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out before many weeks. II will contain suHses'''' w
value Of which has been tes'cd by pra~tcai
rs 90 how 10 begin the establishment Oh pun. ,s
| in towns and villages where mono eSlSts' ,e,o
how TO get books oheaply In qusntlies NO" " ,t
! their distrstion how 10 awaken the many uo,1,
i,rrios ,tered tlrouph the country into useIui nv
Nfuob NJ tho Information here given has been contribute"
by Mr. Justin wnsOr of the Boston fupno i".''' ~,
besides these matters. and perhaps iloS'
the ewes OF many directly Interested VIII W. 'o i "
hooks suitable for the purpose of library Tor Sha sum
ana go ON inward to guide the selections Of committee
- ~ .rstes These LETS win be printed In such form
nat they may be used If desired HS catalogues OF the
library when formed at great saving to the fund as
compared with the preparation Of special catalogue
The final duty Of the Social Science Association will con
sIst in giving this book such circulation will make 1t
practically useful in forming libraries throughout the
country where exist and this is successful,
very important end viii have been accomplished in a
very simple and unassuuing way.
The place Of secretary Of the Association remains
vacant. Mr.. Willard. who resigned the position on ac-
count Of his health but In hopes Of whose recovery 1t Is
sn kept open, Is under medical treatment in Bavaria,
but viii return in a month Mr.. j. 5. Blatchford,
the treasurer Of the organization acts also its sccre
tary for the present.
THE LECTURE PLATFORM.
Mr. Bntlers war cry in the disguise of lyceum lecture
is too far past and too nearly forgotten TO be proper
subject for comment here but 1t is worth noting that
the large audience assembled by curiosity TO hear it, gave
the speakers positions hardly applause and that not
sign of encouragement from beginning to end Of the
plea for war came from the women who listened The
wounds made by the civil war in their hearts are too
fresh for them regard such attempt Mr. But
ler's with absolute horror
Mr. Cough has spoken four times in Boston this
already, Mr. Phillips three times. Mr. Curtis three, and
Miss Dickinson is TO speak three times before she
quits this neghborhoOd The popularity Of these celeb
tho Art Mr. and
continues without the slightest abatement from year to
year. These speakers thought well OF In the West
at home in the East but the only Western lecturers
who are popular in New England Nasty, the Rev.
Robert COlyer, and Gen Gibson Of Ohio. Mrs Liver
would be the list but she is "Ono Of us" now;
and Mark Twain might stand at the head OF 1t,
had he not retired from the field Robert C0lyer
particularly is nearly popular in Boston Cough and
Anna Dickinson and every year he draws larger houses
The local yceums doing well in every part of New
England; but IL Is to be observed that the field Is so
crowded with "mddliDg" lecturers that candi-
date has any chance outside his district unless by
his first appearance in large city he create urore.
Mr.. Parsons the Irish lecturer who accomplished this
result in Boston last year. has this invita-
ons from every part Of the country than any other lee
turer outside Of the five great stars But inside the
boundaries Of New England the Rev. W. H. II. Murray Is
thus far the one great sensation" of the Mr
James Parton highly praised by the country press
engagements nave DtIJTe BO5-
ton audience.
The Rev. Or. Thomas Hill, lately President OF Harvard
University is to deliver course OF lectures before the
IS Institute. OF course, "The Natural Sources
! of Theology" aiming to give q popular criticism OF
the arguments by which religion is assaed and defended
in the discussions Of the present day. The standpoint
may be taken for granted to be that Of the conservative
wing OF the Unitarian denomination. Or. Hill will con-
slider atheism postyism, the doctrine Of the infinite,
inf NJ
veOpment and evolution, and 90 on through pretty
wide range Of philosophy.
| The Rev. Edward Z. Hale is redeliyerng, In his own
church Sunday afternoons course Of lectures orig
inaly gwen before the Lowell Institute year or more
ago on the common things Of life" Sleep for instance,
Memory" ant" Exercise" The set Of twelve essays
makes very complete instruction for practical whole
some and useful living, and day ought to them
| in book.
Miss Kate Field is of for the wes after second de-
livery 10 n second audience well pleased the first
! Of her eloquent eulogy ON Charles Dickens. This
| second reading given the stage of the Globe
eater Sunday evening, with the earnest and Ortho
dOx Collector OF the Port OF Boston TO introduce tho
speaker And this brings to say that altogether the
most notable In the Boston lecture field Is tho
cessful establishment OF secular Sunday evening lee
lures with hardly whisper Of dissent from either the
orthodox press the pulpit 1t shows how the faith as
Il delivered TO the fathers has gradually lost ground
in Boston, II not in New England generally. Not only
has Miss Field appeared at the Globe, but a regular
course has been established at the Boston Theater,
opening with two lectures In succession by Gen.
Fitzpatrick followed by Mr.. George William Curtis on
"Charles Dickens" and to be further continued by
Nasbythus giving up the last vesge Of sabbath soriey
There s nothing either in the mode of conducting these
lectures Ia the lectures themselves TO show that the
evening is not that OF weekday though the audiences
show yet slight timdity about applause. IL IL re-
ported that formidable movement Is 10 bo made against
this innovation, the Young Mems Christian Association,
Il IA snid purpOslng to unite the pulps against the
movement; hut large matters move slowly II un
likely that this opposition will have any practical result,
except indeed to excite fresh and perhaps fierce ag-
ton Of the whole Sunday question. But the fact that
the matter has gone far without any opposition is
worth noting among the signs of the times.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
/ Harvard College seems 10 be entering a OF
/ prosperity While the Memorial Hail. erected by sub
scrpons OF the Alumni is well under way and the hall
for dOrtories erected by Mr. Nathania Thaycr is just
completed two other wealthy Bosonians have within
week announced their intention OF erecting costly build
ings In the College yard,-Mr. William q. Weld one a
free gift to tho University and Mr. Nathan Matthews
the other with the single condition that ono half the In
come from rooms therein he devoted to aiding students
intending 20 enter the Protestant Episcopal ministry.
There decided ul In the interest Of the theatrical
season here. The Museum is playing dramatzaon by
one Of its own actors OF Man and WIFE, and the Boston
Theater version also by Boston actors, OF Barnaby
Rudge." with Mr.. Stuart Robsons TaPperit as the
principal part Both these things familiar 70 you In
one way another, in New-YoIk Mr.. Fechtcr, at the
Globe, will devote next week 10 a production OF Don
Caesar de Bazan," and repetons OF Hamlet" and "Tho
Lady OF Lyons" This theater has met severe loss in
the withdrawal Of the leading lady, Mrs. Chanfn, owing
doubtless TO incompatbility with the managemen-a
loss which will felt seriously by aud by. when
Mr. Fechter and Miss Leccrcq depart their starring
/ tour than II is
The controversy between Mr. Fulton Of this city md
Mr. Tlton OF yours as to the personal habits Of the
! former has about died ont. and everybody who had
an opinion on subject at outset remains Of the