The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1901, Page 4

THE SU DAY CALL res the most startling book ppeared for many a Georges Dorys is to the he literary world with e of the Sultan pout who M. Dorys is. t Dorys after all is but a that this young man who of the inner life of shadow of God le arbiter of the desti- d, master of th tw sovereign of the th: Oeccident,” etc. s none n the late Prince of the s Mi ters and re Governor of Crete. I I written daringly e lack of favor with which ds the publication of the hat he has appealed to s where the book i that it be sup- to write con- w A the two se I prevailed upon i it of the I s for copies. Fur- ath the author sentence would have h not M. Dorys left . Dorys has »rial Highness Abdul and the wrath of attacks can well be r seems to have been the Yildiz Palace portunity of ac- first hand—first then through his o s sub-correspondent of the the ide of politics te pl consequently weas obliged for P: where the s written. Undoubtedly the Sultan of of his state- readers as in- Through the Hamid II cer- to advantage. cunning, crafty, magic and su- and a man who his life. He tells a dread of Iways has the Yil- ghted; that he 1 equently has and down spies re- of the night, and woman of whom it even the fire his permission be- nd it is even sa.d e for many led L m Abdul show as and many more M his book on the Sul- f the book anec- arts interest to a paper di statements s well worth reading. discredit + the on the part find much ratches in Tk tive in- T e of »Micials realized Z I made at the begin- b d's reign would ap- fudge Ab- 4 Vizier, day to his fries has all favlts im- bargain < A 3rand Vigter a filled with regre a blunder we and have iption of Abdul g to’the pen nges his I the portr; sunted t ave unnoticeable, protrude hich have eeks an twenty vears by gray, and which hi various shades of with a mixture ecive for w the hionable in Turkey, which make face seem even accentu- of cru- of this ognomist, y sep . and hidden lashes, cillating flame dtsconc: hysiognomy. ncholy and rig, the color of a stormy sk. ne remarkably keen and es of the insane, cau: meet a painful borne onty after =51 an be long * physiognomy of ‘the Sul- divers characteristics, even al gentleness that he ae- m height, slightly rickety on his t he seems now only to in fact, it is his Such a constitu- sence his mentalit lert and Hamid ie Ab truth, vietim of neur. . 4 a monomaniac. His physical c an explain the contradi s of o9 8 is the life of a man who is trouble- nothing to him, but spilled blovd 2nd soothe his shattered nerves, tched to the snapping point. At € to eleep,” says one of his he hax some one read to him. His books are those giving detailed accounts of assassinations and executions. The tories of crimes excite him and prevent him slccping, but as soon as his reader reaches a passage where blood flows, the Sultan im- ely becomes calm and falls asleep. The photograph of the Sultan’s faverite £ horse is shown on this page. This ) animal was a present to him from e Czar, and formerly the Sultan was considered a very fair rider. He still takes interest in sport of this kind, but not for himself. He is now content to watch the imperial princes taught horseman- ship at the riding school adjoining the stables. The reason for the Sultan giving up the pastime as far as he himself is concerned is explained in the following: A few years ago he frequently rode his im- mense park on horseback, accompanied by one of his sons, particularly Ahmet-Effendi, the Prince who rides best; but during one of these rides @n sccident happened which resulted in their being stopped. The Sultan, having ex- pressed & wish to visit the porcelain factory, The place was evacuated in advance by all the workmen, according to a rule always followed on such occazions, One of the workmen, how- ever, bid himself behind a bush, and as the Sultan approached, started forward suddenly end held out a petition. The Sultan’s horse shied at the apparition and almost threw his tmperial rider, ment was an attempt upen his life. the arrest of the bold petitioner, and the un- was turned over to Hadji san Pasha, military commander of Bechik- ch fort and secret executiomer. He was never seen or heard of again. The Sultan fears conspiracies to such an extent that he has never permitted the vse of the telephone in Constantinople. For the same reason he has prohibited the uss rrier pigeons. The electric light is_also tabooed for the people of Con- stantinople and it is the only capital still lighted by gas alone. The Sultan uses the light in his palace, but he labors under the impression that ‘electric discharges may result from currents:of high pres- sure produced by the prolixity of a num- who thought the man's move- He ordered fortanate man H of ¢ ber of cables. And any explosion occur- Ting in the city might blow up Yildiz! He dreads so much a catastrophe of this kind that the mere word dynamo terri- fies him by its relation—although a purely etymological one—to the word dynamite, a bstance for which he has the most profound horror."” Regarding the practice of torturing, what M. Dorys has to say is almeost in credible of belief to us of America: There are some that are novel, as, for In- stance, that invented and recommended to the Yildiz cutioners by Kiathane Imamy, t Sultan’s buffoon, which consisted in putting ®radval pressure on the sensitive parts of thc body, and which has the advantage of caue- ble suffering. vet rarely proving fatal; several prisoners subjected to it, un- and the pain, expired in the execu- as iother punishment, alse new atrociously refined, consists in the of eggs, bolling hot, under the arm- agony more intense, it Is causes upsets one and wrecks so u t the unfortunat ing hor however Agha, exi ridiculous char; often oc- hed and it this subje barbarit We is the will selves, however, to the statement that ever torture, the most classical and the newest, th brutal as most refired and ientifica ( affectionately culti- 4 in this garden of punishments Dorys says that the Sultan often summary Jut himself, He is plendic s! and always carriés three revolvers lden in different paris of his lothirg. 1f anything occurs to startle him into the belief of a possible assassi- nation he always shoots first and then quires into the caus for h beliet Here is an example: mention here only the casé of ons deners who, working cne day in the . on seeing the Sultan approach , rose quickly from a stooping me e respectful attitude. Ab- dul Hamid, startied at his sudden uppearance and suspecting some evil motive, at once fired him unfortunate man expired soon after, a pon was found upon him it had to be acknowledged that a blunder had been committed That the Sultan's palace is a veritable city will be seen from the following: afterward. 1n iz live, without counting the 7000 men composing the Imperfal Guard, more than 000 human beings; the women of his harem and their suite, the slaves and eunuchs; the princes, his sons, their household and servants then his $tamberlains, aids-de-camp, b guards, musicians, gardeners, cooks, Kro domestics, valets, stable boys, etc. In this number are not counted the numerous work- — ns, carenters, ete,—who live out- lacy T lary list of the staff at Y diz represents a sum of £35000 Turkish, of about $160,000. The autho ject of poly has this to say on the sub- my and the imperial harem: Polygamy tends more and more to disappeur in Tu not only owing to the spread of Occidental ideas, but also and more especially on account of its great cos The rapid and constant increase in the expenses of modern lifte renders more and more burdensome the enormous outlay necessitated by the mainte- nance of several women, and in spite of his sensuality the Oriental is drifting rapidly toward monogamy, with which he will soon be compelled to be contented. Few nowadays are those pashas who, as much by tradition as personal predilection, in- dulge in the barbarous luxury of & harem. It goes without saying that first among these privileged beings we find the commander of the faithful, who, in fact, owns a living col- lection of the most preclous specimens of Ori- ental beauty. TPy According to the religlous law no Mussul- man may marry more than four legitimate wives (nikiahly). In addition to these four wives he may have as many slaves (djarie) as his means permit—slaves who share his couch and whose children are as legitimate as those of the wives. The law is the same for the Calipha as for the most humble of his subjects. Accorffing to very ancient custom, the Sultan nev, marries a girl of good fam- 1ly, but selects his four wives only among his slaves. R S The Seraglio of the Sultan Medjid was for- merly the theater of indescribable orgies, the women being badly looked after and having no hand to restrain them. His successor, Ab- dul Aziz, jealous as a tiger, introduced reform, but the imperial harem has never been con- ducted so strictly, so exclusively or sa re- epectably, 80 to speak, s under the present Sultan. An intrigue in Yildiz at the present time is an impossibility. Imprisoned Wwitbin a double row of high and thick walls, the women of the Seragiio live In an extraordinary world of their own to which no man, except the grand Turk, has ever access. S AT Dancing in all the forms that it assumes in the Orient is very popular in the harem, apd is the principal mode of amusement—Turkish dances to the accompaniment of timbrels, Most Stavtling JBook of the Tdleek. ““The Private Life ofF the Sultan.”’ tambourines or a chorus of languorous voices; and Circasstan, Egyptian and Arabian dances, among which the Sultan prefers the most modest. The favorites often find amusement in the. daneing of thelr slaves, and singing, music, rowing and for some, photography, and even cycling, are among thelr principal amuse- ments. Otherwise they epepd thelr time In real childishness, playing with dolls, mechanical and swimming dolls, or they amuse themselves by imitating the cries of animals, the crow of the cock, the buzzing of the fly, the bark- g of a dogpepr else they will smear the fares of thelr negress attend e with fleur and put them up to all kinds of tricks or ex- coaaipe | dadus ;G Ves—. short, try everything to pass away the time. Lying on divans or silk-covered sofas, squat- ting on Boukara rugs in careless attitudes that set off the symmetrical lines of their bodies and express eloquently enough the sadness of their empty existence, most of them follow with their eyes the blue spirals formed by the perfumed smoke of thelr cigarette or narg- hil:h, and toy with a hand covered with rings with the amber beads of their tesbih. Others 8ip syrups, partake of sorbets, munch ice, chew gum or suck a thoysand kinds of sweet- meats. They all love sweetmeats, tobacco, flowers, perfumes, especially musk and violet, of which the Sultan is particularly fond, and Wwhich they affect to care for more than any other. They adore Angora cats, parrots, doves; coffee, cards and suggestive storles. They crave two things, because they are prohibited and because they are women—wine and raki (that s likewise made from the grape), which the kindness of a eunuch sometimes procures for them. The time they cannot “kill”” they abandon to sadnees, and they think unceasingly of thelr far-distant country, their forsaken home, the lonk-lost parents, the gloomy future, the impossible lover, the old master, depressing and uzly. (“The Private Life of the Sultan of Tur- key” is published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. The translation is by Arthur Hornblow. Price $120.) B. G. LATHROP. OB e A Love Story. “When Love Flies Out o’ the Window,"” by Leonard Merrick, is the latest in the Town and Country Library published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Mr. Mer- rick gives us here a very pretty love story of a devoted couple who are finally sep- arated by poverty and the husband's pride. The young fellow is a bright and deserving chap, but il luck seems to hover over his footsteps. He is an author pos- sessing literary genius, but it is difficult for two robust young people to subsist on talent alone. ‘His wife attempts to make the living, but the man becomes jealous of the life that she has to lead on the stage. With money all would have gone right, but the poverty virtually separates SULJAN AT THE TiME I HIS A(‘CE//ION“ ILLUSTRATIONS FROM “The Private Life of the Sultan.”’ (Copyrighted, 191, by D. Appleton & Co.) A = < them. The author brings all around to end well finally, so we have a good story and in addition a moral between the lines. Mr. Merrick also wrote “The Worldlings,” “The Actor Manager,” ‘“Cynthia—A Daughter of the Philistines,” etc. Price $1.00. Little Cousin Series. As nice a present as you can find for youngsters from 8 to 14 years of age is “The Little Cousin Series,” by Mary Hazelton Wade. Four books make up the series, all well bound, tastefully {llus- trated and packed in a substantial white pasteboard box. The first in the set is “Our Little Japa- nese Cousin.”” The others are “Our Little Brown Cousin,” “Our Little Indian Cous- in” and “Our Little Russian Cousin.” In each book the life of the child of that particular country is taken up in pleasing detail and treated with charming deli- cacy. The author picks out just the little differences of home life that will delight the younger mind. For that matter, the books will appeal to the grown-ups as well. (Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Set §2 40.) Friendship. Elder & Sheperd of San Francisco have published a little collection of lines and v verses under the caption “Friendship” that should prove a most welcome aid to the present sesker. The artistic appear- ance of this pamphlet is enough to attract and hold the eye for a glance into its con- tents,.and once within its covers the beau- tiful thoughts a peal most strongly to every human being —for what is greater thdn true friend- ship? The quotations are taken from here, there and ev where, but the ‘pub- lishers are deserving of the highest com- pliment in the matter of selection, for every one of the lines is worth commit- ting to memory, even those of Mark Twaln, which read: “The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime if not asked to lend money.” (Price 0 cents.) Treasury of American Songs. The preface to this little volume, “The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics,” edited by Frederic Knowles, ex- plains its end in a few words. “The nu- merous collections of American verse share, T think, one fault in common; they include too much. ‘Whether this has been a bid for popularity, a concession to Philistia, I cannot say; but the fact remains that all anthologies of American poetry are, so far as I know, more or less uncritical. The aim of the present book is different. In no case has a poem been included because it is widely known. The purpose of this compllation is solely that of preserving, in attractive and permanent form, about one hundred and sixty of the best lyrics of America.” One hundred and sixty is narrowing American lyric writing down to a pretty fine point, and the result tells the tale. The book is skimmed cream of the cream- dest consistency; there is not a poem in it that was not written to last while poetry lasts. A feature worthy of note is the includ- ing of several poeins which we know best as songs—as for instance, “The Old Ken- tucky Home.” These would rarely be in- cluded in a volume of poetry, but deserve a place there, as Mr. Knowles plainly shows. (Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Price $1.) The Composite Man. “The Composite Man,” by E. H. Pratt, A. M, M. D, LL. D, is an elementary work_on general anatomy given in the form " of colloquial lectures for the very non-professional person, who merely knows that his body is a sort of mixture of bones, muscles, vein tubes and nerves. The book contains fourteen plates in color, each one showing how any one of of the fourteen differént systems of the there expressed will ap-+ body is in itself the form of a complete human being, and that the complete man is really a composite of the fourteen, all irterlaced and twined among each other, in one compact, sympathetic, interde- pendent mass. To a person who is sensitive about his internal organs, the reading of the bt}nk is apt to produce that disagreeable im- pression of bodily self-consciousness which makes him wonder if there is not some danger of one of the complex valves of his, heart getting out of order and sticking fast shut. The author divides the body into four- teen different systems and gives a plcture of each one. He calls them: The bony man, ‘The muscular man. The arterial man. The venous man. The lymphatic man. The skin man. The connective tissue man. The inal man. The tubular man. The sympathetic man. The organic man. The conscious man. And the sub-conscious man; which all blend in to make the one that we see. Each one of the elemeftary men is credited with a speech in which he ex- plains his share in the work of carry on life and of what vital imoprtance each is to the others. The book is intended to make people take better care of their bodies and to have more respect for their physical selves. The illustrations are by Dr. Frederick H. Williams. (Published in Chieago, II.) A Quaint Fancy. “How Jacques Came Into the Forest of Arden,” is a quaint fancy by Ella W. Peattie. The author calls it neither ro- mance nor essay, but “an impertinence,” and so, no doubt, many conservative readers will dub it when they read its explanation of itself. “In the first scene of the fourth act of You Like It,” " runs the introduction, Jacques comes upon Rosalind “‘I pray thee, pretty youth, says he, ‘let me become better acquainted with thee.’ “Rosalind protests: ‘They say you are a melancholy fellow.”” Thereupon conversation ensues which excites the lady's curiosity. In the end, “confesses Jacques, ‘I have had my ex- perience. Peattie then continues: “What that ex- perfence was it has been pastime to imag- ine. So, with no disrespect to the master, here is the tale, which may or may not be true.” The tale is poetically conceived and quaintly phrased, being a sad little love story thoroughly in keeping with the per- sonality of Jacques. The ‘“‘impertinence’ is entirely forgivable, for it is written in a spirit of true appreciation. Dainty bits of description lend charm, as: “I wore the flagging smooth in front of that grim pile where my dear mistress dwelt, and every night I and one love- lorn owl that flapped above the eaves kept watch o'er her. Amiens! Mark how that bird soars! Watch it, Amiens! So soared my soul in those sweet days that I am telling of!” The book is a credit to its publishers, and 1s well designed for a gift. (Pub- lished by the Blue Sky Press, Chicago.) 101 Sandwiches. People who imagine that the ‘“sand- wich” is limited to the usual funny paper train-eating-house-diet of “ham sand- wich” should spend a few minutes looking into the ““One Hundred and One Sand- wiches,” by May E. Southworth. The author has compiled 101 different varieties of the genus sandwich, and even if you Fave just finished a hearty dinner you cannot fail to find a dozen or so among the varieties that will make you hungry Jjust to read the recipes. ‘The .-book is very artistically bound and the leaves ars printed on one side only, which makes 1t a matter of easy reading when hungry people are waiting. The classificaticn covers every sandwich twist ever heard of—fish, egg, salad, meat, sweet, nut and cheese. (Published by Elder & Shepard, San Francisco. Price 50 cents.) —_—— Literary Notes. Cyrus Townsend Brady, author of “For Love of Country,” etc., has just finished work on a short novel which will appear in the Century Magazine, beginning with November. It is a ‘dramatic sketch in four parts—‘‘Barbarossa”’—and will be il- lustrated by the accomplished German artist, Werner Zehme. Ernest Seton- Thompson will contribute “The Legend of the White Reindeer” to an early number of the same magazine. It is said to be a thrilling story of the north. A novel by the author of “An English Woman's Love Letters,” entitled ‘A Modern Antaeus,” is announced on Dou- bleday, Page & Co.s autumn list. Sev- eral of-the first chapters are already in type and some who have read them think they find an answer to the most often re- peated question in the “Love Letter” mystery, “Why wasn't there a mar- riage?” The Antaeus of the story, like the Antaeus of old, grows strong by con- tact with the earth and a weirdly vivid imagination leads him into strange adven- tures and still stranger acquaintances with certain representatives of the other sex, varying considerably in degree of so- cial position. “A Maid of Venice” will be the title of F. Marion Crawford’s new novel, to be published by the Macmillan Company. The period of the story is the end of the fifteenth century, when the Queen of the Adriatic was nearing the time of her greatest splendor. The romantic eplsm}a with which ..e story deals is historicaliy true, being taken from onme of the old Venetian chronicles. The ac‘ion and in- terest center in the houschold of ja mas- ter glass blower, a member of one of the most powerful Venetian trade corpora- tions which had many rights and privi- leges. A feature of unusual interest in the O tober Critic will be a carefully comp and tabulated list of fo coming books from American publishe These lists have been prepared with a view of valuable to Iibrarian as well as the gen- eral reader. and give an accurate ides the character and volume of the publish- ers’ output. Another feature of mome: in the coming number of the Critic w be a short paper by Mrs. Minnie Maddern iske, entitled “The Effects of a Night' Upon the Actor.” ? - ing experienced mora than the usual num “first amp ights.” & star’s ber of exacting able to give the actor's ions thereon. he The C. M. Clark Company radical departure in its next pu Having achieved great success in of fiction. with “Quincy Adams Saw and “Blennerhassett,” it will now b out as a holiday volume what promisingly described as “a book stagger sorrow.” Its title, “Junk.’ is sndicative of the hodge podge of humorous verses on timely subjects L-onxrum-v% therein. “Junk” s written and illustrated by Leon Lempert and the: who and seen his f few lines expect som in line read his unique verse pictures illustrating every clare that the pubiic may thing abselutely different “funny books. Emory E. Smith of Palo Alto, California, has undertaken a labor tk preparation of a boock on the Sta emblem—the California poppy. This book is to contain everything in a scientific and also a popular way is known ab: r eschscholtzia. The book will probably hat number about 230 pages and the gre portion of it has been prepared by a number of the b tanists, artists and poets of the coast. alftones, engrav- ings and color work are to be of t y best. Mr. Smith has also received assistance of the Academy of Sciences and - Harvard Universit In none of the legends, or in fact any m pertaining in any way to the flower be omitted, Mr. Smith is anxious to ¢ into communication with any one knows anything worth printing in 1 te the y that printed addr eny of our readers who are inte the matter may communicate Smitn. Time is that the book will g middle of October. 2 his as a w For the last three years Mr. Spencer has spent an invalided life, almost in seclusion from his contemporaries, although the monotony of that seclusion has been broken by his habit of spending the sum- mer months in some picturesque count ll ce. He went for many seasoms to Viitshire, and this year he lived near Midhurst, in Sussex, a district of charm- ing se ry. But during these years he has not oniy completed the revision of his “-Principles of Blology,” but has published a revised edition of his “First Principles He does not contemplate any further re- vision of his works. His eightieth birth- day in April, 190, brought him many sym- pathetic messages from friends and admir ars at home and abroad, and a congratu latory addgess from savants in Australia and New Zealand. Last year was als noteworthy because it marked the lapse oz fifty years since the completion of his first work, “Social Statics,” the prefaee to which Is dated December, 15850. His littla work on “Education—long since trans- lated into the principal languages of the Orient and Oceident—has recently been translated into Sanskrit, while selections from his philosophy have appeared In the Arabic journal Al Mokattan.—From ‘“‘Her- bert Spencer, the Man and the “Phil- osopher,” by Willam Knight, i the Qctober Bookman. L. C. Page & Co. had in press ihe following new books for publication dur- ing September: GIFT BOOKS. “Celebrated Crimes,” by Alexander Du- mas. Library edition de luxe, three vol- umes, with eighteen full-page illustra- tions in photo-gravure, one-half from original drawings by E. H. Garrett, one- half reproduced from famous pamtings of historical characters. The press work is from new type on a high grade an- tique paper, and the volumes are in every particular splendid specimens of the bookmaker’s art. “Florence,” by Grant Allen. Two vol- umes, uniform in general appearance and attractiveness with GrantAllen’s “Paris,” published last season. “Grand Opera in America,” by Henry C. Lahee, author of “Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday,” etc. “A Critical History of Opera,” by Ar- thur Eison. FICTION. “She Stands Alone,” by Mark Ashton. Third revised edition. It is announced that this remarkable book is the work of a woman who hLas hidden her identity un- der the name of Mark Ashton. *'Lias’ Wife,” by Martha Baker Dunn, author of “Memory Street.” JUVENILES. “The Hero of the Hills. Volume 3 of by G. W. “A Little Puritan Ploneer,” Robinson. by Edith MISCELLANEOUS. " “Beauty’s Aids,” by Countess C. i Books Received. ANNUAL REPORT OF SONION INSTITUTION—For the year ending June 30, 1900. Published at the Government Printing Office, Washington. THE BEEARS OF BLUE RIVER—By Charles Major. Doubleday & McClure Company, New York. 31 25. THE OUTLAWS OF HORSESHOE HOLE— By Francis Hill. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $i VIEWS OF AN EX-PRESIDENT—By Benja- min Harrison. The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. $3. LINCOLN IN STORY—By SilasiG. Pratt. Appleton & Co., New York. Tsc. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE SULTAN- D. By Georges Dorys, translated by Arthur Hornblow. D. Appleton & Co., New Yore. 8 2. A NEST OF LINNETS-By Frankfort Moore. D. Appleton & Co., New York. MADAME ANGORA—By Harriet A. Cheever. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 3c. THE GRASSHOPPER'S HOP—By Zitella Cocke. Dana Estes & Co., Boston, 50c. ‘WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA—A Blographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States. Edited by Jom Leonard. A. N. Marquis & Co., Chicago. 32 7. CAPS AND CAPERS-By Gabrielle E. Jack- son. Henry Altemus Company, Philadel- phia. 3L GALOPOFF—By Tudor Jenks. Henry Al- temus Company, Philadelphia. $L “WORTH READING." FOR THE BLUE AND GOLD A Tale of Life at the University oll California. By JOY LICHTENSTEIN $1.50 Net. A rattling good story of undergrad- uate life, its work and its play. There are scores of healthy, plucky, fun-loving, sturdy young Americans who keep the interest at a glow from start to finish, It is a book that should be read by all college graduates, by all in college, and by those intending to enter college. —New Orleans Picayune. A. M. ROBERTSON, Publisher, 126 Post Strect, San Francisco, Cal.