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...addition to these is a set of tablets which are connected with the Hittites. The writing is hieroglyphical and has never been deciphered. The sarcophagus of Eshiminazar II, king of Sidon, (300, B. C.,) is a cast, the original of which is at the Louvre. It is Fgyptian in style and was probably made in Egypt. The inscriptions give among other things the genealogy of the king, with the addition of territory during the reign, and calls down curses on any who may dare to open the tomb...
Professor Lyon was then introduced and gave in substance the following address: Great museums exist already with Semitic departments, but none has hitherto been founded which collects objects directly or indirectly due to Semitic thought or which cast light on Semitic history. We have already many of the finest specimens of the more ancient art and literature, introducing the visitor to worlds of thought the existence of which he did not know before. The objects in the museum may be grouped into three classes, originals, photographs and plaster reproductions...
...third class of objects, the casts, are hardly inferior to the originals except as a matter of sentiment. Assyria and Babylon furnish the largest share. Among the casts on the floor are bronze and stone weights in the shape of lious and ducks from the commercial system of the Babylonians and Assyrians. There are five clay books that deserve special mention; the sun god in his temple at Sepharvoim., a grant of land by a Babylonian king to his servant, the cuneiform account of the deluge, a record of Nebuchadnezzar's building operations and a sale of real estate...
...given: "Les Precieuses Ridicules," in one act, by Moliere, and "La Poudre aux Yeux," in two acts, by Labiche and Martin. The Banjo Club will be present and will play between the acts. Tickets may be obtained at Thurston's, and at Schoenof's, Boston. Following is a complete cast of the two plays: "Les Precieuses Ridicules"-Mascarille, C. H. C. Wright; Jodelet, W. G. Howard; La Grange, J. T. Kilbreth; Du Croisy, C. J. Rolfe; Gorgibus, A. de V. Tassin; Madelon, H. McCulloch, Jr.; Cathos, W. H. Garland; Marotte, T. E. Oliver; Premier Porteur, C. P. Blaney; Deuxieme Porteur...
...boards. At the Boston "A Midnight Bell," and at the Tremont "Poor Jonathan" continue to draw good houses. "The Senator" does not pall on the public taste at the Hollis. At a souvenir performance Monday night Crane was called before the curtain again and again, and all the cast were tremendously applauded...