Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-03

e,,,s whom You have heard ola New York;
- a 'nan Of talent and one Of the lest speakers
d rca,ers of the dav lie has Just gwen cous. u,
Sh,tsneare yerv good one, which doubtless ie.'r"
linn thousand dollars, bcrg Delivered !" a. many
!, room could &c |, r:d 10 accommodate" ;,
!, Blanyau tie Armenian, must i" NAMED WIZ,
49,. cl,s. He lectures the Turks which ne Is wen
qualified 10 do, and gets tooG audience ,of s''i'
course Professor Espy has p2cA ''E' some '''''
Graham is always here.
10 DIR Howard advcrtiscs course on 'ii' NJ ''''
Of this know nothing.
| hear of variety of arrangements somr"h"' "i
the domestic pan-n"t 50 public or crowded, TIA. - 90
the others perhaps delivered in private rooms very
accomplished lady gives course o. ""', az ',i,or
0Convcrsation Lectures. Price $40. And another
,n,l. If This sort have before me- III notIhcali"h'
which is worth copying | think 50;
ssAir Alcott invites - 10 attend ms 'scoorS'S o'
Tho f and Opinions of Jesus Of Nazareth al ms rooi''
N - street, on Sunday evenings. RE nicnds,
:; ,aL;nr of tn;s remarkable Person, to establish his
Claims 10 The Character of an Inspired Prophet ana
Teacher and also the Authenticity OF his Memoirs, on
the Moral Instincts and nuons OF III" Sou; !" con,
;der his prctcnSons, Authority Genius, Doctrine, ana
Method his Influence on the World; inc i'r'erS"''S
&c III Word in Modern Chrstcndom with those as
nccts n,rtculary of Time, which mdcat" the Adj
Won't Of an Order of things, conormeG to ms icac-
mrs and the Hopes of Men.
..rh;s Course will consist of ten more DscourScs,
followed BY Conversations, &c
| This Will SOUND OLA 10 YOU Only ii'S"'i -
me talent and Just private character OF this gentleman
| The lectures free, believe.
Other courses are gwen on SUNDAY evenings III va
rous CHARTERS Tie most conspicuous Of thc"s IS one
~, mercantile morals, Christianity applied 10 Fcl
;o, h., the Rev Mr.. Ropes, talented man, al INC
| 0dron werr an immense crowd goes 10 hear them
Tho subjects arc calculated TO excite attention st now
and they are handled with both spirit and ability
Here YOU have a ,orra!c synopsis oi' the B"sioa lee
tur;nu arrangements, and think II lu,i!i''* all tiat
.,;d al II in the outset The essential popularity al '
system is very evident from tE facts already stated
Comnarc the provision for the pu!:lc with that made u
the ether cities In Ph!adclphI, 81" bat two asSoria
ton courses advertised and private one; ana ines
are much dearcr than ours Last year tncr' was '''
one think of the fro. In New York you advertise
Two standard courses; in Newark, one Baltimore one
! Washington, none.
| speak OF the cheapncss Of these entertainments
You perceive that several of the courses are free
Others are very cheap. None very dear. All art
within the reach of almost every conceivable Indyidu
al Ti.. l. lectures oil the Diffusion Society, Tor rN
ample, al less than nmcpcncr each: those oil l'
Franklin arrangement are perhaps ro:n ten cents u
tivc few Of the private courses higher than twenty-five
| cents.
And accordingly they are fully attended All .
them, NAV say pretty safely, full. Just look a
the occupation of the weeks evenings, then See VIVA
choice there is Two three good lectures ever.
night, on an average These are furnished, as ! have
limited, BY competent men. Nobody stands back her
when invited. mere Is pleasure Ill cctufli9 ~ su'i
a pcople Webster, the Evcrctts, Sparks, Ticknor
Bancroft, Picrpont, Claiming, the Professors OF tn
| Univcrsty-thcsc, and men like them, come torwar'
on all occasions. They patronzc the system, too u
every other way Mr. Webster is President OF the IN
! fusion Society and the Hon Abbot Lawrcnc" OF ms
! Boston Lyccum.
You NAV feel some curiosity 10 know wiiat coinrth
saton the lecturers receive On th'S point may u"
be- accurately informed but op!Eion Is pr";!
bly, pretty correct about IT, Ii is believed that SD
lecture the loves; pay given, and the standard pcr
rise from that 10 so The occasional! lecturers g'
more sometimes Professor S;llman Is supposed L
have cleared some - ono by course, which wonlt
rive him at the rate of $50 each lecture. think
must have been more rather than less, tor he had t'
Odron --say $40 people, at - head, IT | rccol
lcct right with snn,r expenses ofcoursc. Al any rat"
h. mirt have had Ii" could command nearly what Ii,
IDEAS ID Mr.. Sparks, last winter, gave |? Historical
Lectures for the Diffusion Society, and received 5000
it is said Mr. Buckingham GOT something ike $4,000
for shorter course from the Society. Private cctu
rcrS depend on their popularity, Of course have men
toned Simmons an illustration lie has probably
pockclcd II 0GO for his ten lectures. He do III,
same thing again here, he chooses, or he can de-
It elsewhere in the of the Many per
sons here make lccturIng almost profession. O
course they repeat the performances IN all dircc
tons: and you know have Lvccuis in all our vii
lagos and towns, none of which pay less than $40.
know gentleman, not regular lecturer, who re-
ccivcd $500 or more for one lecture in this way,
winter and that without interruption 10 his business
Ii is stated of another, who devoted his whole time,
| travelled the country, that he received SlO,eGl III
year.