The sun., 1916-11-05
SOME NEW o
L Notable Treatise Concerning Ivory
and Elephants.

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and the sources from which ii Is op-
tanned, a treasure house Of interesting
facts thai are not to no found IL fu:-
mai trcatiscs. gathered from all kinda
OF authoritativ" sources. has been gar
nerrd by Dr. GrouGt Filptiii'k NtN"
In frorp dad IN" TIcpho"i 'D"u'l"d'i
Page a. co.., u handsome. illustrated
Quarto volume. He tells If ivor! a. u
material In art In every land ana pc
Rod. then turns to the manner III
4. which II is obtained. branching of into
full descriptions of the elephants oi
Asia and Africa. their natural history
and the methods Of hunting them and
also of the prehistoric creatures from
which they are descended and their
remains. lie goes into the chemical
composition uf ivory and of The ways
in which 1t is treated IN industry ana
in the ait~ and gives details ana tables
explaining the ivory trade ard its i'm
Oortancc and touching even on the
traffic Of elephants for mcna.erics and
other purposes. In brief he has gath-
cred together an astonishing mass 90
material regarding ivory and every
thing related to it. hoW"vcr remotely.
from books AMI from the men VINO
know most about each subject. leaving
out nothing that ma interest. NJ mat
ter how trivial IL ma! seem: u perfect
encyclopaedia of ivory.
Tho author begins with ;hc aspec,
OF ivory which first engages thc at
tention. its employment In the arts
and above al in sculpture or carving.
II appears in the very earle. cssay-
In art made 10y primitive man that
have come dow to us. as for III
stance the etching of a mammoth On
APIECE Of the animals tusk mad" 10y
0bmc human contemporary of the "N-
Gpct creature. The Few specimens ut
this earliest art tina have been dis
covered are all shown in pictures.
4hch Or. Eunz describes what ivory
awnings survive from ancient Civili-
ntions. Egyp;. Assyrla. i'I'ii '"nia and
the other Eastern lands that modrrl
~6xcavatois have brought to light.
Crete. t'ypIu ~lt-iias in It's N"gin-
nings. Rome. with many illustrations.
IN gives the list of sculptures made
partly or entirely of ivory that ".
accorded in classic Guthois. like the
COLOSSAL chryse,ephal,inc. gold and
tfory. statue III Zeus at olympia. tie
3wells particularly on the Roman
6ptychs. the s,ahs -: IVORY arranged
% fold on hinges. whose smooth inner
surface was used ~ u writing tab
Mt. while TIL QUITE" surface WAS orna-
foented with cldb"rd'" carvings. Th.'e
frVeu as ih"u"iS io' 'n' ''lpt!''S VI
ne Christian period. In which the
three slabs fastened together. carved
9th the representation ri sacred sub
fcts' 'ouiu &c hll"' l" su"Hu up '"e
"ih'''uf" shr'i'' ~" "s"rN
dgteu on tn">' es''"l!Sh'" VI" CON
V~htioNa' "''""'S 'V u" '"'f
peinteis'
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pppc LIT. nun" ha'ura ar'd'ls'S nv
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HNises h'snlH me WORK 90 we "ri"-
vlns'ah ana INC 'H"'n.'n' ta'>'rS
u mas NUN l" FAY :" ~" rr'"'''
senoohs h'h I"''"S :" TIC "'''l' ~
&c tou'n'~ ON an 'h' 'ohh'r''s wac
PioNio'" '"'Nip-s' N'nI''' various
pther 'th'ah towns. spain ''"ri''anH'
sne N''h'I,'"'S 'm 'r"'' '"' '"'
se'i'ai OF u" arr Ill rance He h''l.'-
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Sip"' ""hS' re '"''N ans" " "'"''
pr WORK ~ "hhh IVORY Is "npi'''"'
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s'o'sn, nome ny S"h"'s' '"'HS"l'"'
p'"" '"o'S' p'souaH, curious p"""''S'
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nn'c" 1t - p"' !" '"ul'' ~ 'n' i'o''A
rsHeTe the Hn'S' urtiSt' ""rN Is pro-
Suce' anu III 'n' "i-h 'u"iItF =" wen
tnc '"H""'''.' p'o""V'' ~ 'e''s vi
tHr c'r''': VI ''u'hi' wa vi 'c!'"ii'
VI 'hosc ~ ' "i'' "h" Japan .>"'ao''
"cThs I" ~. ar "eS'Ii'"' 'i'hu'e'E
man! az" SHOWN III iiHStr"'!"n ana
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suci''"il W''''' "h'! !" seen III ac'"s-
sio'e Pi"'' museums III 'ar"' Lon
ARE IN famous AMERICAN collections
n CURIOSITY i the hlid" hSnr" ol Il
Chinesc woman Whl'n was us'' TO-
medicai vs. II" man mishl
see or speak To the 'h'nese lady OF
quahty wh"h she was SICK sh" was
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