The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-17
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST or THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.
"a Lesson in Love-" one Of the most
pleasing Of the Round Robin series, is by
Mrs Ellen w. o. Kirk, the wife of the
historian, and editor Of Lippincotts Mag
azine.
monument TO Rabelais was unveiled in
his native town Of Chinon, in July.
AroIic which brought GIGS at tic Hamil-
ton Palace sale, was a Cruik stone dollar
struck to commemorate, the marriage Of
Mary, Queen Of Scots with Lord Darnby
in 1868 II was set in a frame OF wood
from the famous ycw tree, and mounted in
silver, each side having inscriptions and
name Of giycr.
The many who read John a. Dreams
by Julian Sturgis, do not need 10 be told
that Dicks Wandering" has the same
qniet charm and delicate finish. Dick is
welln'gh IS clear and defined a figure as
Penl.nni;. Betty and her brother are al
most equally 50, ana Dicks mother as
loving and Unreasonable and rs easily
propritlted as L4u. a. There Is iiresstibly
humorous touches Of description, bits Of
keenes! observation and phi!osophi2ing; a
bright American ,ii!, who is neither
"Daisy Miller nor "a Fair Barbarian"
but keen enough 70 understand herself and
high bred enough not TO suffer from the
sense Of extinction which cam> 20 paralyze
many American h.pilcs wl.n brought
face 70 f.ce With English society, But
with the scene laid, the actors all in place,
there is unfortunately no play to speak Of
We constantly expect something that never
happens, and end with the conviction that
"Dicks Wandering is the most satisfactory
ami the most exaspera,ingly unsatisfactory
novel of the dly-Our Continent,
A lecureship in physical science has
been established at Balliol College, Oxford
by the Duke of Bedford, who has given
$4,000 for its endowment
Cincinnati Art Schools Mr. Joseph
Longworth, the gentleman who practically
gave $4,000 to the city of Cincinnati as al
endowment for the art school, proposes to
give an cndowmen, fund of $4,000 a year
toward the same end condtionally that the
art department Of the McMicken University
or school Of Art Museum Mr. Long
worth's idea is to the matter of instTucting
pupils for practical business to the
Mechanics Institute. lie thinks that the
"School of Design having become the
oyershaiowing feature of the university, it
should be associated therefrom. He wants
the name school of Design abandoned,
and the "Art School Cincinnati" sub
stituted.-Art Interchange.
CHILDHOOD IN MODERN LITERATURE.
The very flower of modern literature
may be said to blossom in the sentiment
inspired by childhood. That sentiment
is not pagan nor heather; it is preemi-
nently Christian And what children it
has consecrated in our memory Mig
nom the unique, the studied the pro.
foundly suggestive, and strange creation
OF the great Goethe-a truly mysterious
child; the daughter OF enthusiasm, rap.
ture, passion, and despair; she is Of the
earth, but not earthly In our own
literature we have "Pearl" and "Pansy'
the creation of a poet, Hawthorne; We
have "Topsy" and Eva" the creation OF
homey but dramatic genius, IL. b.
Stowe. And, in the children Of llaw-
thornes romances, what capricious and
exquisite life, What contrast! Long be.
fore our modern literature embodied much
of the life Of children, art had scattered
its laughing and smoothly curved images
over the fronts of palaces, about affairs
and in pictures. The frs, service of ART
was religious, and the Christian religion
had devoted it 70 the cradle in Bethlehem
Where the child has not been, where it,
presence Is not felt in literature, we have
distressing and agtating writing; we have
the wan splendor and misery of life lait
before us, at best the triumph Of power
and passion. The child changes all that i,
sombre, and transmutes all that is tragic
into all that is hopeful. Childhood is The
very flower of life: how could it be less
than Joyous garland in letters for tn,
stricken brow Of though3 1t is sad onl,
when touched with our Sadness ard curscc
by our want. We can look into the blu,
eyes OF children, and think of lakes W,
look at their curly, careless heads ant
are gladdened as by sunshine; at tteil
checks, and are pleased as by the soft petals
Of flowers.