The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-11
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN TIE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

A"H ouhor vi JOoidh Aliens VIE
1.-THE Opinions Of Betsy Bobbet," "Saman-
tina at the Centennial" ETC.. is Miss Mari.
eta Holley, who Is just now on q summer
tour in New York and New England"
ut is said that Dean stanley's last words
were: "Ibsve isbored amidst many frail-
ties and much weakness, to make West.
minister Abbey, in truly liberal spirit. the
great center Of religious and national life.r
"Ir IS proposed TO start Browning 30.
ciety in London, for the study and Discus
sion of the works Of Browning, and the
publication Of essays on them, and extracts
from works illustrating them. The open.
ing meeting Will probably be held at the
end Of October
"THERE is a bust Of Hawthorne in the
Peabody Institute at Peabody, Mass, by
Louise Landers Of that towu--of which q
correspondent Of the Springfield Republi.
can says; "Ttwas modelled upon a cast
from life, and 90 may be taken as our best
portrait of Hawthorne, whose portraits are
80 scarce. Itreminded me strongly OF the
bust of Goethe in his youth, and 10 almost
godlike in the massive repose Of the feat
ures. wonder that il has not been photo.
graphed. Critic.
WHEN lett school, and, by the kind.
ness of the late Lord Marlborough, re-
ceIved an appointment In the Civil Service,
my wise and good father, disregarding
shakespeare condemnation of ..hone-
keeping youths, and believing that a youth
who was released from his office and off,
cial restraints at four o'clock there was no
place like home to keep him out of mis-.
chief, gave up to me the small room IN
which bis, if limited, still well.se!ected
library of the best English writer's was
shelved, and made ii mine, the room Of
which | was henceforth to be lord and
master, with full liberty to invite to me
there and at all times such friends as
pleased. lean never be too grateful tor
this thoughtful kindness. Perhaps my
tendency to very varied If not omnivvrous
reading may be attributed to the fact that
my isther, who was a diligent rcader sf the
Edinburgh aud quarterly Reviews, had a
complete set Of them; and these, with the
Literary Gazette, which ! began to take in
on my own account, became great favor
ties with mel. w. Torns, in the Nine
tenth Century.
"Dn. ScHLIEhASN, at recent banquet
in his honor, at Berlin, said that the read.
ing Of Homer first fred him for the task of
Trojan exploration. MY acquaintance
with him" he added, "dates from my car
liest childhood. Although my father, who
was preacher alta village only few miles
from here, knew no Greek, he read with
enthusiasm the excellent translation which
voss has given us. Scarcely an evening
passed ia our home without my fathers
reading aloud from the liad or the Odys-
sey, and he frequently broke down in tears,
in which l Joined him over some of the
more moving passages. Thus was fostered
in me an unspeakable enthusiasm for the
divine poet, and gave my father childs
promise to discover, when I became man,
the ruins Of the famous city. As fate would
have it, was forced for long time to be
tradesmsn, but the whirl Of business
never effaced from my mind my early
promise, or weakened my determination to
fulHllit. Not until 1866, when was thir-
ty.four years Of age, did II begin to learn
Greek, and it was twelve years later when
l first round myself, with my Homer in my
hand, on the plains of Troy"
IT cannot be disputed that new liter
sry era is dswning upon the South. It's
quite Legitimate in this connection to ask
why this marked change in the character
Of Southern literary work has tssen place.
There has never been lack Of brightness
in the Southern mind. All the tendencies
Of climate have been toward the produc-
hon Of a passionate and imaginative people.
Something very 6ne aud remarkable should
DO the result Of such admixtures Of blood
as have been witnessed in the South, in
such climate as the South possesses. II
must be remembered, however, that lasting
literature can only be produced under con-
dition Of broad sympathy and catholic