Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-08-25
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THE LECTURE sEAsoN---wH0 ARE ON THE
PLATFORM, FOR THIS WINTER.

THE LECTURE sEAsoN--wHo ARE ON THE
PLATFORM, FOR THIS WINTER.
As the alecture season" will soon open, brief
review Of the lecturers and their subjects, may
not prove devoid of interest to the general read
or. The Boston Lyceum Bureau, in charge OF
James Redpath, has issued its announcements
for the coming campaign, embracing the names
of about one hundred persons who desire to
..speak in public on the stage" for from s25 to
$3.50 dollars for one hour each evening. The
managers say the Bureau system is more popular
now than at any time before or since the war.
The lecturers appearing on the lists of these
s.bureaus," sell themselves, 80 to speak, to the
managers, for the season, and committees wish
ing their services must apply to the bureau direct
the speakers not having the power to effect en-
ssgements themselves. Too many lecturers, we
think, place too high an estimate on their own
attractiyeness. Much Of the success Of lectures
ia due to the untiring efforts and popularity OF
the associations having charge of the matter,and
for whose benefit they are given, rather than to
the ability of the lecturer. Ten years ago, when
the lecture system was not business, and
lecturers travelled over the country, stopping
here and there, defraying their own expenses for
printing, hall rent, ETC., not one IN dozen were
s,ccessfu Now they have "sure thing" of 1t.
They place themselves under the protective
wings of a "bureau," and await a .'call !" and
when it comes, it is immaterial to them whether
they appear before twenty-five dollar or
twenty-five hundred dollar. house; they receive
their 5lOO or $3.50, all the same.
Tha number of women lecturers is largely IN
creasing, Anna Dickinson being the most popu-
lar in the country. Miss Dickinson will have
four lectures for the coming season, viz 10
tbe Rescue" "Joan of Arc a new lecture OIL
the Woman Question, and "Out of the Depthsi
a lay sermon" The latter will be delivered on
SUNDAYS, and in large cities only. Olive Logan,
who is becoming in great demand, announces
four lectures--"Paris," /" "Girls, The PASSIONS
and ..The Sunny Side" the last two being new.
Miss Kate Field, who is great favorite in some
sections will treat her hearers to an essay ON
Dickens Grace Greenwood has prepared two
nav lectures, choosing, like Miss Dickinson,
"Joan Of Arc" as the subject for one, and the
other she calls "The Heroic in Common Life
Susan b. Anthony is sat home" on ''The Woman
ouestionr--only this and nothing more Mrs.
Alice L. Dutton will unravel .sOdds and Ends"
and Miss Fanny II. Edmund gives Dickens"
with illustrative readings, besides Some Humor
and Little Nonsense Mrs. Mary L. Liver
more, called the most popular lecturer in New
England, discusses on 'sThe Reasons Why"
women in the War;" and "Queen Elizabeth"
Mrs Il. d. lockwood and Mrs. Maria A. Stetson
have entered the fold with four lectures each ;
and Mrs. Cora Il. " Tappan has two Miss yir-
gina f. Townsend and Mrs. Geo. Vandenhof'
wife of the celebrated reader, make their "debut"
as lecturers this year.
OF the humorists; Mark Twain is a lost star
in the lecture trmament--although he shines
brightly in the Galaxy--being the victim OF what
he could call first class swindle" in the shape
Of fortune. Nasty, who is making money as
fast as the U. s. Mint, is writing new lecture,
the subject not yet announced; he will also
again struggle with the Woman Question in a
conservative manner Josh Billings has nothing
hetter to offer than his two-year old milk :
which certainly cannot contain much cream by
this time. Josh is full of humor, however, and
his lecture would be new in this city. Mortimer
Thompson G. Doesticks') is preparing some hui
morous poems, and A. Minor Griswod G. Fat
Contrihutor'') great favorite in the West, talks
about Injun Neal and Mirth." John G.
SAKE, the veteran, has two new lectures, and
H. j. De Cordova, who was well received here
last winter, is preparing lecture on Charles
Dickens, or is ready to explain the mysteries of
rlanchette," and has five other lectures in re-
serve. ALI. Burnett, the great :" facial artist
can be engaged through the Boston Bureau,
and one of his entertainments included iii a
COURSE" would undoubtedly prove a taking
feature.
Hon. Charles Sumner cannot decide whether
he shall lecture or not until the middle of Sep
tember; and Senator Wilson may take few en-
gagements before Congress meets. or the Sol,
der speakers, Major L. A. Duncan shows up the
Bummers," Major General Underwood will do
scribe Gettysburg" Colonel Carroll d. Wright
"Shermans Campaigns" and COL Higginson
the most popular of this class OF speakers, will
talk about The National Debt to the Soldier
Rev. John s. c. Abbott introduces us to " The
Court of Napoleon XIV" and has two othei
lectures; Rev. William Ager will exhibit " The
Origin and Uses of Poetry" Carleton 70.
eofin) will discuss "The Chinese Question il
America" Rev. robert Collyer shows :" Clea
VIII, anu uhb noW icctuio va isoSSAS DNN>-
Rev. John Dickinson, Anna's brother, Lectures
on California; Fred Douglass will lecture oil
subjects to be announced hereafter. DIR. Isaa
/. Hays pictures " "A Summerin Greenland, an
paints Arctic Life and Scenery" James Parto
appears on the lecture stage the coming seaso
with One Hundred Years Ago." and William D
llowells, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, enter
the arena for the first time with " A Year
yenicen Rev. James Freeman Clark asks "Wh
Should not Woman yotei Wendell Phillips
down for three lectures" The Lost Arts,
"Street Life in Europe and "Daniel OCoI
nell )" or he is prepared to deliver lectures on II
times. Mr.. P. will mako no engagements uni
the 18th of September; meanwhile the burea
will file all applications, giving the earliest q
plicants the preference, other things peif
equal. Senator Revels has two new lectures
PREPARATION the subjects to be announced 500
Any Of the foregoing lectures Except Miss ha
Field and g Doestecks) can be engaged throut
the Boston Bureau.
New York, also, has it's Z" bureau" for facilit
ting lecture negotiations. DIR. Z. II. chapin
one of the most popular of the New York ie
turers. Beecher would be most in demand II
had not left the general lecture field for me
congenial and equally profitable literary lap'
George William Curtis is one OF the Star
who will devote more time to lecturing Il
season than heretofore. William Winter,
Sikes, ,Parke Goodwin and Barnum are ON the II
DIR. ]. b. F. Walker, of the Erentng GLOBE, IL
new aspirant, and il lie is as interesting as
Globe, he'll do. "Jennie Juno" it is said,
respond to lecture calls the coming season, .
Dudley Field, S.s. Cox, and William Allen Butt
author of "Nothing to Wear" will lecture oc
sonally. The price demanded for these lectur
range from $50 to 5000 night Beecher
as high as $500 night. Cough is still IN
field, but we believe he does not allow HIM
to be engineered by a "bureau."
Two Of the most excellent and respected