The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-23
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The study class will meet as usual at the
residence of Mrs. w. r, Smith on Tuesday
afternoon. The study of art history by
Miss DE Forest will be resumed.
The Great Tone Masters is series of
short memories of great musical composers
by F. Crowest II contains Just the infor.
nation many people will be glad to have
in such compact form. 1t includes Babe,
Gluckr Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohu,
Mozart, Weber, Rossini, Shubert and
Sherman. Sevral OF above mentioned were
received at the Public Library last week.
Peoples thoughts just now are towards
the wonderful eastern land. No better
book of information on the manners and
customs of the Egyptians can be found
than some Of the delightful novels by Geo.
Ebers, One is "Mards," the other an
Egyptian Princess"
A new book on Egypt is soon to appear
written by Blanchard Jerrold, with the
rather peculiar title, THE Belgium Of the
East
Elsie Dinsmore Cor the Elsie books as
they are more famiiarly known by Martha
Finley, (Farquherson) have just been re-
ceived at the Public Library. These books
are especially recommended to young girls
with the hope they may prove pleasant
companions and friends. To those now
reading the same portion of life's path
way auseful example, particularly in her
| tIiaI love and obedience.
AS the Tauchnitz edition was the first in
voice of books purchased for the Library
Of this city, the following notes from the
Atlantic Monthly may prove interesting to
our readers; OF the history OF modern civ
| ilization ever comes to be written from the
impartial heights of some newer and Drawer
| world, it will surely contain a paragraph
upon the kindly influence OF aGerman pub.
fishers steadfast enterprise. About the
year 1910 Mr.. Bernard Tauchnitz, Of Leip-
sic, began the publication of the works of
current En- ylish authors in neat handy vol
umes, which were clearly printed, and sold
upon the continent of Europe at much
lower price than the same works IN England
There was no copyright treaty between
England and Saxony, and the English au
thor and publisher could not interfere with
the sale of Mr.. Tauchnitzs reprints; the
English speaking resident or traveller was
delighted at finding so easy an access to
the latest and best English literature. Mr..
Tauchnitz justified the praise which he re-
ceived from travellers by using wise dis
crimiCAtion in his choice Of books. The en- =
terprisc w,51 h1,ness one but vas marked
by such good taste, fairness of dealing, that
it won for its protector distinguished
place in the history of English literature.
He was created Baron Tauchnitz but was
not in the least spoiled by the honor. When
he had published nine hundred and ninety
nine volumes he com memorated the event
by making the thousandth an edition of
the New Testament under the edltorship
OF the eminent scholar Constantine Won
Yischendorf, The Tauchnitz edition is in =.
deed singular monument to sound judg.
ment. Though forty years have elapsed
since the publication of the first volume, the
publisher has never seen fit to change the
dress Of his books, and the public with all
Its change Of taste, finds as good reason to
like the style now as it did forty years ago.