Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
A WONDERFUL OLD MAN
Is Mr.. Gladstone, II Judged Only From His
Homeric Studies - Valuable Aids to
History in the Oriental Consress-Some
Of the Dark Places Made Light

Is Mr.. Gladstone, II Judged Only From His
Homeric Studies - Valuable Aids to
History in the Oriental Congress-Some
OF the Dark Places Made Light
TBY CABLE TO THE DIsrArcH.I
LONDON, Sept 10-The Oriental Con-
gress which has been in session inLondon this
week has put on record q series of recent t
uncovered signs of dead past which cannot
fail to amaze the civilized world Records
In imperishable clay and stone, going back
to the very infancy of the race OF man, have
not only been brought 70 light, but the Ian
gusge and signs in which they are written
prove not unintelligible under the analysis
of modern scholarship.
Tablets Thousands of years old have been
found, which bear reference, quite indie
pendent of the record in Holy Writ, to the
creation and fall Of man. We are told BY
the learned burrowers into the history Of
the dead ages that the Chinese language, of
unknown origin till now. has been distinctly
traced to its Babylonish source;
until he let the children of Israel depart
from Egypt to the promised land, B. c.
1893, was not Rsmeses IL, but Thothmes
I'LL; that the daughter of Pharaoh,
who rescued Moses from the
bulrushes, has been identified as
Queen Maksra Hatasu, daughter of
Thothmes L; that the splendid tomb of
Alexander the Great has probably been dis
covered; that the exact scenes of some of
have been more accurately fixed than most
visitors to Palestine have yet learned.
Narrative That Covers Everything.
The student of ancient history will find
more interesting and important items in the
ub hal 80
les than those have named. The narrative
covers every nook and corner of the old
world. The promises which are held out of
stupendous revelations almost within reach
will undoubtedly stimulate Oriental 'ex-
ploration and inquiry almost into craze.
Not the least interesting and important of
the papers presented to this Congress of
savants was that of Mr. Gladstone, upon
archaic Greece and the East" It is an
achievement which may well challenge the
wonder of the world. A man well advanced
in his ninth decade of life, burdened with
the government of one OF the greatest ma
tions of the earth, finds time to prepare q
thesis requiring depth of thought and in
vestigation such as only the best scholars of
the age have been able to give to the sub
ject.
Gladstone ON His Hobby.
1t is well known that Mr.. Gla dstone Is
one of the best Homeric scholars of the day.
He is an ardent admirer of the great master
OF ancient Greek, and his enthusiasm finds
expression in his remarkable essay which 1t
would require . full page of TIE DIS
PATCH to reproduce.
In the face of such spectacle Of states
manship, scholarship and virility, how
puny, how contemplate appears the atti-
tude taken by the journals which long ranked
as the greatest Of English newspapers2
The 7snses, which never sees anything good
in Mr.. Gladstone, greets his essay with ILL
concealed ridicule. Its leader reviewing the j
address opens by saying that Mr..
Gladstone "begins with an apology, of |
It declares that Mr.. Gladstone
has had TO do with Homer, not for his art,
but for the archaeological matter that can
be extracted from him, and that the address
is descent from heaven to earth, from the |
bright fsiryland of poetry to region of
mists and shadows