali in u detl'c Of the Himalayas: md the final
scene In which, after Miss Westonhaugh' e
death and the swift and total blighting Of his
earthly hopes. her Persian true lover goes forth
forever from the busy walks OF men to seek In
tho society Of his friend and teacher. a Budd-
hist ascetic the solitude and self efYacemen,
through which. for the earth weary and heart
tortured followers OF Gnutama. lies the nth
unto Nirvana. NJ. W. IL.