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

by DyOTnstycTue DyoIneon Wcic III tho i"o'
list of books procured for the library. The
New England Journal of Education says
"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 ennoble
the mind and heart"
Archenbrodel of the no name series was
received at the same time. The author ey-
identity had a deep laid moral purpose
touching on the labor question: for women
as well as on the dignity question tor
young ladies-without surring the cause
of the working girl, she graceS that OF 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 allied 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 artistically
constructed for those omissions. What 1t
loses in breadth it makes up in intensity.
Mr. Bancroft has library of 10000 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-
ferred 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
dicates, is composed of ladies-that is,
the active members are ladies. 1t has a
membership of forty and meets once week
to study art. Two years were devoted to
architecture. The society is now engaged
in studying the history of painting.
The practicle 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, teacher of drawing who occupied
the rooms the past year will organize her
classes Sept IL. The society has never
had teacher in art needle work, but hopes
this year TO accomplish more in the way
of classes and exhibition; nothing definite
yet has been decided upon.-[Art En-
terchange.
THE TEMPLE OF DIASNA 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 immortalze his name. His
townsmaD, however, passed decree for
bidding bis 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 "the youth that fired the Ephe-
sian dome
Alexander made an offer 10 rebuild the
temple, provided he could inscribe his
name on the front, which the Ephesians
refused. Aided, however, by the whole OF
Asia Minor, they erected still more mag
uidcent temple, which occupied them 220
years. Pliny describes it as 425 feet by
220 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 Goths, 53-268
Vitruvious considers this temple as the frs
edifice in which architecture was brought
to perfection, and the first IN which the
Ionic order was employed
Ephesus, once the pride Of Asia, is nov
represented by poor village of few cot
tages and castle and mosque built with
fragments taken from the ruins Of Ephesus
half u mile distant. The atatium (noU
converted into a cornfeld), the theatre, the
circus, and the magnificent gymnasium
may all be distinguished in outline, anc
their area is strewd with fine fragments
There is a part Of the entablature of Cor
inthian temple, which, in the.richness AM
variety of its ornaments, as we'll as in thci
fine executions, has perhaps never beel
surpassed. But il is not without difficulty
and even doubt, that we can determine Tn
spot where stood that proud boast of an
tidulty--the temple sacred TO Dianna o