The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-29
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

EIDlAlN
"There are said to be nearly 100000
children in Kentucky not attending school,"
"Louis Frechette, the Canadian poet, is
to be publicly entertained at Holyoke, Mass,
on January 81. Among the guests will be
Gov. Long and divers literary men from
Canada
ITO recent visitor, young beginner in
literature, Henry W. Longfellow said "Al-
ways write your best"-repeating it with
his hand appraised, Remember, your best.
Keep scrap-book, and put in it everything
you wrile. 1t will be of great service to
you"
ut gives me pleasant sense of victory"
said Miss Alcott, "to ranssck old trunks,
and now and then fish out and sell story
that had been rejected over and over again
when had not been heard of, and that
goes readily enough now. lately took
malicious dtlight in replying to a request
for story from magazine by sending it a
story which its editor had rejected at least
once, and l don't know but twice. He took
it, and paid. me well for it."
"Mr Whittier, in a note to The Sword
and Pen, says that for the last two or three
years the state of his health has compelled
him to decline all request for poems for
public occasions. 1.-the spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak Apart from this, at
the age Of seventy-four, the poetiCal
machine is likely to be out of order, and
the sound of the grinding is low. DR..
Holmes is an exception; he, despite his
years, could do admirably what thee ask"
General Lew Wallace is not only poll
tician and author but an artist as we'll He
is said to have painted an admirable por
trait of his father; and he has in his study
picture of historical interest. This is
called "The Conspirators," and represents
as sitting and leaning on marble blocks in
an old Washington yard group of the
men who plotted to kill Lincoln. The
portraits were taken from life, the general
having sketched the men in court during
their trial"
A GOOD READER.
There is one accomplishment in particu-
lar, which would earnestly recommend to
you Cultivate assiduously the ability to
read well. stop to particularize this, be-
cause it is so very much neglected, and be-
cause it is so elegant, charming, and lady
like an accomplishment. Where one per
son is really interested by music, twenty
are pleased by good reading. When one
person is capable of becoming good mu'
stefan, twenty may become good readers.
Where there is one occasion suitable for
exercise Of musical talent, there are twenty
for that of good reading. The culture OF
the voice necessary for reading we'll gives
delightful charm to the same voice in
conversation. Good reading is the natural
exponent and vehicle of all good things.
1t seems to bring dead authors to life again
and makes us sit down familiarly with the
great and good of all ages. Did you ever
notice what life and power the holy Scrip
ture has when well read9 Have you ever
heard the wonderful effects produced by
Elizabeth Fry on the prisoners Of Newgate
by simply reading to them the parable of
the Prodigal SOM Princes and peers of
the realm, 1t is said, counted 1t privilege
to stand in the dismal corridors among fel.
ons and murderers, merely to share with
them the privilege of witnessing the
marvellous pathos which genius, taste, and,