The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-12
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DT. Lord,s Lecture.

10 the Editor Of Tie Daily .Ne,os. .@
We wished to hear the Doctor for his cause, ,.his
subject and his reputation. The wish was fully
gratifed 1T ST. Stephens Chapel the other night.
It would be impossible to notice this perform
ance with Justice to its merits, without lecttue
from ot.s' psn-and the columns Of the paper would
not allow that ~
We have sometimes thought that the theme Of
speaker could afford possible clue to the style of
literary performance we might expect. After
once listening to clever paper upon :" Jack and
dlV-treated as an epic--we came to the conclu-
sion that the subject was Of little consequence.
The mind to work it was everything Indeed the
poetlcal license which usage also extended to the
public speakers, enables gifted man to enter
tam his auditory with ramblea over the whole ield
Of letters The only point 10 that it must be well
done. No matter how far he may wander, if he is
entertaining by the way. \, g +.
Dr.. LoRD's lecture showed this. His subject
the works Of the illiterate tinker, and the rough
handling Of Leigh Hunt, afforded the learned lee
turer on opportunity for unfolding to his hearers
the treasures of q mind stored with tho choicest
gleanings from the ancienss and moderns. To
show how he did il, even il we could-to exhibit
the easy and apparently natural gradations BY
which polished hue viii glide from Bunyan Or
Jack and Gill to the Sublime Of MILTON the grand
and speaking outline OF HoMEB, or the universal
knowledge and flowing diction Of sHAKspEAnE,
would be the task of . more elaborate criticism
than our ambition prompts or space permits. Il
is enough to say that in this lecture the .sart to
conceal art" was atrikingly brought out; It pos
sessed Just versatility enough, graphic and elo=
quent description, quaintness Of thought, and
deep feeling and sentiment well combined to
please the popular taste; while the imagery would
stand the test of the severest criticisrn The Doc
tor, BY his anusion to Vanity Fair, recalled our
1e1nemnrance OF THACKERAY. But he surpaases
hmsn ana seriousness Of style the author Of the
To conclude. Suppose, ID this prsacticai ass Ne
give practical turn to our thougntss
Gnhko bunyan's Pilgrim, we did not go nlono:
Dut with the ambiguous announcement. 'sdoors
open AZ, but no hour mentioned to begin, We set
"as ons w1In Y" me ho!sehonld on onr pilgrimage Il
put u was perry dark; In Society street We wouid
scarcely have been assonished II we had been scar-
ed as poor CHRIez1AN was, for the dark a ty.sin0
especially With women and children .nnder YOU
e sonparatively inaccessible plaoe, L 81 b. e
wonder thnt the, Dootor hadntIa large audience.
though he had very respectable one. 80 i,
l. But such o lecture should be repeated
in Hibernian HaIl, for instance, The street
cars bring the. ends Of the ( city together.
and they can wait and take the n people
bone alter i is -oyer. Our yopng friends, tho
they win MT mind r. more o. q Less. Ana
then the Yestry Of b., iohsers viii stir them
selves, the Doctor might be prevaiedS 1pon n
this way to raise $500 or $500 for
2.$3ss rsS; 81 ST. sMIOHAELS BELISssts