The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-07
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

lHE rev. WILLIAM nj. BAKER, the au-
thor of blessed Saint Certainty and a
long line of preceding novels, has removed
from Boston to Philadelphia, TO take charge
of Presbyterian church in that CITY"
"MR. T. A. THRoLLoPE has written an
elaborate essay, with illustrations, to show
that Guldo's so-called "Cenci Portrait has
no connection with Beatrice Cenci- an en-
tirely superfluous piece of work, 1t may be
SAID, since the publication of the last Ital-
ian researches"
"lN Lord Baconfeld's library is an edi.
ton of Walters poems which was at one
time in the possession of Edmund Burke,
and has his autograph, Edmund Burke,
Beaconsfeld," on the title page"
"A RARE American book was found in a
collection recently sold In London. It was
a copy of the Common Prayer translated
into the Mohawk language for the use of
the Indians and published at New York in
IT'S Few copies of this edition survived
the expatriation of the Mohawk tribes to
Canada for aiding the British in the War
OF Independence
"IN the city of Hanover, in a deserted
churchyard, lies the tomb of Charlotte
Kestner-Goethe Lolita" The monu.
ment was erected in 1889. 1t was of mar.
BILE and strongly bound with iron clasps.
AT its base is the inscription; This sepul-
chre, purchased for all eternity, is not pei
mitted to be opered." Is not permitted to
be opened7 But one day the busy wind,
swiftly plucking tiny beech seed from
neighboring tree, bore it quickly to the
place, and in silence and unnoticed let it
fall into crevice in the foundation. The
years pass on; the little seed takes root and
grows within its narrow home AT last
slowly as If hooking the arrogance of man,
it raises the massive stones and bursts the
iron clasps asunder.
This supulchre, purcased for all eternity,
is not permitted to be openedw
"IN these days all men and women read
something, but the trouble is that by read
ing in single vein, which so strongly ap-
peals to their individual tastes and personal
idiosyncrasies that it is not study at all,
they lose their power to study anything
else, The rule for successful and profitable
reading, would in the light of these facts,
seem to be to read only what one does not
like to read. That reading which costs no
effort, and necessarily dissipates the power
of study, is that which we know to be i'm
portant in itself, and in its bearings upon
broad knowledge and culture should most
engage our time and attention. The
trouble is, not that we do not read enough,
but we read so much of that which simply
pleases us as to destroy our power to read
that which will edify and enlarge us.--Dr.
J. G. Holland
III think it is not too much to say that
we might 60 through the Waverly Novels
from beginning to end, without finding
one page, perhaps not even one line, that
we would hesitate to read aloud to any
young people, old enough to understand
that evil exists in the world, and that the
truly vlrtuous are those who know how to
refuse the evil and to choose the good.
And Who having written novels all my
life, know more than most readers how to
admire great novelist should esteem it a
good sign of any son or daughter of mine
who would throw a whole cart.load of
modern fiction into the gutter, often its
tittest place, in order to clasp a huge whole
some armful of Walter Scott. Mrs. Craik.
Mr.. w. d. HowELLs writes to the pupils
Of the Jefferson (0hio) school who have
been reviewing his life and works; Gas
you get on in the forties' you will under.
stand that life is chiefly what life has been
and that an author is merely one who has
had fortune to remember more of it than
ether men. A good many wise critics will
tell you that writing is inventlng; but
know better than that. It is only remem-
boring. And | want to whisper to you that
great many thoughts, feelings and ideas
| in my books are those which remember
to have had in Jeffersons when was boy
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