THE ATHENÆUM.

Evening Star, Issue 4952, 16 January 1879, Page 1

THE ATHENÆUM.

Sinj-^Hindly'.kllow. me .tpom fdr a ffew refe&fes your article rt the AtlieiueumYou are evidently with me, on,the more, important points : but youcTo not deem teraink/the 1 epintmttee nSpddtißrejdn thefts committed by BiibßCnbers.niWell*ln a certain sense they are'not ,n but'then {ure. they responsible for the stote. of muddle ? I say no. I dbu'ntnow who 6r, what J iff te- Mufjftfijt Afie tnUddlife i -btißta'; Rut if.iyou.ithmJtjtKe 'blame for the preiaUiug. cejnfpsion,.do. you.no^restl v Rbld thcmj.respppsiblß'ryor Ahe; thefjsJ {JW t. Ife Uoranes thefts’ ; .%• , a U, hbrwand. know,;’ therfefeK , %'A°frAqi*g(Ri*f • *'l , . b fl' i h e J9, i®, due 'to • the' genernP state dfjdisorganisAReu-, If,‘“'thed;'you lay:that at’.theicAmmltteo’SjdoOr need' notdliiish r,Fqr,nn-selfjr I blamembbodyi ■■;Tlie,;Conin}itte&;is<a strQngßne /ttie librarian has-had no show as yet,.\‘ j With regard’ to . suggesting ‘mneiliy, :¥)iie Rifij'%Av generally T ttiac. have grotftldtrtttukV in *■ but i tWe, f crilde suggestions likely lib emhfaate l from : a public" ineetingd;).Let them ■ rate-_be , a . coherent,. whole, and ‘ theV ‘will feel some-interest in carrying it for remedies I shall.adopt an of Jujured surprise, ■ thenrthatwhen-^tailormatkes me an illGtfmg coart carefully^void*teUl«g , -lum*ho»t-to--aUer it bW BRnply-/ 1 tt is ©rqng the remedy iß.for,hnn toßncL, , ‘ “ .ht. Did yoh notice three odd in one of your mofhingJeonteTnpti£arfes,?)iDAit did they get into print? Did three oealous members of committee *■ >”> or reporters present ? More •mMdls/l’fear'.—l •’ 1 ■’ 18xBi—‘In’ spiteof thel onjFriday eyehmg. a ■; ‘ ‘ The,, Athenaeum Management ” as the “Burning Queetiob ”■' of interest, the members ancl insure their attendanoe ate the Approaching annual meeting.- fixer ! jbb Sabbath (Jftestion ww . “AYe peeu iharked'by an apathy w<hlAhil¥TnJA r amll ; creditable ttf 1 havßi been dailyßlledtVfith tbe yolunJinous ..correEpon- ; donee of .the energetic, and. untiringi geutlemep, who •B»ye,Vfiith singular,(MiitefestedneM, n deVo&aithfeir whole time-during' the J laSt ; thingKright bLour .Mechanics’ Institute. It put' by' Mr^Bowlette that there is no Latin aiOTionaiy.Onvtho shelves. This, sir, is a great want, and specially—now-aßays: Doubtless-manv-a-poor reader aTOTftojcausahpjhas not been A;f§Wf,9^>i‘bqifiatin, quotations with which some of yohr tMented’eoWespimaenra'stre wont commuiucations. - But their great • work ofrefphn is hut beglbnihg/and ft* iAi. rumodred that they.'are TOinglßbbuFth'cir.wbffciiiLa vray. I havei’hcard, sir;, that’at a. meeting held the other evening the,“ Opposition/' as;they n like,to#tvle themselves, passed . several * sweeping.'* resolutions. Now, Mr, Editor,, if this 1 is' true,' there is iiiuch reason fer the other, members' to, bestirftheniselves. It 18 ®®ly by - concerted'action'' that.such an>linfluential and powerful body of men can be checkmated. —l bm, -.v-.v; ; ;,0l- . : vV|ur^U3t.