New-York tribune., 1894-03-02
THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTs.

NEW LIGHT FROM THE GREAT PYRAMID.
clients Recovered and Applied 70 the Elucidation
f History Ceremony. SYMBOLISM and Religion.
physical Pub...iae COMPANY
This luxurious book. with its heavy. smooth paper
clear type. and its engravngs e them in c.ors.
will surely puzzle the irrevercnt and amEsc tho
learnet who have a sense Of humor. They viii m
pare the sounding words the iitlepaGe with those
which old Polonius used TO TO IIamo; the
coming of the players. and will W nder what such
things presaEc. II is easy to follow Mr. Parsons
with confidence: but 1t seems clear that the author
holds the conjscures I Herschel and others as T.
the form of the visible universe be facts either n
ready demonstrated readily demonstrablc. Tho
outlines according TO Hersche resemble in some dc
gree the human figure which Shakespeare described
that Of fcrkcd radish. Thus the declaration e
Swedenborg that the world was like a man In form
becomes significant The universe itself then, was
the prototype II the individual man, and the anciets
who taught this should be locked As the true in-
structors of the world even yet n history. science
and religion. The sin and misery Of mankind appear
to been due the destruction 4 ancient races
and the overwhelming of ancient continents as tie
result Of planetary catastr phc figured in tho wide
spread legend If war in heaven. Tne fan Of Satan
is but imaginative way of describing tho collision
and destruction Of two planets whose orbits are now
occupied by stream of asteroids flowing round the
between Mars and Jupiter.
1t the destruc ion % these bodies. and
a comet. Mr.. Ignatius Dome. ~ suppos-l watch
caused the vast beds and leaps of drift the earn
usually taken by geologisis 10 be the deposit of
melting glaciers. Mr.. Parsons agrees with MI Don
nelly as to the high historic value Of the legend or
tradition respecting the sunken Atlantis. lie a,so
speaks confidently Of the lost continent of emuria.
which once rose above the sea where there are now
only the islands OF Polynesia. But IL in Am,r.-
c., he thinks that the history Of the human b.
gan, and here was perfected the civilization which
/ b'ossomel suddenly. If without bcgnninE IN
the Egypt Of the Pyramids. lie finds a warrant for
this in the astronomical Significance Of the Great
Pyramid and particularly in the relation Of the
various countries 10 the signs OF the zodiac de-
terminel from the site OF the Great Pyramid TIE
cyc.es Of change in the MacracOsm. that H. In the
universe looked on as a man, prcfgure cycles Of
change in the microcosm. that Is, in man looked
upon as universe The movement of the present cycle
in the authors opinion. Is toward revival of mys-
ucism and true religion. The quotations in the book
are almost innumerable but the paces from which
they have been taken have not been carefully spccI
fed. 1t really shakes confidence In a man OF learn
ing To find that he quotes Plato read by Mr. Don
nelly. There Is much rregu!arity. also in Mr.. Par
sonss spelling Of ancient proper names particularly
those from Semitic languages. For example he uses
the modern form Qabbaah for Kabbold. 70 be con-
sStent, he shou.d write DURAN. whereas he retains
the oid-fashioned Koran Instead OF Adam Kaimon
he should write Adam Qadmun. Not that these are
serious matters. But if history science ana religion
are be revolutionlzed it is wen t. be accurate
in the smallest affairs pertaining to the system
Within the space furnished by l.G9s octave pages
Mr. Edgar Sanderson has given History Of Eng /
land and the British Empire" G'rederick Warne q |
Coz. which contains not merely political and mill
tary annals. but some account Of progress I'm lcr4-
ture. The volume is rather large for g. textbook
but it is Of very convenient size for quick reference
1t Is amply supplied with maps. India and the |
Colonies discussed separately and both text and
maps show the successive stages in the process Of |
English evolution
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes Of the /
Civil War CThe Century Company include a few |
OF the most striking episodes OF time when ad- |
ventures numerous. There are families I'm |
Ohio that 10 this day have never been able 10 find .
the silver which they concealed al the tim, Of Nor
gan's raid The ride Of his troopers through that
State must always remain a familiar tradition AMI
will perhaps. take on occasionally the color Of
legend But in It's historic form 1t shows how ex-
traordinary the condition OF the Northern
States which while carrying "A vast conflict
were 80 careless Of preparations for defence within
their own borders 1t shows also how little de-
fence they needed The only great injury which
Morgan did was to his own cause He wasted A
force that might have been useful to a Southern
army. His a hare Drained performance Rut
1t hardly more so than the famous race OF IL
few Ohio volunteers through Georgia with a loco
motive. While Morgan. however. had nothing 10
gain beyond what damage he could do the Ohio
men, under their leader James J. Andrews had
4 definite purpose In the capture Of Chattanooc1
The story IS thrilling one in every form I'm which
/ has been told. few minutes more time for
hem would have meant complete success The /
OF Chattanooga would have been |
ut off TO the east ana the south and General O. NJ
iitche might have advanced to the capture Of the
own with confidence. The papers in this volume
AVE been published in THE Century Magazine"
rhey reveal the experience OF from many sides
'he misery OF it has been sofened by time but the
harm OF It is not lessened by the lapse Of years.
he volume contains numerous Illustrations
Skipped Stitches" is a thin volume OF verses by
Anna j Graunss. the author Of "The Od Red
'radle" sung in THE Old Homestead" Miss S