The sun., 1886-12-05

sosl WORT Describing the three rsIlgioas Of chinA
0sasueisafSa. Socialism. and rss'sm. ns' acccuns W
the ssixn Introduction and Independent msisssnancs
sfthess religions In chIna. where at the pressns dAy
shsy appear svs only In musuA friendly rsstoss bat
svss welded dovssatled together 10 derived from
many sources nstons and foreign and 10 Givsn vish
clsaSness and prsstsion. confucianism. he ssya u
bass1 msYsiiey. Bsddhism on idolstry and fsoism
sapsrstiaon. Theoretically. coufaoianism 10 the re-
lsion OF the sssss se Established Church Of chns to
which the learned sne Yieh belong bus Baddhsm and
Yaosm have also been accepted national religions
aud practically People Of ali degrees have no scr1ps in
frequsntug temples devoted to each OF the three modes
OF worshp while at the time they classify them
selves confuclansts Buddhiata and raosts ON the
other hand, to quote Nr. DH Bose, "keiVioD In the
heart OF Chinese and 20 looks fot help
every side All are Confncianista. all Buddhsss. and
ali raoists Tho three appear to be nearly equal In
their hold upon the affections Of the people. occason
ally the author has allowed his sectsrian prejudces 70
get tho better Of his Judgment His parallel beiwesn
Buddhism aui Roman Catholicism IL rxeeednsly unfair
to ths latter faith THIS book contains little that 10
positively now. but gives fnir summary OF the religions
Of China III amply and appropriately illustrated.
n. Nathan II. Doie's excellent TRANSLATION OF Don
Armando Paiacio vaidesa Marta Maria introduces
American readers to another contemporary Spanish
novelist OF the nrrt rank without sufficient reas"n a
parsn,l the charac srstc spanish title ot the novel
hos been dropped. the translation being called Tho
Marquis Of Pehalta" trhos. =. crowcl Coz. Like
Senior Valera whose Pepta XiIuinez" recently attract
ed much attention. vsdS, rsnlis In hia methods
with . fondness for transcentental themes. Indeed
Marta Maria 10 In acme sense the com p'ement Of
"Pepita Ximinez." Valera pictured the struggle bo
tween . morbid religious inclination aud healthy hu
love- In which the latter finally prevailed Vsidts
describes with fine art the growth Of an hyatercaly
passionate religion which wins be beaUt,ful Kir awav
from her lover and brnVs her to the oonven The
ratvs 10 OF absorbing interest," and gloomy - tho
theme may appear in the bnre statement there 10 50
much humor and much truth In the deveopment OF
the plot that the general effect but dcpress
Ing II lisa trssh brigh. vigorous novel; tho work OF
master
"SketchA FROM Ny Life" BY the late Admiral Hobart
PaSha (Appetons Is volume Aboundinx In dssc rIptions
OF adventure OF the most thoroughsoink sators
OF his tma In 1885, at tho tender OF lS he entered
the British naval service mdshipman and the brutal
treatment to which he was for several yeAra
asdescrbed By himself will astonish those who supposed
that cruelty boys aud saors expired after the pub
cation OF Narryas storieA Fifty years ago. a. the
author Observes speaking Of Bsnbow and his contempt
rarss neither ohacsrs were supposed to pos
sess such thing feeling, when they had once put
their foot board . man-of war;" A. the breaking
out OF war Of the rebellion Hobart nndng himself .
Port Captain with four years Of idle life before him.
embarked In the business OF blockade running into
Southern ports. His account Of this period OF his life
occupies than third part Of the book and Will
prove OF special interest to the American reader Ac
oordng TO his simple and modest narrative he exhib
tied In this employment admirable sxgacty daring. and
sesmanshir and uniformly successful In euding
the Union cruisers OF whoso efficiency aud eu0rgy In
difficult undertaking e however speaks with approval
lie 10 too straightforward man not to oesow praise
where bclonga whether friend OR foe Besides being
q fair man, Admiral Hobart was essentially humane
ono During half = century Of sea service he never
oeassd 20 devise plans for opposing tyranny md re-.
eeved for his paine from his superior officers tho 30.
brquot OF f"s troublesome charncter.""a sen lawyer
aud the like Ills services Admiral In the Turkish
navy, extending over period OF sixteen yesre, ahd
covering the lnto kusso-Turksh wer. nre graphically
described This book will prove excellent resding Many
Of the incidents appear stranger than hoton.