The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23
SOME NEW HOOKS.
wn. there n Great n,,u,e rmp,r.,


empire nlla tho gap In history between tho
decline Of tho curlicr r. monarchy which nrose In
Chnldea. and tho later Assvrian domination or
In othcr words tho lntorva between alout 1850
and 700 &c This Is IN the strictest son So n new
controversy. for. M vet thetfltmrtivc evidence
b only IN process - collie cicn. aud some ~ tho
testimony offered still awaits authoritative In.
tarpretation. 1t IL but Il few yours rdeed
since thu extension aud power attributed TO
the Hittitrs In ccrta Il Loohg n the Old Tpatl.
ment wor, Thought 10 fatally imlu.h .hc his-
toricnl accuracy OF those writings. So lately
was this view "urrcnt thu. II mag bo found pro.
pounded ly the lev. Y. II. Citryne I'm tiR now
edition OF tbp TncyclOrwaia britannica" We
arc glnd therefore. Va sos All tho facts lenring
OH tho subject sat forth In Tle Enp5c Of
Ru HHicS. by Dr. william WRrgHr terrii,ner
d Wexford. II Ne6 the nuthor Of ,tis book
who, IA 1877. drew attention N tho ruclrrt in.
scribed stones d., "vcr'd u. iinmhh H. Ev-in
and pointed out their narke % cores rondenco
10 otEcr unidentified o. ~ suntierstouur re-
minis found a. Jrrahit Tbrrci. Tynnn. OK
Mount Sipylos and In tho Pass OF NurIicl.
Tho present volume con ave f."siniles Of all
the Hittite or supposed ilittito INSCRIPTIONS
hitherto brought 20 liElt. AT account OF thoir
tonthtive dcciphermnut by Prof. fa'o". Hnd
cohiectnra! map OF the territory covered ,,l orc
epoch or another by the Ititti'c iominion-. Ar
effort Is also ma Ia to sum up the proofs NJ the
existence ia they convarge from widely re-
mote sources and various points Of view. from
rho Eyyption tn. A.svr;,n md IA, Ienro,,
record as vol ns from tho ana os.ies suggested
ty the scuttorcd indirn,ions nt H., WHIT, mn.
uonnlity relirion lnu-tiuyo n,t nra lo,r,;r,,
For tho.s who desire to know .ou,.thi,.. ~
the stage row reached by tho AZ, cuseiop Ntan,v
DO convenient IT, first otlcr AZ outline Of the
hypothesis Nich the believers in Hitti;e ON
pire recard MS supnor,ed bv strcn,, ,rohe.
bilitics II not as vet imrr,unobIv ,s,ah.
lIsheJ and n Harvard 70 poI,, ON, VAR, L,,,n,
the mos, ip,pressivc r.a,,r,a ~ mo c,,,lo,rn
uron which they r.Iv Tha th,orv Ia ,hor
that ms carly ~ the twentieth cen,ury b. foro
Christ. tho Ujtttcs had founI.J hat,y,an rho
Fuphrato- and tho Mediterranean n consular.
bic kingdom, which cycp y, n. at ,,rl, ,o,.b,,
pushed itg bounior,. south ,,-j ,br,uyh p,t
estino To- the c,nllpoa Of Lu,pt. and shonlJ nor.
haps 10 ere i.trI with ono of The uyE.os or
herjsmsn ,lyrn.li,a thnt contrnIt.l ~ my, %,
tho Milo ynli.v Aror. t,a s,c,n,Loia 40
ouirea by them IN tho south ,yaro u.b-o, IN
Palestine md y,,n In ~, p,I,, h,,,
tho rriLr.pnl corlres O, THAR n,,v.,. y,r,
Kadeeh Ia SYRIA. nr3 Cor,l,,,i.b an
or ,lcnr. the ri,nt l,nl. ,f tl,a ,,,,,. rt,.i,os
They wero era,,uai,,. nnshnI ,,,,l,,-,,,I ,ho,
Eyyr. In ito turn ho,.mc unr,r,,,,,,' irros,
ties nm nf.prcssiy. ,,tio, ,r, rarc,,,, t,,'1,
cfsiye wnrs continued l.,y.o,., III i,r..,.
And THAR Iiitit. nei,I,,or, e., -, a.,
midi. ~ m. lT,h crr.u,v II ~ IN p,oIl.,
Of the IJth vben a tre,tv - n,,,, h,,zo,,, ,i
Ecyp,,aq md .bc uit,it,, mon, ,,.,. r,,,.,I,,I
tho lattar as in all rcsports "a, ,,,,oI no,,,r
Tho sl,r,,l,p, az tb, lti,,.t, ,,.,, ~ 49,
south sap.s4 10 hn,e b,on ,.-,,.,,,...f,, r., H..
ensuinr e.r,iria. ~. .,-,., ,,,,,s,;,,, 80, 49,,
northwest, until tb,ir rnIar. o,,.,.i.,,i r,Iro