The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-20

speecn OF CATO we nave all heard OF 1E2LS tn
CICERO says that he had seen copy Of the niad,
written on piece of parchment. contained in .
nutshell. This species Of trifing was in great
vogue during the Middle Ages.
Although printing was not known to the Romans
the arts of book making and bookseling we're well
understood, and reached a high degree of perfec-
ton IN the Augustan age. '4he House Of Arr1ous
is described as immense establishment, in
which sEi1f.1 worknen, mostly slaves, were busy
in copying, pressing and binding for the book
market. Women were much employed as copysts,
scribes and secretaries.
There is nothing now in the world. SENECA
mentions man Of great wealth, living in his day,
one CAN1s1Us SABR1Nus, who wished to shine as
diner-out, in spite Of his natural dulness. He
procured dozen slaves, who wore made to learn
by heart select passages from the popular poets,
and instructed how to prompt him when he broke
down or had nothing to say. These slaves cost
him about $4,000 year.
How strange that from sucha high state Of civ
iization SO few authentic manuscripts and docu-
ments should have come down to our day. Mr..
DIsRAE11 explains this: <sThe Romans burned the
books Of the Jews, Of the Christians, and CT the
philosophers; the Jews burned the books Of the
Christians and the Pagans; the Christians burned
the books Of the Pagans and the Jews
Miss Qu1RK's parlor and Miss Q.'s album have
both shocked and amused thousands Of incredu-
ous readers; but it appears truth is stranger than
fiction, in this as in SO many other cases.
The principal collector Of ropes is declared to be
an Englishman, and member Of the Humane So
ciety, who died about seventeen years ago. To
each rope was attached memoir Of the subject or
sufferer; and in most instances the last dying
speech and confession was annexed, proving, It is
the eloquence Of the drop has arrived in the Uni
ted Kingdom. seCan it be, as is asserted on the
authority Of an English writer, whose name for
get, that In Englsnd the masters were wont to
practice their pupils II this kind of composition,
80 that every good Engishman, on entering into
the ord had his ready En- eas 81 the
Frenchman, !ettered or unlettered, will not be-
lieve of an Englishman at all out Of ilnature
month Of January, 1866, French journal describ-
ed the English arietocracy as habitually risking
their ceataine de guinness on the result Of cock
without questioning, the statement Of Diderot that
! IN secluded quarter Of St. James Park, there
was pond in which the female sex had exclusive
| ed writer mighS surely have learned that the
English occupy only the third or fourth rank in
the STATISTICS Of suicide and that the Prussians
| stand first.
There have been collections Of walking sticks,
| Of hats, shoes, buttons, but in all this they are
fully equalled by the modern philatelists gath
erers Of postage stamps. These collections may
be made to subserve a useful purpose, and in the
hands Of an intelligent teacher, illustrate different
historical epochs, with the manners, customs, and
leading events Of the several eras as for instance
the following:
a collection of buttons was exhibited at the Uni
yersity Of Ghent, in 1845, for the benefit Of the
history of manners and art. They were not only
of all shapes and sizes, in polished Steel in silv
and god and set with the costliest jewels; but an
entire series painted in miniature by the first
| artists Of the period-the first years of Louis
XVI There were portraits Of celebrated beauties,
with copies of ancient statues and scenes taken
buttons with a spring, containing two surfaces,
and each q chef guuTe in it's way. Honore Fra:
e sesteas nes "a a %
81 sns Witches, Without Il IS silly added BE-.
coming more famous for his punctuality. Equal
extravaganza was indulged about the same time in
ch although TIE material M
and design. An exquisite Of the first water was
then an improving study for both the seamstresa
be seen with the amours OF Mars and Venus on his
stomach, and another with cavalry review teWe
are assured" says writer in the Memories Sc
waistcoats representing scenes from the popular
plays, so that his wardrobe may become theatri-
cal repertory and some day serve for tapestry
4 After the assembly of the Notables, there were
ed BY Bachaumont: safhe king is in the middle. on
his throne; il the left hand he holds scroll on
oAASSO ~
offensive oversight it is placed that he seems to
I be rnmmaging his pockets with his right hand :
little later, the guillotine grew into fashion fo1
ornaments, especially for brooches and pins.
1 We must now close onr list Of extracts. The
book is very tempting, but space forbids.
TIE LoNDoN QUARTERLY, for October, 1866. JOHN Rus
/ SELL, Charleston. 7.l5
! Con1ents-1 Ancient Literature Of France. 9
Dr.. BADHAM and the Dutch School Of CRITICS. g.
Homes without Hands; 4. Life Of our Lord; s.
History Of Architecture; 6. Central Asia; T. Opera.
tions Of Modern Warfare; 8. England and Her In.
! situations.
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAnRoAD-This road
which, although starting at ST. Louis is really the
Southern Pacific has recently been permanently or
ganized, with General FREMONT as President. The
St. Louis Democrat thus sketches the route and its
!. advantages: 5 VI IN; -t. '88a
! AS sketched by the President, the road is laid
in southwestern Missouri and the Valley Of the
Canadian, and generally along the thirty par
allel to the head ot-the navigation on the Colorado
and thence to the Pacific coast. It is the shortest
route by five hundred miles Of any surveyed: for
that purpose, and presents the fewest difficulties
No mountains. are in the Way. and for a fyreatar