Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-23
ST0DDARD's NEW BOOK.


Few men have written a single bool,
which 20 thoroughly entitled them 10
fame 100 south Sea ldyls" The author.
Charles Warren stoddefd. jumped at
once into literary reputation. and hia
subsequent books, however we'll writ
ten. cun do little TO enhance II. For
there was from cover to cover 81 his
nrHt essay In literary fields 10 line
breath ~ that most ra,ishlng part ~
the earth which he sought to describe
that the man ana woman In this cold.
e. and more hostile world fcit their
being expand az u their own expert.
cncc had carried them over the blue
depths to the coral isles IN the sauth
Pacific. Mr. stoddard has now taltcn
another voyage. and this time the
Mediterranean has engfoHucd the la
hur ui hin pen. lie calls his now
vnlumc "a Cruise Under the Crescent"
Welcome ~ the book must be- a. COM
lnE from "a master hand N can hardly
b. expected Ia rusat tho triumph
which awaited the passes which incor-
porated w them. With AN tho rest. the
charm Of the writer's youth. Yet thcfc
~ little OF disappointment IN the later
onort. with admirable rsorvc ANA dlg-
nifty, YET with substantial accuracy.
Mr. stnddafd hnn cuntrivcd To- weave
tugcihcr a running account 90 an cN-
tended journey and q sense ~ oriental
lnnEuur ana decay. loss allurluF than
the former book. but ftlil full Of the
subtle charm his pcn knows 10 we'll
how 10 frame.
Tho scene "Opens with tho writer
Just emerging from the spell III Erypt
hardly lee today than 70 was when
tho children Of Israel louRo1 Tor cap-
usiiy again, centuries ago. cuiro il
left by train aud the Traveller fnsd him
felf at Port Snid. Hkiriinr the suos
canal. which u firikingly described
no "a gap between two homlspherca."
There. taking ship, thoy ali no on 10
jana. the ancient biblical Jupua, stand.
inr, aH u wctr. Tor moment nt tho
gateway ~ the Tar east. Tho charm
of the Arabian Nights Entertain,
fnrnt' ~ 90 be- fclt even there. aud from
that time until the snipurnor vmrrgrs
FROM similar influences up the Adriitic
o. Trieste. there IN nothing 10 rouse him
fudnly FROM hlr waking dvumH of
mingled mngnncancc und Nquniur.
The travellers ma ~ the very hrrin-
ming "a great building established Tor
chnrliy'H sake 10 house the homeless
and riNc protection To the wuulcror.
n tho recipient of the bounty cot this
expected 10 leave behind him some
compensation fur the accommodation
he has been granted. n he b. prnnllrHa
b. IL quite 49, Wcirnmc nud hiH thanks
ARE taken ua chrcifully ur the rich
mans money no the American who
holds an pilgrims on fout nH tranip-
and nothing more this bounty seems
uncallrd-fnr. SGT most NJ the fellow
travellers with Mr. Stoddnrd we're men
who sought IN strange lands a. do pon-
nnce FOR their sim. taking vow 10
visit the holy places In Jerusalem with
neither scrip nor stan. II N along this
same sacred way that tho writer wan
derr, abiding by night In the khan. or
public house with neither proprietor nor
servants, In which the traveller must
cook his own meals aud furnish his
own bedding and bed N h. desires
either nouriahment, or rest.
IeuiHalem-lt could hardly be other
wisr-ls a bitter disappointment.
Moneys have been poured. out In the
decoration NJ the sacred places and
they remain unndornrd simplicity
might have made the scenes M such
mighty import 10 the civilized world
Hcrmiy where OHtentution IN bound to
fniiy. Al bethlehem ~ vital an error
has not been committed hut even there
n n fclt that the stable and H. man
ger could not be- ahrlncd In gold ana
FNuHiNu WIN ulhulNWNn without NnllN
violence TO the Immortal conceptions
which cling about the birthplace ~
flith. The western man looks Tor
scrupulnun. apoticsH cleanliness. aud
purity nlsni but this IN for colder skies.
where work ~ needed IN keep the blood
warm not here WHORE the sun IN ~
brass aud the sky NJ copper. Atthe
most sacred ~ the shrlnes In Icru.
salem during holy week Mr. stoddnrd
found nn oHtontntion which would not
have been ont ~ place with the
three kings ~ the story among those
who had forgotten how small N tho eye
of the needle and how great the bulk
NJ tho camel. Even the asses were
gundy with scarlet aud gold. And.
worst ~ nll. the MnHlcm Hnldiory stand
an nhout-for WHAT Nothing less
than IN preserve the peace between riv-
al bodies of Christians. In the Church
NJ the Holy Sepulcher itself there IL "a
rule which requires that the place shall
Do cleared az the point ~ tho haVonet
10 a drop NJ blood IN Spilled Within its
precincts. II was In 1884 that nearly no
pilgrims Russians Tor the most part -
were killed In a single overmusterinF
attack NJ religious frenzy giving rise
10 the establishment ~ the custom
which has since prevailed