The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-21
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST on THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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alone amount to over q hundred, and the
library represents nearly every language
from Manschu and Sanscrit to Spanish and
Portuguese. 1t is especially rich in works
about the Northern mythology One of
the works has the rare distinction of having
been taken out of the Inquisition at Seville.
Hector" is good story. for young peo-
pie, 10y the author Of "Castle Blair" very
charming novel which had the rare merit
OF being praised by RuskiR.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
is another of Verne's fascinating h't some.
what unreliable stories of travel. Tho vol
ume is devoted to an account of the travels
OF party on giant raft down the Amazon,
and is as handsomely gotten up as its pre-
decessors.
The account of Raleigh's exploits and
voyages during the reign of Queen Eliza,
beth has been put into readable shape for
young people by Mr.. George Makepeace
Towle. The story of the life of the wit
tiest end one of the most scholarly men Of
the English Court is both brilliant and
pathetic Mr.. Towle has told it admirably
and in a manner that cannot fail to interest
those for whom he writes.
around the HUB ia the title of a boys
book about Boston by Samuel Adams
Drake. 1t is in fact sort of condensed &C.
count of our Puritan Fathers and of the
early colonial days tersely described, and
and with all the charm of the diction for
which this author is noted He takes his
young readers around and through the city
which believes itself to be the capital of
the universe, pointing out places of interest
and furnishing complete historical details.
Victor Hugo isreported as having said to
friend only a few weeks ago: ~ have
more to do than have done. 1t might be
thought that age weakens the intellect my
intellect, on the contrary, seems to grow
stronger, and does not rest. 1t seems to me
that as advance my horizon grows wider;
and 50 shall pass away without having
finished my task. l should require several
lives still to write all that my mind con-
ceives; shall never finish. am resigned
on that point"
The Critic says that "Mrs. Mayburn's
Twins" by the author of "Holans Babies"
is not q new book, as ostensibly announced
by the Petersons, but was written years
ago, long before Mr.. Habberton had mas
tered the art of popular story telling. Only
its name is new
Aworthy successor to Timothy Titcomb"
has arisen in England to tell the young of
the bourgeois of the dangers OF "gadding
about, " and to inform them now they should
"choose partners for life" and how many
shirts week they should wear. The new
moralist is Mr.. Samuel Pearson, and his
book is called Weekday Living"
Mr.. Bancroft the veteran historian, has
almost finished the last volume of his histo.
ry. The Critic says: "Mr Bancroft writes
that the printers can work as fast as they
please, and he will keep pace with them"
"The Knockabout Club in the Woods" is
the title of book ofanecdote and adven-
ture in the wilds of Maine and Canada by
young menlotf on vacation tour. The story
is interesting and the incidents stirring but
the illustrations are poorly executed.
what Must We Teach Our Boys!" is the
title of an excellent article by Prot. Swing
in the Weekly Magazine for May 18Th He
says; Education should develope an
anxiety to become the best possible man or
woman in any pursuit. School books
should, therefore, be largely inspirational.-
books that will make up large amount of |
honorable ambition and create large esti-
mates of life.
The time IN our public schools should
not be consumed upon writing and figures,
but much attention should be given to
biography, for it is the record of human
greatness and to literature because ii is the
best thought of those who are greatest.
The attraction of "dime novels" arises in
part from the fact that 1t always contains
the adventures of persons, and has thus the
destinations Of drama. 1t is notorious
that the varied phenomena of living men
are more interesting than questions in
grammar and arithmetic. The word
drama" implies group of living, moving
persons. Akin to the stage itsolfin inter
est are the books Of biography and history.
If the miserable performances recorded in
the sensational stories often make bad boys,
the fact only shows that power lies in the
study of humor conduct, and confirms the