The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-10
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

''the reading public should know that
such books are a positive blessing, and,
like the songs Of the best poets, awaken
those aspirations that elevate and ennobIo
the mind and heart"
Archenbrodel of the no name series was
received at the same time. The author eV-
identity had deep laid moral purpose,
touching on the labor question: for women
as we'll as on the dignity question 'or
young ladies without slurring the cause
of the working girl, she graces that oil wo-
man. The humor of the book is not broad.
The writer is in dead earnest and nowhere
plays with her subject. The dramatic and
anylitic writers carry everything before
them There IS none OF those masculine
qualities slhed to the story telling power,
which makes Mrs. Stowe so much the
largest writer among our American women.
But the story is all the more artiStcally
constructed for those omissions. what 1t
loses in breadth it makes up in intensity.
Mr. Bancroft has library Of $4,000 vol
umes in his Washington house. He is
aided in his literary works by secretary
and several copyists. He has for some
time been at his Newport summer home.
On the proposition of the French Direc-
tor General of Fine Arts, the Minister OF
Public Instruction and Fine Arts, has con-
ierred upon Phillip Gilbert Hamerton, au-
thor of "The Graphic Arts" etc, the uni
versity declaration of an officer dAcade'
mic in recognition Of his writings on art.
The Peoria Art society," as the name in
dcates, is composed of lades-that is,
the active members are ladies. 1t has a
membership of forty and meets once a week
to study art. Two years were devoted to
architecture. The society is now engaged
in studying the history of painting.
The practice art work done by members
of the society is quite limited, but through
them there have been engaged some supe-
rior teachers in charcoal and crsyon work,
and painting On china in oil aud water
colors, a teacher of drawing who occupied
the rooms the psst year will organize her
classes Sept. u. The society ha never
had teacher in art needle work, but hopes
this year 10 accomplish more in the way
of classes and exhibition; nothing definite
yet has been decided upon.-lArt En-
terchange.
THE TEMPLE OF DIASSA OF THE EPHEsI-
ANS.
AT Ephesus, the capital of the twelve
Ionian cities In Asia Minor, stood this ia
nous temple of Diana. The edifce was
burned down on the night in which Alex
ander was born. 1t was set fire to by Era
tosratus, native of Ephesus, with no other
view than to immortalize his name. His
townsman, however, passed decree for
bidding lis name to be mentioned; nor
would it have been known unless Theo-
pampus had introduced it into his writings.
Hence the incendiary has come down to our
times as 1.-THE youth that fired the Ephe
sian dome
Alexander made an offer to rebuild the
temple, provided he could inscrlbe his
name on the front, which the Ephesians
refused. Aided, however, by the whole Of
Asia Minor, they erected still more mag
niicent temple, which occupied them 220
years. Pliny describes it as 425 feet by
900 broad. Chersiphorn was the architect.
1t was built of ceder, cypress, and even
| gold and in il was treasured offerings to
the goddess Dianna, the value of which al
most exceeded computation. Nero is said
to have despoiled the temple of many Of
these treasures; but it existed until it was
finally burned by the Cloths, 53-2GS.
Vitruvious considers this temple as the first
edtice in which architecture was brought
to perfection, and the first IN which the
Ionic order was employed.
Ephesus, once the pride of Asia, is now
represented by a poor village Of few cot.
tages and a castle and mosque built with
fragments taken from the ruins of Ephcsus,
half mile distant. The statium now
converted into cornield), the theatre, the
circus, and the magnificent gymnasium
may all be distinguished outline, and
their area is strewd with fine fragments
There is part of the entablature of Cor.
inthian temple, which, in the richness and
variety Of its ornaments, as well as in their
fine executions, has perhaps never been
surpassed. But it is not without difficulty
and even doubt, that we can determine the
spot where stood that proud boast of an
tiouity-the temple sacred to Dianna OF
the Ephesians. All that constituted the
splendor of the edfce-its columns, OF
which 1877 were the gifts Of kings, its work