Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-09
THE LECTURE SEASON.
THE CORPS OF LECTURERS.
Canvass of the City for h sale OF
Tickets fO the Course.

1t has not vet been definitely determined
when the lecture season will be i~naugursted
bv the delivery of the first lecture of the
course. 1t will probably not be at as early
a date as that announced, namely, October
10th. The corps of lecturers has not been
made out with certainty and completeness.
Our contemporaries of Saturday were wrong
in stating that the twelve lecturers, whose
names they published, have been engaged.
Rev. A. A. Willetts, D. D., of Brooklyn, will
deliver a lecture on Sunshine; or, the Secret
of Happiness" Nov. 21st. He is an elegant
writer, a fine orator and enjoys a rich repu-
tation at the East. John B. Cough has been
secured for Dec. 2Sth,-a new lecture, and
Rhode Island, will be one of the lecturers,
if the time of his appearance can be adjusted
to his opportunity and the convenience OF
the Library Association. Ralph Waldo
Emerson has been engaged, and also B. F.
Taylor, of the Chicago journal, neither of
whom need an introduction. George Thomp-
son, of England, the old-time famous orator,
is on the positive list, and also Professor
Epson, of New York, a vigorous writer and
attractive lecturer. Wendell Phillips has
been conditionally engaged. The fulfill
ment of his engagement will depend
on the condition of his wife, who has
been long afflicted with heart d~isasee.
James E. Murdoch and George Alfred
Townsend have been secured. All will re-
joice that the latter gentleman is booked
for a lecture Tor poem, as he offers either.
He has gained wide anne as a reporter, and
his diamond-nibbed pen should write his
name on scrolls more lasting than catch
paper for the daily press. Rev. Joseph P.
Thompson, of New York, one of the most
gifted minds and eloquent men in the coun-
try, will give, the last week in December or
the first week in January, a ~lectura on the
~resoundlng subject: "How to Build a Ma
ton" Rev. E. H. Chaplin, of New York,
will deliver a new lecture. 1t is some time
since this eloquent speaker appeared here,
and hundreds will rejoice that he has been
engaged. Bishop Simpson, of Philadelphia,
is also down on the list.
Mr.. Peixotto, the Corresponding Secretary
of the Library Association, is now CORES
ponding with Gen. John A. Logan, Theodore
Tilton, Anna Dickinson, and others, and
it is impossible now to make out the full
list.
In our opinion a better corps of lecturers
has not been engaged by the Association for
years. There is no chance for disastrous
and disgusting failures. Every taste and
shade and popularity of belief seems to
have been consulted in the arrangement,
and as a result we predict hat there will be
universal satisfaction given, and that the
Association will receive a larger and heart
Ter patronage than hitherto. The sale of
tickets will be regulated only by the capac-
ity of Brainard's Hall.
The Lecture Committee begin the canvass
of the city to-day, for the sale of tickets to
the course. 1t is idle to wish them success,
since that result is inevitable. Tickets
range thus For gentleman and lady to the
course, five dollars; single ticket to the
course, three dollars; single ticket, fifty
cents