A wise thing is being done in London. A series of popular lectures upon the subject of precautions—national, local and personal—to be taken against cholera, has been begun. Now that the menace of this dread disease hangs over our own country, it would be a sensible plan for cities and villages to provide a similar course of instruction. It could be easily arranged, too.
We are happy to extend congratulations to a well known contributor to The Chautauquan, Mr. C. E. Bishop. Mr. Bishop was married in Buffalo, December 31st, to Miss Emma Mulkins, of that city. As the former editor of the Jamestown (N. Y.) Journal, of the Buffalo Express, and at present of The Countryside, of New York, as an editorial writer on The Assembly Herald, as the author of “Pictures in English History,” and of frequent entertaining articles in our columns, Mr. Bishop is widely and favorably known.
The assignee’s sale of the stock of imported books and fine art publications of Mr. J. W. Bouton, of New York, is now advertised. It is a real shock to know that this rare collection must be sacrificed. For years his rooms have been a resort for book lovers, and a liberal education to the loiterers about his counters. Perhaps there is no collection in America, outside of the libraries, the sale of which would cause such general regret.
C. L. S. C. NOTES ON REQUIRED READINGS FOR FEBRUARY.
COLLEGE GREEK COURSE IN ENGLISH.
Articles on Plato may be found in the following works: Plato’s “Republic,” De Quincey; “Plato,” Encyclopædia Britannica; Smith’s “Greek and Roman Biography,” at the beginning of the various editions of his works; Mahaffey’s “Classical Greek Literature;” Müller’s “Literature of Ancient Greece;” “Against the Atheists,” Christian Examiner, vol. xl, p. 108; “Life of Plato,” Methodist Quarterly, vol. xx, p. 368; “On the Immortality of the Soul,” Christian Repository, vol. xxii, p. 507; “Platonism,” Baptist Quarterly, vol. i, p. 22; “Ethical Philosophy,” American Church Repository, vol. xxii, p. 175.