The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-29
Professor Olmsted's Lecture at the Taberna-
Gle last Evening, "On the Character and
Discoveries OF Newton"

Professor Olmsted' q Lecture NJ the Taberna-
Gle last Evening, "On the Character and
Discoveries OF Newton"
We cannot describe this lecture half so well as
il was described by "a very lovely woman, with a
magnificent shawl, and hat of the most fashiona-
BILE mode, as she left the Tabernacle leaning on'the
arm of onsumptive-looking young man with
few long black hairs on his upper lip, and heavy
cloak wrapped closely around his attenuated FORM
The silvery tones Of the fair creatures voice fell
with such subduing melody on the ear, that We
couldn't for the life of us, help lingering her
for a few moments as the crowded throng issued
from the prison-like vestibule of the Broadway
temple of religion and science.
81 don't like such miserable hints of things said
the lady, and the motion of the fashionable hat in
dlcated very decided toss of the pretty head which
il provokingly concealed.
"Yaw"' replied the exquisite, and he shivered
as the cold breeze, sweeping IN from the street,
visited his cheek too roughly.
swell, shall 60 and hear dear, delightful Ole
Bull tomorrow night" said the lovely owner Of
the magnificent shawl, speaking rather to herself
than to the creature by her side.
"Yaw," returned the proprietor of the moustache,
which despite OF a world Of signs, and st their in
comparable oil, Macassar'' still remained migrate
fu-as he and his companion stepped on the street.
and mingled with the passing crowd
The LADY was quite right The lecture E, was col
v.
and the last edition of the biographical dictionary
would have enabled, we think we may venture 10
say, even the intelligent exquisite who accompanied
the fair critic, to compile. A brief sketch of
Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo-a few facts from
the life of Newton-a bare announcement that he
discovered the nfniteslmal calculus, the com.
position of light, and the principle of universal
gravitation, and brief dissertation in reply to the
query-"Is the system of Newton immutable %
constituted the lecture. We did not hear single
statement made, with which school-boy OF the
third form, could be unacquainted. And yet the
Professor is man of acknowledged erudition and
talent, and possesses scientific attainmens of no
common order. But this whole system of deliver
ing one or two popular lectures on subjects, whose
calculation with any sort of profit to the audience,
would require SERIES is altogether unsatisfactory
and absurd. 1t is waste of time and money, ut
terly inexcusable to attend and pay for dscourses
of this character, when all that can possibly be ad-
vanced by the lecturer can be so much better
learned from primer The system of popular lee.
turing could easily be made most powerful and
profitable instrumentality of instruction and ra.
tiona amusement; But as at present employed by
the directors of the Mercantile Library Associa-
ton, it is altogether inefficient. And we can per-
ceive that our fair friend is not alone in her
opinion-there are great many quite disguised
with these miserable hints of things" for the au-
diences at the Tabernacle this season are growing
small by degrees and beautifully less.