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rHndefs retfie. the tsyp'olcsis' that hcrs
es- ~ opeofttn,,y fof bfish, young WOMEN
IN nafn nov vocation which would give
ihcm rlenr ~ employment and a fstt
means ~ livelihood With tho AID NJ the
.tehsolosls,a ~ America and Great Hvi,sin
ahe has already established school ~ cor.
festonlchcc, and though shs 10 herself sU.
aged IN her work In tsvp' she Ia teach.
ma Tho su ~ declph~fins Esvp'isn hero.
glyphics ~ a numlat ~ Young women In
America and England
numler ~ Tho women students N Hsf.
ward Cornyll and the University n Penn.
sylvsnis. hearing n this opportunity for
usefulness, have also bcsun ~ study In.
.crir'ion reading II Ia a task involving
great deal ~ labor. hut TO the order of mind
which Ia naturally adapted for this kind of
rcseatch n Ia extremely interesting,
Prof Hllprech,. the archm ,losist. IL
heartily In favor Of young women whose
mental d,iAlities m them for this work
taking the studies that will make them
competent translstors Misc Murray has
iist issued primer Of hieroRlyphics. based
on scientific principles, which will facilitate
these studies.
All arch ologists say that there is great
need for trained translators Of Egyptian
and Babylonian inscriptions. and that fair
remuneration can be- obtained for COM
petent work. No young woman however
should be encouraged to undertake the
great labor OF preparation for 1t unless
she has natural adaptation for that kind Of
study.
Arch illogical research was never moro
active than to-day, and every year Is add
ing very important treasures to the collec-
tious already made. As the latest num-
ber of Bib.id remarks. every year is bring
ing some new treasure from the soil O
Egypt.
Within the past few years the discovery
and decipherment Of Greek pspyri have
restored to literature the Sayings Of Our
Lord, the Orations Of Hyperides. the Odes
of Bacchilides, the Mines Of Herodotus, and
Aristotle "On the Constitution Of Athens I"
One of the most brilliant and striking
discoveries Of recent years is that made by
DR.. Ludwig Borchardt at Aboukir. Egypt.
where he is working under the auspices Of
the German Oriental Society.
He found in a Greek tomb OF the fourth
century before Christ Greek roll inscribed
with the second part of The Persians" Of
Timotheus, poem which In antiquity en-
joyed great popularity, but has been ut
terly lost for nearly ? 900 years. Timotheus
was Greek lyrist who lived in the time OF
Plato, 400 years before the Christian era j,
and whose work was remarkable for it's
originality and novelty. During his life
he was hailed by many Of his contempo-
raries as the greatest OF poets. but for some
reason his works were forgotten by pos
terity.
The recovery Of a considerable part Of
one OF his masterpieces promises to fn what
has been gap in thu history of Greek
literature. The manuscript has the dis
tinction not only Of being the frat example
that has coma to us of the work Of Tmo-
theus. but~aso Of being the oldest Greek
manuscript known.