, 1880-11-03
LITERARY DISCOVERY.
itotinntfc History of Snhte Of tho Gsrcnt
Works Of Farmer Tlll1cx.

Works uG Farmer Tl1ncNs
Itmrit ifts.
Tlic most Interesting trentlsG which Cicero
Inns l,cn,,patl,cd IN M wus discovered amid II
hemp nl refuse and rut,blsI, ileur Milan byn
t}is!lop Of Lodi, carly II, tllo fifteenth, cet,-
lury; n,Ml lhu only valuable manuscript TT
Diossorlrs WIS, WHEN f.nild In II sinilar
statp, 40 thoroughly rI'lstrl will, insects"
writes l.altlIHclIis, "lhnt one would lluvc
seareely stoopett /" rick 1t up In the stree,s
isutt ME seen IL lying there" Ifa,l tho III
sce!s 'Iccn abtn tn ehiny IL lleartler inGAl, the
"hDtnny Ut tliu nnGicIl,s" would hnye been
a!lnost II blank to lis. 1.tvy-nr,
rutlser, wIrat renai,,s Of lin, tor oAt
nf IL, lmoks VIZ have, alas. only tliir-
ty-iiye)-wns pirkrl up placement. illus
lnrt of tic fDnrll, decade was fund III the
Cathedral Clr,rcl Ut ST. Marlin Mt Mayc'lce;
another iIorst"ll. containing I,uoks II |" H.ln
NJ, uut-nf-shr-way corner In Switzerland,
while lMrt nf l'onk VI was fouint lurking
Under tho writing of another manuscript III
t1,G Vaiicals One Vi llorace's Ottes tlIoo':
W, Utle 81 WIS fnnusl sticking tn Ill ghrfy
impression 1T Clccro's "Otliecs," though
int Ut course n,iuur Impression. still tho
earliest We l.ase. J'tr. Of tho "Os1yssey' Vt
llUnrr--T. O., 300 lines ot Hulk ts-was
tnnMtl sraspc i, the llatnls nj y ll'li.'!lsj.t
IN" tIfm,.,'i st,,ry rr,a.i fnr IN. ,It,tilri.t
lin. itn,,r,..si.nl ihni f}ln inst bpuE. III Llyy
wc'n q! thy r"inl Ut turning y, Ngsllil. Ile
Hn, lli,.' tinnrpt1 in in. ,,i,ymw tpl,llis. In
ihr ru,irs nj tiu. r,t,,f. iii it,lfcrl flint Ms
rar1,yt.I,at wns u,i,,iv ii parcii,uclt which
WIS covered with writing. lily lmtl ile
Mil III n slu,rt = lime lie ,(|sruyrred
Tint If was n nttm,, nj Historical
Istin urost. lie wis d gyud uuti widely
r,y,,l scIluNy: tIr saw ttlat tilo stylc WIS tl,r
rraSn,ri,t wns "y;,lsi,tiy F ,,urt s,f liz Inst
rae,1c,.t.akrr. n1; Tilt iii wis with, tho ,ai
couti Uniy iii him ti,at no IIa. tnllui,i III Will
,u"m, % Ind ,i,, si..c,. la,ri, "ustl III ~ h,t
ums.I,I i,,t,, ,,.,,,ttt,t.hnts
Fnr til preservation Of tho celebrated
,lInrst Of ti,u E,lts,rtyr nslttin,, wu Ilry il,-
te|,t,y( ia so,nt. Tisan sVLirrs who r,nlu
,tM1, i a,nlii m | ,iie ,tlris Of cis witch ti'sy
nij brsir..,ui MID ink,u, in Euuirta: futl til,
i,rr.eryutinM ri tin "EIhjInIru' i rf iietiit,.
rus. nt;iIrsitv,t liishop uf lid iourtilre,,t,lry
snct ~ t,ir,1 II, i;,ai II rn,nIa,, sni'lir saw
',,a',,,si..nt iytnts IN H." s:ra.ts It.,rrinnl
With dirt. aiul ir,,it,r u,,firr ihe frct ui lis
rotIi,ntts. Win Wurn intg1lt M ulInieri,lg
the hUusr,s. h, Nnticinx, howeyer, 1i,al It was s
If Jill, I:nr,,rv. ,rl,mr,. II ,Sns .,nrtiv nftrr
wnr,s nrt;,tl. md becanIc IN. uf tlip iu,,s,
tw,1,l,r rol,lmiI,,.,s If ut,I.rn tInt,.s M jrss
sl,!rilnr Wis titc r,tiI,. Of thr wDrfs or Ap0.
irrj. n irlr,,tl ur,iu,e nf thu ,intfl century,
win has lift su;.Iu ynluuble lIe,ujIs nlJuut tle
| ti,nvs il, whIcl, jlc iiycd' i srioIur ItllncI
NInssu r,utt o,le nitrri,u,1l fu u,,tir;i hunk
binders sIlNp III iarls. Noticing lin, tiic !,lait
irgrcd fiy,ye to inslrct It. ]Ir s,v,, saw lis
ya!ne, aini sayr. tho gua't llisiivp troin IT,
"ull,. il, mnr,. 1ntMt,.r,, t,Is' wn tn1,st nntt,n
| .'.-''"
inuny W.nrs MN Cuiiiinui Mui, the ruluIllt
iintiuIi sI.i,t,Iur Ind observed tl,nt NpIIjn t
| wriiimr oI i,tl,,y ,u.,invul t,,nii-
uscripts tlcre wc;u traces of former
hit up, ~ parchment % was by no uen,,s ubuls'i.
mi ,inrtnr fila MitGlr ,rI.s il wns Iist ms.
| sfi,l fiat tile int,1ks ,l,nr l.,yr n,1sspsslut
/ themselves III ,nrn,, Illa,iseri,ts. ,leiiirrtt.
nuI iIyr lii, uurcl,imt,lt fnr tJ,uir avn ,,lr.
,m,srs jlis s,,s,,ici.,t,s w.rt. s,,,1 e'tir,,,,,
i l,lirrosrul,it: examination cnul,lc,l llt not
univ to discern. .lt eycll II, ,I,,lly c,,sc, 10
SUn, nj flln iunst Interesting iitrrmry tisruy.
uri,s ni ln,l,r,, tnys. BelIilltl il,c lrttuys Of
history of tllU Col,ell nj Clialcrai.1n lie dis-
",.scrc,, tic eV!st!t.s Vi Frsnts ulmi soI.e Of
letters II Il r,n,i,lei,t;.ry nf Sulnt Augl,siiiiS
IN i'm rsnlms III It,uiL. Tia ,,lnyIuI,s liz.
rnyery Of nj inst ,lu,,.iIlinl uf tnn iunn lnst
worE Of Gtcerp,-tia "iie ile1ubiirn. -,
which tfH tItiin If f{Hk'A tlSciFIrf
,r'. n,,lr E"n,s,e t IN i" nh. i,,u, fs,.s',.,;
"s,wm n ii,tr'. isnI,l,..,i s,,,,,,s 'e
'" IN ~" ,t,n'.s ~. vim rr,.ni w,,rEs ,yrrc ru,nuo
II w,.s. ~: r"rr.i +, s,v ',S M nlen,Is u,t',,,
,nnm nh fnr ti,,. t,,ss,ssS, II n ,n,,,,,scrint I.
fru,,s.rihr Whit ,rissutr,,a min ,insf rts,n,
III" "rj,.;nf T., ,"nf:', fIs,m - ,'.s ~ fnr III ~"
'rIIus Ir,,,,,,rsio Arrti,I,,. briryi,,p III iIimsrt
IN il. fI,n snin nnss,sst.r ~ !, htst,rv ~ III.
Gotllr Wur. hy f'rMupjis. tr1usintri It nj,
n,i,' n,nl In .nsScit l,nsiT ~ 1nr tle .,rt,,in"
nth"r w ;I,s tr,. IL t,t,t,tt rr.n.' ~ ~ h..iinv,
tl,ri r.tr,,s i"vn,ii,s tr,,s",ii,nti Il ri" :,
sr,.,n -. 1T III n%,, ,sint', s",rsr.,s ~ tr,,,
II" = 1}r t;l"yln " uf t,tsr,, s,"i t"i n1,,,t,
a,Sov yvi.h il Tint liz In1s ,'1n"furisu, mi"i
mi II, ,int,.r,rIl '' "'' "'3~ '''''' "''A"
": rs"rv ~ n,,n i:mows ,,ow Sir 1,nhort eot,o,
rt.s,,tri In ,,r,si,Sl ,u,',,,'s,rt"t ~ Nnr,,,
t;nnrtn fm,nl liz hnn,is NJ ,a,,,,,,,t,t, tnit"
viii was cut,!l.r IL M, FIR tmtturils' Az ibi
.,,' wn. artni,fx ,t " upi,, 10 o., ~ uh,,t
S"s hnx', m"s ha a. 2,..rrt ~. IT,. w ~ h"" a'1r;
usii,. ;i1,r ""irn,. inI..tiW, 1T ~ fho r'I,nr''.
sin..'n..,ers w1,,iI ,,m1Hi,," ,,"vn .'u r,i,,"'
s'rrt.a f., III" wnrld u.i Il nni ' ,nn t"r IT..
tn,u,in,s il, nf fn "rii,,, .,r WINK iii t.i,.,"
,a i, imrnI,s inn .wi,r. tl,"s. ,fp",,u,.,,,
Mi fr .,,.. r..asn', ~ ,.tnSr .,, c1,,',is..l
III r. ~" ~, snr:t ,ir",""r ri nr 1lst In ,t'
,na,,ms"rn;s ~ ~ ~ IT. i1n thS |ct, Nv i,t.'