New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

with any hope Of getting at their poszasyfo-
The questions answer themselves We 60
find Herculaneun. if we ever dig deer, a,o-.
precisely as IL was left by the f1gitivas -
were lucky when they saved their lives 7. -
cost in Dr. Waldstein's opinion sCrnathfn ~,
500 900 a year to make a thorough excava.s
bur surely the expenditure would b ~
while. The one villa that has been Sa-i.---
overhauIed. the Casa del PapirI. rewar4.4 =
excavators with thirteen large bronze &C..
Of which nine at least must always rank ~
the very finest the world; eighteen y,-s
bronze statues and thirty-two bronze br,.-
Guiding several exceedingly fine works. So
marble busts and eight or nine marble gs,.-
and an absolutely unique library OF pan
rolls" DR. waldstein could hardly hon. I,
every villa excavated on the site F0pI9 pro~.
fruitful. but he is assuredly warranted n :.
suming that the soil would not be POOR. H.
stress. too. upon the fact that from the ~
Of the deposit under which Herculaneu,, -
buried the buildings Of the town and the =
jects within them are probably in a z.,,.
extraordinarily perfect preservation He
this interesting surnise TO offer on the sus.,.
The stream OF LIQUID mud no Doubt szrs,. d. E
the streets an1 open places and carried bsf,,es,
80 fonnd ~, tho tower horizons - ~ 81 =. statua
the sea having been pressed down from tbs- - -
.iOn higher in the town But where the 6bIe~s p
were not thus removed. and stood arn The nis,. h
mass became a kind Of matr1X. covering AMI -
serving the forms il envelOped Gradually h -. L
frated the houses and in these. gently 49,. N
-5oie+4 breaLxage IN filled r1p the infs-io@ -9f
ing the articles Of furniture and Decoration -
o. moisture and chemical disintegrat.on exse5s =
the carbCniZatiOn OF wood Il
Reference has already been made % prsv,,,,
excavations. Some were made as far back 4,
the ffteenth century. others date from the ss-
enteenth. and still others OF high iupo-ts,,. i
we're undertaken in the eighteenth. How uu- :
has been accomplished may be OWNED from n. b
merest glance at DR.. Waldstein's nlustratior, L !,
embracing reproductions OF some OF the uo5.vk-,
SCULPTURES in European museums. But the VIA "a
has made comparatively little progress th7..s aa
the centuries and II has been marked By so-ss
curious incidents. DR.. WaIdstein speaks of ra- 4
tain equestrian statues OF gilded brOnza ws5.5 "a
adorned the theatre discovered at Hsrrulansg- : D..
The fragments OF these. he tells Us after rus H.
fine talk. were thrown into King Carlos Hst. l.,
ing pot in ITO 10 reappear as the caGdIesres7l
and Conception OF the Royal Chapel III
Portici-'' D.
The enthusiastic advocacy BY the author H.
this book OF plan for international action 4
HercuIaneurl under the supervision OF the TAI sC
ian government has long been known Srlisz L.
Of archaeology have been Wei aware Of T.
strenuous pleadings not only IN Italy. bu. b.
ENGLAND. France. Germany and The Crn b.
Stats. He has written and lectu-ed. ha Z a.
Iabored in season and out OF season and a q T.
time il seemed as If his plan were about q h
adopted The King Of italy vas svUpat1sel IL
toward il he succeeded in obtaining The g1sIaTr
will Of King Edward. the Kaiser and the Prs. e1
dent OF the French Republic ard PrsS!z.Hg-
Roosevelt stood ready 70 give his support T,1 b-4
through an unfortunate accident which ed s.
the creation Of antagonist sentiment "a 2
the Italian press. the international idea u Ia
discouraged. and though it was 70 a certain Il g. Be-
tent rehabiIitated. it had in the long TN = T.
put aside The Italians, has ALREADY - T.,
noted have resolved to keep the ent5rpEs : e.
der their sole control n
It is impossible 10 read this book witho-. &c b
veIoping a fervent hope that Italy MAJ = er
cee1 as rapidly as possible upon the herlc % Y -
she has assumed. and that she may receive 2 "
utmost aid financially and otherwise r erSs
those who are everywhere interested Z = 81
chaoIogv- The scholars engaged IN TIE sZ,a-r q rs
ton will Doubtless give careful attention (. : az
EaIistein's recommendati0ns as 70 the e EeVNS
manner in which 10 carry on the work -amak
chapters on the subject IN this volume a-s y war
ten on the hypothesis Of an international q 81
nittee but their merits are not dependent " lAA-'
the organization of such body They 81. psSS
present the observations OF an exDerr A'F
archeRoIogiSt Who would reform the 5Is-~ ne
methods OF the excavator along more Sc=-- = U
lines