Show Printed His Own Book To Obtain Coveted Degree OUt Our Letter Special Correspondence I ONDON Jan Jun obtain the nd ad adL LONDON degree ot of doctor oC el L Felix Oswald B A or of London universIty has hns II ii teat seat w which hal has brought hIm 1 ta faz fame Camu thul itt Is hy by hythe bythe the letters D Se Sc to onel ones name The n ella an bo e tic nc by or of II a printed thesIs whIch orIginal sic no research ot of 1 a high order Ihie print IlS lug costs money Unless 11 an author has an reputation It II Is aol UI dOll that that u wi wIll Publish a a for him except at his own eXpense 4 aa ft clerk un on 1111 salary Lint Wih with I a ramlY family to Mr could not afford to pay the cost o of the bulky which ho had prepared I wih wIth Its Ite maps map and dla dia But hue ho wa was to get lust degree floe only WIlY ovay ho he I could 10 do It Wa IS b printing the tho book la lie engaged n a practical printer to ta give him seine lesSons lessona In typesetting bought Home sunie typo a small hanl press and al an apparatus for tOr th the ot or lItmus I It genius be really nn au capacity tot tat taking then Mr Oswald lusts ha hano no small share of It With great labou nn ails 1 to tn worl on en hil his tusk ot of course only before utter Mr Oswald set up UI hula his hook book on ot of some seine live hundred odd udd When you a well Osell do It i yourself says lays tle the old I it tock Mr three tn II do I it lout the tho result WM was 1 a hook that would hlO have dOne dona credIt Lu anY printing II Is hole aud free from errors the are set J out nut with thu tho skIll ot at I it hand I Th he prescribed number ot of cop lea weT worn sculL tp 0 the tho or of tIle tho universIty ot of who or of the tho labor In HI Its on lly aSt upon It or tile Iho pe send t It tot rOI lust tile the tint PI announcement Th The decree pt of doctor of if the of at London Jondon la in conferred on FelIx O n Ii tot rOI hil lila Treat 1 Ito fn oil tIle ot It Ir Mr Oswalds Were 11 1711 scIentific bit IliA favorite tuile holl being b t I and but after lter hiss B 33 A lt at tim tho n cel corn polled him bun to Ii I it posit lop ni an n it cleric II iii house that depart which With all I ot of dry Tile 11 to him hue he so al Itce or It II In work slur duro 10 Ing Ila hours lint had lie l becOme as a hl tue Ili InvIted lr by I H l I 1 B Lynch now In titi 1 1 fur York YorkshIre shIre to oln 11 an x Jl In hI that I ylo to PIO t wild Of at Ha His thel then 11 duct the tho late Sir J grunted him the leave or hl xo III 1111 nil or of ot of great of br sin ln tl L 1 Mr was tue tho first that ever eer burt burst Into th the elent lint depths of the era tel ter o of five Ovo miles In diameter cr wih Is ItS Kroat groat Protecting wili wall feet teet hIgh This II is usually the tho haunt haUlt ot of brigands but the sultans troops troop protected tho lIttle of pioneers from harm harno during th the work tt rut exploration Mr L Lynch wrote a boo book about the tho ex cx to WhIch Mi 1 Oswald cd several maps and plans ns anti nd various geological data On his return to Eng laud land ho to turn tho ton tion lie ho lad han obtained to account II iii oh the degree ot at doctor ot of science He I all that lieu been written hy by other othel scientific observers itt In the tho little known regIon which lIe he had explored them with lila hlA oln own 1010 recent discoveries so IS as to lie he able blo to produce 0 a WOrk irk whIch aly ally embody ni all that Was ioas known con the geology of It Was n a task but I it WIS mere I ploy wih th that t which him when h he set er to print his own book book HIss His stuck ot of type Was lImited his hand press CU i enl only two love pages sit nt a time and fore It was waa sory sary to prInt hen thIs much lint been beon act ot lP tip 11 lit or r I release the tho typo couple cuple ot of pages 11 In the tue earl early moring morning hours before luO ho sought hIs at Somerset ant and until late into at night after hIs return Mr 11 Oswald worked for tor three years ut Itt his task taRk FrIends ls ors who called fOll found him iii either type dl dIstributing it II In the cases or ar inkIng and hand press Ills Is was it rt first but before he had liutti finished his Ion work hO he had become an expert printer Ils His outfit Including paper and Ink cost caRt him I it lIttle over oel 90 anti ond ho struck of oft two l at t a time lOt copies cople ot of his book I it a a dl for ar arhim him when the hue last inI or It had been set ni I and lie he Wil ivas tibie to nelt up his Precious bundle ot of and dispatch It to the binder Save for the bInding the book Wis wits the of hil his Oln own hands lie He Is probably the tha on only Iv living author who isho has ever evor the double tent teat of at writIng a 0 big book and I it While engo cd II In the herculean labor lubor or of his task so 50 well did he tiC perform hi official dules at Somerset House where hue he was In the tho probate and divorce that he was as promoted to ta tb the ot of distrct district rel trI tar for There There wih tub an nm am ampie pIe garden lt at hs ha disposal lie he ros utes his botanIcal wIth tho same painstaking care th that t ha devoted to the prInting or of his book There Is nO doubt he owes ranch much to heredity His rather Eugene Oswald toI lu III lua I a remarkably clover lal man wIth tel taos equals IS as a England Ho He Heis is 10 0 a member ot of com and the author of at several books that are extensively used In the high higher er institutions ot of learing learning Felix possesses I a mixture of at desIrable that should car carry hIm tar far He Is of physique but strong and athletic He 18 I equally at home wrestling natures secrets from tier her In the laboratory or pursuing them In the wild regions of oC tile the earth the tho patience and keenness ot of an Intel Intellectual p h ho work ot of a dra hore Un ho he wil wIll 11 be 1 iu t in gain again gainas as a author Hut lie he wi never again bo be under the tho necessity ot of printing his own work ELLIS ELLSEN ELLSE |