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THE CHINA
["The Real Motive," Dorothy Canfield, John Long. Ltd., Haymarket, London—29. 6d.]
MAIL.
THE SOURCES OF CHINESE ART.
Chinese, for there their great snges
"STELLA DEFTANT.”
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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1925.
worth taking because they only No one used think that the want the young and the strong, and Mithraic cult was known to the be will be beautiful for sacrifice”- Parsings only. It was a universal but it would be inore Courageous of cult in the East, and was known to him not to go. There's nothing all nations of antiquity by different The Greek now it as the glorious about war; it's vanity of numes, man to think it's glorious to die cult of Dionysna or of Apollo: the in war
Romans us lut of Hercules; the Syrians called it after Adonis and
Every
Altis; the Egyptians knew it as Osiris, Isis and Horns; it was the Baal and Astarte of the Babylonians and Carthaginians,
Before the introduction of the Christian
A MODERNIST ON THE We look back on a period of more
POST WAR SPIRIT, at four thousand years with a feeling of wonder at the achieve- ment of the Chinese in the arts of ["Stella Defiant,' by peace, and the light gradually dawns Sheridan; Duckworth "änd There is perhaps no more upon us when we begin to slowly
Aaly said: "Ho will not be safer difficult task that the would-be realise the sources upon which the Henrietta St. Loudon, W. in the East than in the West. Soon Action writer can set himself than Chinese artist. could draw. There Price 770
all the dominated peoples of the to undertake the writing of af is not in all of China a mountain,
world are going to try to free them- good short story book. If his plain, river, grove or wood that is The mutual love and understand selves from foreign yoke; and as object be but to entertain for the hallowed by some legending existing between an Irish girl scou na the situation antors upon its The writers of the Gospel-story
And besides, in- moment, what he may consider or poetic. tale.
with all its vigour. Western of the sun-worshippers. success can be achieved without timately connected with the idea cosmopolitan and a Moslem Oriental final phase, the Orient will intervene of Teens were influenced by the cult
Thus, as it cau is hardly any inspiring theme on
civilisation as proved n. monstrong The reverence for the Cross boa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ more than a superficial knowledge of immortality
more than of the natives actuate easily be seen, there is un abundance which to hang u story but Stalla was failure, and it is far the Orient to been borrowed from the Sup
A LIFE STORY. --
word having gone forth from the ting the response to their environ. of evidence of the intense hold that not an ordinary Irish girl-a great provo itself the eternal cradle of worshippers. Camel that he was to be opposed. munt of his fellow men but any of these places had for the deal of her life had certainly been new ideas; I assure you the Fallowing a stay in Paris he was should the sole aim of the short and lenders were wont to be surn there and she showed by the ARTHUR" LYNGIFS RECORD „t by Evening Nows as story writer be to entertain mera-
War Correspondent to Ashanti in ly for the moment? Should it be rounded by disciples, whom they part that she played in her country's taught, and to whom they gave affairs when acte of incendiarisen expedition. wyninst King even the most important? Poet, novelist, philosoplær. The
One answer is, of course, that lays that are still in use to-day. scientist, “soldier and Member of. Frempel The "Evening News"
Fed to the "Daily Mail'' under it a depends on the mood one is And so, in brief, the artists of were almost of daily occurrence that Parliament, Colonel Lich, in this; Alfred farmsworth, for whom bn in and whilst admitting that die Chim, though cureless, or rather she was a trao daughter of Ireland,
with hearts on fire with zeal for circumstances under which story of his life, presents a stirring acted as Paris Correspondent. He consideration must be given to caring, less for material reward, but but it was ordained by reason of the encouth of the curious people bus has afterwards, travelled in the ear this important factor it must their craft, imparted to their work came in the world, that there always be borne in mind that the met in the foggy of countries he Fatsk.
stamp of a good book is that it aprilis, a certain some should be a struggle between en-West
thing difficult to define. This was has lived and fruvelled in, fogeting
will capture the imagination, wholly independent of the medium tirely different factors within her with a vivid description, not
necessary, in spite of oneself.
The real, test comes when a pluyed, it matured not whether Melemet Aaly Bey, first secretary touched with humor, of synes in British Crown. whier History was beng tunde, and
short story book is picked up by was a block of jade, porcelain to the Turkish Embassy, too, was bronsże or anything, the rhythmical the reader with the intention of ity of its benty, it's force no ordinary Oriental but a man of ascertaining if he really wants to left, and once felt it is never again great spiritual force mut an under read or not. It is here thas the forgotten. It is like when one standing of freedom, justice and cleavage between the two styles is has toned piece of Sixteenth destiny. more clearly marked. A story
Century velvet for the first time: written for the moment may ever again forgets the feel of achieve its object and be laid aside texture never Ralph, M. for the next but a story which hit in Thas Antiquarian. forces from one the ejaculation
bit of me in this! "There's a character and a bit of somebody else in that will lead one almost unconsciously to the next story in order that the reader may test whether the psychological insight with which the author wrote the first is peculiar to that one or is continuod in new characteris- tions and settings.
his slïage in tlays making.
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Followed then the Boer War, and the principles of Colonel Lynch ded hine in side netively against the
Pis adventures in South Afrien, and his section with Kruger, Balla, De Wet and others make fascinating reading His trial in Banden, sentence to death, reprieve to imprisonment for is also life and subsequent velence, Wrl told.
Bord in Australia of Scottists and Irish purentage, Arthur Lynch seemed destined jg the cosmopoli- Janish which marked his careef, of weak physique, a Spartan beads ' A Parliamentary vocany occur ing and determined self whenated shortly afterwards in West
are, Arthur Lynch was, relune him in his youth to compete with for that constituency after a tough the Ruling on in the Puniper fight. His association with Parlia world of that day Prank Hesi ment gives him at opportunity for and 3, 6, Jarris amaig toma. A e scathing counudits on pelities
auk politicians. Milbourne Epiversity, where des War finds lien on the took a degrrë, he acquired a feste for sale of the Allies, remiering go
Frvice, and here, again. he throws the mat illambating site lights and į grut events.
mathematics and sewe
canio
Orient will not fall in its duty. Cross, the Fish was a Already it is preparing with symbol of the faithful. This fish mystical humility, to shoulder the presented Jesus, and the early for the hundredth time to point out bore the Fish and not the Cross. The Gospels cannot explain the ruined destinies of the world, and tomb inscriptions of mediaeval day the way of salvation." she has dominated the world has come the Sun-scripture can.
excepting that Jesus nto fish. But The sun religions creed and philosophy that why and how of the Fish symbol,. from the East. Never has & spiri passes the Zodiacal sign Pieces fual consciousness arisen in the the Fish-in Tebrnary, Christ, as a Your son may have to an-god, must be symbolized by the crifice his life for the East, as for Fish! the West: there is no enfety for Another proof that Christianity the sun- is the tomsure of him anywhere in the world. Pray it its foundin
sacrifice in vain.''.
the Monks, The single life only that he may not make his worship.
It is on this prophetic note, that | of Jesus might encourge monastic the book closes with Stella and her im but. not the shaving buy facing an unknown future of the crown of "the head. Even St. Paulis silent about it. which Allah must décide.
E. R. P. Sun-worship can alone explain it. Mithraism had its monks and mng, as Teriullina admits, with the tenstre in honour of the disc of the
To be shorn of hair is
Lareficism; doubtless, a sign of but it is the form of the tonsure the round bare place on the head of the Romish priests and monks, bears a resemblance to the dise of formed by shaving the hair, that
Those parts of the story which Rre not corgerned with the love adair of Stella and Aaly den! ebiefly with diplomatic intrigue, many of the characters
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SOURCES OF CHRISTIANITY. Sun whose
Mitbraism, come from Persia, seems to have been years, the cult reaching Rome Where is
lourishing for about six hundred about 70 B. C. It spread through the Entire and extended to cut Britain."
embodiment of self-satisfac- affairs call for passing interest heing tion but in whose heart raged a
and the Irish evolutionsry-and-Communist. Battle between reason black demon of jealousy None gents. the less strikingly dramatie, in book, however, is fairly obviously The main appent of the intensity are the events leading intended to be its modernion--the to the return of memort description of the hectic excitement Matthew Warren and his conceal- ment of that fact. Clever, social-ofpest-wor world where laws and accomplished and with a re- Publie opinion, no longer restruir. putation which was gradually social forms have lost their growing there was every indica-aning and quee the desirability tion that a brilliant future lay of introducing the play of sexual before him. It was thought that emotion is admitted, little fault can his was an incurable case when he found with the way in which he elected to spend the remainders been treated.
In a book centring chiefly around of gardner but in this voluntary the meeting of Fast and West it capacity, he attained, with a full flows as a natural consequence knowledge of the heritage which that there should be written some was his, to the peace and happi- thing in prophetic vein about the ness, he desired.
universities in general he has adiniration; he calls Oster
"Myrdale Story" je tim of a man lied this Cambridge L¿Me
This latest book from the pen of high ends, of dating of Borothy Canfield mast be learning From, Melbourne, huge and of
one who classed with the latter, for the avrifice went to Berline University and there { gairank
pspris authoress, with insight which is under the influence of principals [1 aturally only equalled by attractiveness of Helmholtz, with han forming, me follows he huts made bitter chemies style, portrays under exceptional and steel clasped friends. In his circumstances perhaps, but none enduring friendship. Source Funstic, criticisms of Bismarck and the sign study. "Ethies," le the less real for that, men and of his days in the humble capacity Stats that the mainsprings of women who might be met in the Jain action should be Truth, street of almost any town or energy and Ampatles. Colonel city; However different in plot and circumstance the stories may he they have running through them the constantly recurring. note of reality.
Kaiser are in this sections of the book dealing with Germany,
la London the first attempt of „"Colemel Lynch at authorship proved
discouraging Enancially, but soon found himself in a wide celo of pets and philosophers, prophets
and politicians. It was about this
tini he unsuccessfully, contested.
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their Lynch's autobiography shows him to be a man possessed of des virtues in no small degree, one comes to the last chapter of his work with regret.
-P. TL.
My Life Story Arthur Lynch Galway the General Bection, Johns Long Ltd., 15.-1.
The reader is simply carried off his feet by the emotional experi- ences of the country tradesman who to the outside world was the
None the less gripping because of simpleness of theme are other stories dealing with family life in the telling of which the authoress is particularly at home.
-E, R. P.
future of these civilisations.
"Over there, she mid,overy night, when the daylight Indes, you can see a fiery glow-in the West. And they will try to take my son Auly, they will By to take him: for the fiery glow. And he will be
[From "Sources of Cbristianity" by Khwaja Kanud-Din (2/6) phlished by the Islamic Review," Woking, England.].
Remains of Mithraic monuments have been discovered ni York. Chester and other places. Mitra was believed to be a great Mediator between God and man. His birth took place in a cave on He was born of
The death of Dr. Sigerson at virgin. He travelled far and December 25
an advanced age robs Ireland of wide; be had twelve disciples; he
the doyen of her men of letters. His best known book, "Bards of died in the service of humanity.
the Gael and Gaul," was publish he was buried, but rose again from celebrated with great rejoicing. Hised by T. Fisher Unwin in 1907. great festivals were the Winter Ten years later a revised and en- Solstice and the Vernal Equinox-larged edition was issued by the Christmas and Easter, He was same-house-and-at-a-cheaper sometimes price. It will be remembered called Saviour, and
that his daughter, Dara Sigerson, People were figured as a Lamb. initiated into his cult through was also a poet and she became the wife of Clement K. Shorter, Baptista. Sacramental feasts were
Editor of The Sphere. held in his remembrance."
the tomb.
His resurrection was
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