Editing Karl May (section)

=== Later career ===
[[File:Karl May with Sascha Schneider, 1904.jpg|thumb|right|May and [[Sascha Schneider]], 1904]]
[[File:Karl May Grab1.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Karl and Klara May]]
In 1899, May traveled to Egypt then [[Sumatra]] with his servant, Sejd Hassan. In 1900, he was joined by Klara and Richard Plöhn. The group returned to Radebeul in July 1900. May demonstrated some emotional instability during his travels.<ref name=Orientreise>Bartsch E. and Wollschläger H. ''Karl May's Orientreise 1899–1900'' in ''In fernen Zonen: Karl Mays Weltreisen.'' (''In remote areas : Karl May's world travel'') Karl-May-Verlag, 1999, Original from Indiana University, digitized 20 Jan 2011. {{ISBN|9783780200822}}.</ref>

[[Hermann Cardauns]] and [[Rudolf Lebius]] criticised May for his self-promotion with the Old Shatterhand legend. He was also reproached for his writing for the Catholic ''Deutscher Hausschatz'' and several [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Marian calendars]]. There were also charges of unauthorised book publications and the use of an illegal doctoral degree. In 1902, May did receive a [[Honorary degree|Doctor honoris causa]] from the Universitas Germana-Americana in Chicago for ''Im Reiche des Silbernen Löwen'' ("In the Realm of the Silver Lion.")<ref name=Blutsbruder>Heermann C. ''Winnetous Blutsbruder: Karl-May-Biografie.'' Zweite, überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg / Radebeul 2012. {{ISBN|9783780201614}}. pp. 425−427.</ref> In 1908, Karl and Klara May spent six weeks in North America. They traveled through [[Albany, New York]], [[Buffalo, New York]], the [[Niagara Falls]] and visited friends in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]]. May was inspired to write ''Winnetou IV''.

On his return, May began work on complex [[Allegory|allegorical]] texts. He considered the "question of mankind", [[pacifism]] and the raising of humans from evil to good. [[Sascha Schneider]] provided [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] covers for the Fehsenfeld edition. On 22 March 1912, May was invited by the Academic Society for Literature and Music in [[Vienna]] to present a lecture entitled ''Empor ins Reich der Edelmenschen'' ("Upward to the Realm of Noble Men"). There, he met pacifist and Nobel Laureate [[Bertha von Suttner]].