The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-29

cessful in preparing young boys for the pub
lie schools. She holds that boys up ia
certain age can be taught much more adj
vantageously by women than by men, and
If there were many ladies who could
teach as ably as Miss Sellers
parents would unhesltatingly indorse
this opinion. Among her pupils
were Mr.. and Mrs. Humphry Wards son,
who afterward took scholarship at Elton.
Miss Sellers examined the civil service can
didates in French for three years, and,
apropos Of the papers she used to look over,
she had some amusing "reminiscences. At
the end of his "dictee," one Of the boys, i'm
agining he had a man to deal With, wrote
Monsieur, je suis sourd," whilst Others
would put such appealing postscripts as
do let me pass; my father will be furious
il fail"
With coaching, examining and teaching
in schools Miss Sellers found her time more
than full. Her health-never very robust
proved unequal to the strain of so much
work. and eventually broke down COM
pletely, obliging her to seek rest and change
abroad. During a long stay in Italy she
was able to study both Greek and Italian
art, and afterward, upon her return to
England in 1888, she began to give demon
strations at the British museum, which
were in the first instance supplementary to
her friend, Miss Jane Harrison's lectures.
Last year Miss Sellers gave some admirable
lectures In connection with the London ex-
tension movement.
Miss Sellers has since been In Germany
where she found the professors most kind
and helpful to her in her studies. She was
equally grstified by the reception she met
with from the various authorities and heads
of departments at Athens during her recent
visit to Greece, and she speaks with warm
appreciation of the honor done to her by DIR.
Dorpfeld, the head of the German school,
who invited her to join his party from the
Archaeological Institute in tour through
the Peloponnesus. Lectures were delivered
by DR.. Dorpteld at each Of the great cities,
MycenR, Megalopolis, Olympia, etc. +,
through which the students passed, and the
educational value Of the tour was naturally
very great. Miss Sellers, it will also be re-
membered, was the first lady to be adj
mitted as a student OF the British School OF
Archaeology at Athens.
Besides all these enterprises and achieve
meuts there ara probably many more In
store), Miss Sellers has already done some
literary work. Messrs. Macmillan have at
this moment brought out handsome
volume containing DR.. SchuchArdts record
, of Schliemann's excavations, which Miss
| Sellers has put into English dress. Another
and a greater undertaking Is an annotated
edition or FDnys DOCKS on the ScuIptorS ana
painters. The editress opines that the work
will 20 to press about the time OF the Greek
kalends, but, judging by the zeal and
enthusiasm which Miss Sellers brings to the
task. the publication may take place without
too prolonged delay.
Miss Sellers has just inaugurated what
she terms IAN experiment" in lecturing.
| She wishes to try whether the subject Of
classical archaeology may not be made in
teresting to quite young girls, and thus
might be built up for the future a school of
students who would possess some ground
| work OF knowledge and be inspired by q
| genuine love for the literature and art Of
antiquity. Miss Sellers has chosen for her
purpose five of the most beautiful of the
Greek legends, and these she sets before
her hearers in a simple, picturesque
narrative, interspersed where it is practic-
bic with passages from Homer. As the tale
proceeds illustrations. chiefly selected from
early vase paintings. are thrown upon
screen by limelight, so that Miss Sellers
gains the attention Of her pupils both by
eye and ear.