The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

COmpTlho some nlnetoen NOlumeb anu COnbLi
tute an almost lnexhaustible store OF val
materials and In his comments thereon. the
bioGrapher has had the expert assistance oil
DR.. 6chweinfurth, one Of the highest authori.
ties on Central African questions. The aim OF
the work IL 10 perpetuate the memory Of q
German explorer and administrator who. al
though his acts were not always free from hui
man weakness. IL. upon the whole. q memoir
able example OF unselnsh devotion to the high
est interests OF mankind. The usefulness Of
these volumes 10 enhanced by an Introduction
from the pen OF DR.. r W. Felkin, who writes
from frst-hand knowledge OF Egypt's edua-
tortal provinces. having been an eyewitness OF
some OF the events discussed.
Edward Bchnitzer. eventually known AZ
Emln Pasha. was born March %. 1910. at OPP
peln. In the Prussian province OF Silesia Whom
he was two years old his parents removed to
Neisse. where. In l848. he was baptized In tho
Protestant parish church. In this town he re-
ceived mis- school education: In 1858 he entered
the University Of Breslau. Letters written by
him at an carly age show a great prediction
for natural science. and at the university he
devoted himself especially to zoology and or
anthology. He obtained q degree OF doctor OF
medicine at tho University OF Berlin. but was
refused permission to enter for the State exam
ination qualifying for the practice Of the medi-
cal profession on the ground that he had al
lowed too long q time to elapse before filing
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'o,', al'ei she pecanloa WIDOW ne took her
WIN MN 10 Nelsse' ana allowed MS relations
oeuppoSo 'naC 'heS were mhrried. mat no
na'liuse JON pl"ce scNiuehtl from me TACT that
s"e ai'erwaru cohhpitlheu 10 memoers OF the
oennitHer family that ne had cast herof without
marrying ner' AFTER his solourn at Neissc DR..
scnhl'Zer oid NOT return to European Turkey,
went nirect'y 10 Alexandra. where he ar
i've "'''nu'o VI MEANS SO that. at hrst. ne
vas t'",'oieu ~ s't 'ogethcr" littie money
ny i'eu.cai pfactice. LII htartoum also.
WINNER IL subsequently proceeded. he lived
i"e'."'te"eu c'rcunNS'anceS' IL at any time no
reserved hiGh nonorarlnm Tor an operation
no "ou'u 'iihcuiatc'y pestow the money on
.ne poor or give IL 10 friends. lie had at this
time anopteo a turkish name. and was known
as d. halrouilRh Encndi. From the date OF
ms leaving Neisse, 800. until after his arrival
~ Edn"'oar WIN 0tah'ey IN lSS'. he seems to
nave 'i"d no communication with his family.
Among the few Germans at Khartoum in
1866. one Of whom was Slatin. much Curl
oslty was aroused concerning the newcomer.
DIR. Junker records that. las he was entirely
without means. Rosset then German Vice
Consult and L took upon ourselves to provide
for his wants. He used to take his dinner with
Rossetand his supper with me. and remember
with much pleasure the delightful evenings We
used 10 spend at my house, when we passed
the time conversing about our far-ofr native
land and playing chess. Sometimes we would
20 together to my neighbor. the Austrian
Consul. Hansal. who had a piano. There
Emin. who was n splendid pianist. would
play Mendelssohn and Chopin to us. or
would accompany Hansal. who was a
hrst-rate singer" 1t seems that at Khartoum
the subject OF this biography passed himself
on as a Turk who had been brought up and
educated in Germany He persisted in keep
Ing up the fiction. Notwithstanding the fact
that he ultimately had TO submit to Rosset his
passport. in which he was correctly described
as Dr.. Schnitzer. a German" In March. 1876.
Zibehr Pasha arrived at Khartoum from OAR
fur. on his way to Cairo. Schnitzer made his
acquaintance and Zibehr promised that he
should he allowed to join the next expedition
to the Bahr-el-Ghaza country. Before any
thing came OF this arrangement, however. DR.
Junker. who had written to Gordon abont bis
gptarastin1 frjapJ raoo;,.J =.