The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-25
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

"MAsTER HOWARD BENJAMIN SMITH,
nephew of Miss Blanche Willis Howard,
the author of 'One Summer is said to be a
wonderful musician, though only IA years
DID,"
"THE wife of Senator Jones, of Nevada,
is said to be uncommonly accomplished.
She speaks several lanuages perfectly, and
has translated from the French various solid
books on financial subjects. tits reported
that much of the senator's exact information
ID due to the assistance of his wife, who
looks up authorities for him."
"FLoREYoE NIGHTINGALE, in spite of her
sixty-one years and her long confinement to
an invalid's sofa, looks young and even
handsome. Her fair face is unwrinkled,
her large brown eyes are full of kindness,
and she is still deeply and actively interest
ed in various practical works for the relief
of the sick and poor"
"MRs. CHAMBERS, the Theodera of Dis.
raeli's novel of Lothair,' died few weeks
ago in her English home. She was wom-
an of great determination of character, and
frequently handled a revolver in the days
when her hero, Garabaldi, took the field.
Her husband, Colonel Chambers, gave his
name to book called Garabaldi and Ital-
ian Unity of which it is said Mr. Cham
bers was the real author
"DR. j. G. HOLLAND during the last few
months of his life carefully revised his
works for the new popular edition now be-
ing issued by Charles Scribnerss Sons.
Three volumes are ready, 'Titcomb's Let
ters,' Gold Folio and Bitter Sweet The
new dress will commend itself to the many
thousand admirers of DR.. Hollands writ
ings. The page is especially handsome,
thanks to clean'cut type, which has been
double-leaded land the paper, though thin,
is firm and white"
THERE is movement on foot in Gin
cinnati to erect memorial over the long
neglected grave of William Henry Harri-
son, the first president that Ohio gave to the
nation. The remains of General Harrison
have lain for forty years on picturesque
mound overlooking the Ohio river, fifteen
miles below Cincinnati Nothing but q
plain stone in rude enclosure marks the
spot. The proposed memorial is to take
the form of church, and is to cost about
$4,000. The subscribers are nearly all re-
ceiled aud architects are at work on the
design"
"THE unqualified success which attended
the publication of the first two volumes of
Col. Thos. W. Knox's BOY Travellers in the
Far East has led to the preparation of a
third volume, which completes the series,
by letting the young voyagers visit Ceylon
and India, and in incidentally describing
Borneo the PHILIPPINE islands and Burmah.
As in the preceding parts, the author ex-
hibits what might be seen in travelling on
the route over which he takes his heroes;
the plan involving descriptions Of manners
and customs, cities, countries, birds, beasts,
etc. The book is characterized by profuse
illustration and elegant Typography, which
make it as beautiful as it is entertaining
and instructive. No more attractive present
could be given boy, and certainly none
that would have, in its ways, a more per-
value"
"'WTHoUT A HOME the last novel by
the Rev. Z. p. Roe, follows the line of its
predecessors in that it has moral reform for
its purpose, and habit more than character
for its study. The aim Of the volume is to
depict three evils which threaten our social
life--the opium habit, the tenement house
and the shop-girl system. TO the present
ment of each Of these the author has framed
his situations in a manner best adapted to
exhibit them in their most striking phases.
All the subjects have been carefully studied
and the array of facts presented are worthy
of the most serious attention. All are nee
essarily sombre, almost repulsive, and that
the author has woven from them story of
powerful interest, and at the same time of
delicacy, is proof Of his literary skill 1t
must be said, however, that there is tinge
of exaggeration about the book, arising
from the extreme facts presented and the
desire of the author to make real the evils
described, that detracts not little from Its
moral force. II is, moreover, diifuse IN
STYLE and would gain much by condensa-
ton. Still, if it is the means OF directing
public attention to the evils OF which 1t
treats, 80 that they may ultimately be cor
rected, 1t will have proved Its use, apart