Show E Egypt and the Bible A Fatherland Sensation OUR LONDON LormoN SPecial T 01 ONION ONDON 0 July In a It lar Urn large part L of the Old Testament merely a re rt rehash hash of linden Egypt Inn myth mythic All theological Cl li is stirred up at lit present over oar a foolish book which herr Hurr olter 1 a professor hoI hart just jUt publIshed to 10 that this thU thUIn It In iii the c UA ease e In ami the Bible a as h lie hue calls calla hit his work th the professor dra draws 18 seine really rather r surprising I parallels what h he terms th the l 1 history of the this forefather of ot the Jews and the nitwit most t ancient current In III the land of ot th the In these latter h hn be ar are to 10 b he be found exact counterparts of Abraham lua Isita suti Jacob Joseph lo ph Mo Mes IOIe and other othur Out Old T t ment characters According to Miter Abraham the K Sun Sim god cod 0 1 Num whose wife NunI hits like Sarah 1 a achild child of promise In her old age ae through 11 whom the future world U is to be blessed l I h the rod god of and who c covers ov over r h herself with Ith a II veil ell la Is the ht lilt ur 1 the daughter of the lI morn rn god tod od tUbers 1 father r the Roe goes on on corresponds almost exactly to 10 the Sul Sui ul Abraham Abrahams three wise lInh 11 huger Huter a el and Keturah recall the tto three wives of Gf th the 1 Egyptian cod oIl od cellar add that IMI in the Ihl of f Ila Us gar and IsIs 1118 I l the resemblance l Is If panic strIking line and he further that the history of ot Joseph Joaeph 1 is II th that I of or II who sIto to was a at al enmity with his hll brethren He Ue also WaR wan Imprisoned d dIn In a pit and Ind from a prison c eShi ll mounted the steps tep of a throne throneS S 0 A pathetic account of f Leo Jeo rot Tol Ito IO toy U Ii giVen by the Rus Russian lan writer who ho ha hal baa jut just returned from a visit to tn the novelist Tol condi condition tion he hf Jays a ae I is lone one of profound mel met melancholy for lor he ho I III a fulling failing In mind and body U He h hat has only on ani enthusiasm laam left the Simple Life h hi he still lUll on doing R a certain amount of ot rough man men manual manual ual usi work olk ov CIer ovary ry day and In the spring even ever tried to 10 plough hi III tile own add that Tolstoy consIder of ot f hi his hll life lite a II as wasted but bill doubt doubts even ven that hi his hll lerl once eno would h help lp him to tu anything better beLlel w wr were re h he young oun again agin The Ihl war liar h he still pronounce ll an infamy against human humen humanity it ity but bul refuse to Join tho tha Liberals In their campaign against It U 0 I 0 Of or course tour It wu wa a 11 for ego n ton sloe that thai the ancient edition of Richard this at by fall taB Into American hinds hands And while regretting the loss lOll to 10 sn land anti I of t Mill still another rare volume olum col cot collector lector he here f feel l that the United State I li Is the place for th the quarto quart of ot It its i isolation with tit the Penal Inn Th The record breaking price given tv lv en toe for It I is the surprIsing thing Xo No such um ium a as II ever ha has be bun been n paid for II e work or lr even en n a 01 Ion of ef f I works work by p arc I Tour Ur years year ago 11 Ih the lU Im dm folio of ot all ajl the pia pUya II as a record by realizing J 1600 00 and when hon last lut year yar a first quarto of IV fetched tU 81 expert gen fen generally orally declared that tins this n was a the che high e eat t po market valuation for a mn 1111 lie gle play Moreover this copy of or Richard I HI lit II rd to so 0 accidentally II U Ic I by hy no urn means I In god food condition of It if i IR If printed l leaves halt half It we are Ie scorched st at t nl top lOp corners and man many are Me bl Ita tu I Id ed 54 d It was u a however that no ao other e cipy py Or pf 11 tv Titian n ever v r would Into Inlo in an au lu aunon JC 10 non Itoh roll room 1 for tor on only two to oth cher r nn are 1114 known knon tl to exist ulal sn en ion one eno o oI of ol I I ti In th the British and ani In tie lio In th the library at Rt Oxford l 1 Lc pr reent nt work ork WB was of nt the prop arty of ot Admiral Rr in WIlhm Tn rAn f father of or the Ille founder of M Pennsylvania asi nl lit hi his hili name namo appears In five places S inthe In m the volume It Is supposed th that t hl his t 1 1 I Quaker son lion on forgot to 10 Include In lud the world In hi his baggage when he sailed for tor the tho t n nw new wo world In Itt 1661 t The struggle for fur the possession 0 of the tho mono wn was AN one ono of ot the tha keenest ever held In a 11 BritIsh auction t room A After the till sum stint of at had beets beon reached the contest on test became u a I b be beI between I tw tween een en Mr Ir Jackson n who rho wan I tenting the American bidder and Mr rr I n who represented an collector Whon hon eventually f bid 1400 or and bit l opponent l he hesitated the spectators thought It Il was 1 all over but bUI th the J English representative almot almol Imm Immediately IRtel offered 60 50 more 1 r an and no so the light fight wont went on until finally Anally Jackson bid of 1750 tailed failed to bring an Rn otter offer from noun hl his opponent So 90 1 ii t wa WU U that th the quarto Hicham III lit would follo follow the f fatuous famous Titus the Io rot t manuscript and tho the oth other r III linac e wh h re recently have han fOUnt their way wY across tho the water 0 0 0 American visitors visitor to I will III no have the authorities hero here to blame blamo i Ie l looner or It later hater r every elry historic rte hou house 11 inthe In Inthe the metropolis Is u not carefully label labeN Ind had The Iun London county council Is 18 do doIng Ing lug this thi work ok y and with In Iii the Ibe last fe test feu lays day tablets tablet have han been placed on the house houe in York where William Pitt 1111 anti and Ills his niece IAd Lady Ht heels lived fo foa foa folt a It while and that In large urges street ret which I Edmund Ken Kean a Inhabited In th hJ days day of hi gr greatest at t prosperity Tho latter house houe I U Is No Xo 1 U 12 end and It II was here that Kean Fehn received hi morning ii from trolA Mr Mis ju just t tafter after Ih the I n M pap i hat had 1 hi hii l impersonation of Oth Othello ello Learning the Ih cause of 01 hi his hll nun Irritation the widow of th the de 1 1 actor turned to Mm Kean and earn I My Iy dear he should do r pa I David Daid did and anti would b be spared this write the article Davil al at alway atwan way wan did OH WWII |