The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-02
NEW hooks.
Brier Revisws or Iu.portsus aua Enters.t.
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we know that we are not reading Of any charac.
ter of modern realistic fiction. Certain reaiist,
would not hesitate ut a part Of the phrase. Mr.
Hamlin Garland. we have no doubt, would be
ready 20 describe rs elegant somebody who was
unusually successful In lodging the Chicago
cable cars or running to catch the elevator In
one OF the tall buildings in Chicago. but II
would never occur to him to say OF such an ex.
pert that his elegance was compare
bic with that Of the moon In her
fourteenth night. Neither would Mr.. Henry
b. Fuller be likely to employ such a
simile. lie might possibly though we do not
insist upon this-mention the elegance of the
doughnuts or the oyster pies customarily pro-
vided for the rejection Of busy Chicagoans Mt
the noon hour, but IL IL only fair to say that we
do not recall anybody In any OF his works OF
fiction who IL compared with the moon. Mr..
Howells, OF course. shares with Mr.. Henry
James the reputation OF extreme fastidiousness,
and IL is probable that he would not use the
word elegant under any circumstances The
truth is that IL was the celebrated Hatim
ben Ubaid ben said, chief OF the tribe
Of Tai, whose form was as elegant
as the moon In her fourteenth night,
He lived and was active 10 Araby the blest,
thirteen centuries before Mr.. Fuller and Mr..
Garland were ever heard of, and the things
that are related of him. Notwithstanding that
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become Of such q book as this in an age which
has been drilled In the seriousness Of realism.
1t first appeared In English sixty-hve years ago,
but 1t presented itself In costly gsrb. and 1t Is
almost unknown to English readers. We repeat
that II is doubtful what will be thought
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o.on.y ir''oious =" ENJOY inc adventures
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Aioin 10 .oSAn. ihoon - { iour.eeh.n
n'sht Ha''m uhi'eo u lace .hat was perfectly
oehut.iui' ana ~ mar waved ABOUT MS neaa IN
graceful rlns'e.s. "heh. ai.er ne hau come
lOTlh uDbChtuGt . IL uthTL OI al tuOEIlOuJ
IRE 7 "n'cn ne haa oeeh subjected ior several
aays' ana ai'er ne haa oeeh s"aiio"eo oS sea
serpent anu cast up again oh Tue shoee OF the
sea u hui|utn' 40 was seen ny 'he De"'tch'hR
iafS uamsei' huShapari; she ieh % osor-
"nei"ingi' IN io'e Win MN tnat she stole MN
"hiie no was asleep anu carried MIN OH 10 u
priVa'e Earoen' "here she "@s uisco'ereu ny
o "o.her so"e uays ia'er. Nv storS re-
IofuS 'n"' u o"f"heu "olner hhu'ns o
o"uKn.er seateu on q oeu U ! howers anu en-
Raeeo IN conversation WIN Hatni' STRUCK her
w !. eayi"k. ~ Ase
oAusou tHe run Vi your inni,, ino hihss
troops nave SURROUNDED our o"eNlng IN search
OF this man whom you have chosen for your
lover" This was quite true. Tho King had
sent out 10000 soldiers In search OF Hatim.
who was now conveyed, together with Husna-
pari. into the royal presence. This was a merci-
full monarch. however, and he readily forgave
'Ns s"N NNehSS ~
Hatim was greater even than his beau
~. Once he encountered an old wo-
man sitting by the waKside, begging,
and he took of a diamond ring from bis fnper
and gave IL to her. Al this. MAY Heaven send
one or two to aid me-" the old woman cried out,
and forthwith there appeared seven Young men.
her sons, who rushed upon Hatim, cast a net
over him, robbed him, and cast him into a nit.
AS it turned out the pit was a repository OF
fabulous wealth, and when Hatim escaped
from Il. having secured its valuable con.
tents, he was in a position to reclaim the
seven robbers to a yirtuous life. Going
to them. he said: My good friends.
have one favor to beg of you, which l hope Won
will allow me-" They invited him to sneak.
whereupon he said: You hunger and thirst
for gold and worldly wealth: abandon your
present iniquitous way Of life and Withdraw
your hands from depressing your neighbors, and
| will enrich you with gold and Jewels TO such a
degree as will satisfy your utmost wishes"
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