A LATIN EXHIBITION.
"Nam hie spectaculum praparamus Latinum quod tibi, amice, Lfetifciam ad., feret maximaque gaudia, cum forte peregrinans iter Novam. Arcam feceria,". is the way tfie Free Public Library of Newark, U.S., announced a recent Latin exhibit.' Here he who runs read and learned why he should study the language of Horace, Csesar, and other writers of text books. -The exhibit included historical works and biographies illumining Roman life in the time of Cossar and numerous articles arguing for and aiainst the continued study of Latin in the schools.
The library, in a notice also in Latin of sorts, bewailed the "picturas moventes," which "infeliciter" cannot be "exportari" from Italy just now^ but asserted that even without the "moventes" there are enough books to interest the visitor and "omnes antiqui" expected him. at the Library. ' .
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 101, 28 April 1917, Page 16
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136A LATIN EXHIBITION. Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 101, 28 April 1917, Page 16
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