New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-13

paigns, rs of the TnOS theer1ui places !" VIZ" :"
ton. From the gossip Of this bustling center Gun
hudt % facts Of interest 10 readers wherever the In
euane NJ lvceums or the fame of lyceum speakers mas
extended. -.
The Boston Bureau has a hundred leeturers On i'S
list and has declined many more apphcauohs
TO I've enrolled there from persons whose estimate
OF their own attractiveness Is greater 'hai
that formed by the listening and paying pun
lie. From the experience OF the managers OF the
Rurean in the maneuyerng this century OF eloquence,
they are of the opinion that the Lyceum system Is more
popular than at any time since before inc war; an
incident in our history which, while II benefited the
theaters of the cities killed for the time the ceumS Oh
the smaller towns taking away the energetic young men
who naturally manage such local enterprises and turning
such gatherings of the people into refined town meetings
with oraory redoent of the stump 1t is Observed Also
that women lecturers largely increasing in number
though few have than one speaker OF te
genter sex in their list. Boston the most advanced OF
the cities in this respect almost every course mas Anha
Dickinson enrolled; the Fraternity will probably nave
Lucy Stone also, and the Lyceum course, IN adduoh
to Dickinson has Mrs. General Lander TO read ana
discussion on Eoman's suffrage by Mrs. Lvermore pro-
and Miss Catherine L. Beecher con- The yceuh system
seems to he firmly established and universally pop
uar in than in any other part OF the couh
try even though higher fees are paid in the west Lee
tures are inclined TO prefer New England rs hed De
cause the distances smaller the organizations more
ence the appreciatve faculties are better developed III
the audiences 10y literary cultivation.
To pass 10 details, the most popular woman lecturer
by all odds and indeed the most popular lecturer III the
country either sex, except John b. Cough, IS MISS
Anna Dickinson This is OF by the test Of invita-
tons offered. The popularity Of Wendell Philips
cannot fairly he gagged in such eompari-
SON because he will seldom make engagements
long in advance, and will very seldom consent
to go far beyond the boundaries of England. He
could have all the engagements he could I'LL if he would
lecture all over the country. Miss Dickinson meets her
popularity with great energy, and evinces determine
ton to make hay while the shines by beginning her
season about the middle of September and continuing
up TO the end of May, just long indeed she can COM
mand strength to talk and travel Her principal subject
for next year viii be Joan Of Arc" and indeed the
Maid of orleans appears TO he the coming woman on the
lecture platform her name has been chosen as title
also by Grace Greenwood, Mr. L. p Whipplc, and the
Rev Rowland ConnOr Mrs. LvermOre is the most pop
uar lecturer Of her who lives in New-Engand She
holds her own fully aud is invited back again by most Of
the associations she has addressed Olive LOgans
greatest popularity st in the West but she is growing
in favor in New-Engand and the most of the applca-
tons for her from Young Mems Christian Associa
tons Mrs George Vandenhof has joined the ranks Of
the lady lecturers Her husband by the way Is the only
reader of national reputation who is popular
the class of entertainment known as readings" being
generally very much out Of favor i'll this section of the
country.
OF the humorists, Mark Twain, though constantly
called for is positively determined not 10 lecture this
year. He says has figured up his income and finds he
has all the money wants. and don't the necessity
of crucifyng himself before audience every night"
His endurance had test last he spoke
every weekday night from his opening in Boston in
November till his marriage in the Spring. Nasty made
the longest and most lucrative ever made by any
lecturer in his first year, speaking 200 nights in spite
| Of NUhi ed i'm home fO
a youthful stranger in his family. He will have a
new lecture next FALL with his STRUGGLES Of Con
servative with the Woman Question" for all who prefer
it. Josh Billings is increasing in popularity lecturer,
applications coming in from every part Of the country
for him. Mr.. John g. SAKE is perhaps, entitled to the
distinction Of being the veteran of all the humorists in
the lecture field having spoken 1000 times and still hold
ing himself ready. Mr. a. Miner Griswold finds his
popularity mainly in the West. Mortimer Thompson
c'Doesticks y is preparing some humorous poems.
Both Senators Sumner and Wilson will probably lecture
next season. though is not yet quite certain OF the
soldier speakers Mai Gen. Underwood will describe Get
tysburg; Col. Carol ID. Wright, 4" Sheridan's Cam
pagns" Gen Gibson of Ohio will speak on "Along the
Iines;" and Col. T. W. Higginson "The Nations Debt
to the Soldier" Col Higgnson is naturally the most
popular this class of speakers combining as he does
literary reputation with his military record OF news
paper men, Mr. Junius Henri Browne will treat The
American Character" Mr. Thomas W. Knox, Siberia"
Mr. c. C. Coffin e. Carleton'D, domestic Life in the
Orient" and Mr. Matthew Hale Smith, European Cap
itas." Among clergymen, the Rev. W. II. III. Murray
will without question he the bright particular star in
this section. He will have two lectures, The Ad
irondacks" and "Womans Rights" The Rev. James
Freeman Clarke will have essay which cannot fail to
he most interesting, the character of Gov Andrew,
his intimate friend and parshOner. The Rev. John s. c.
Abbott will speak two topics with which he Is
smiliar: Napoleon III" and Spanish History" The
Rev. John Dickinson, a brother of Anna will speak of
california and the Trip Thher." Literary men do not
take to the platform readily they did when the
Iyceum was young. Mr. James Parton will make his
debut with lecture society "A Hundred Years Ago"
and Mr. William d. Howes will also enter this lucrative
field for the first time, with two addresses,
domestic Life in Modern Venice and "The
Last Doge of Venice" Prof Atkinson will talk of "scott
and his Contemporaries" E. p Whipple has title
in "Ioafing and LabOring." Mr.. william Parsons of
ireland, who a conner of last season, and made
decided hit i'm this section will speak "Sydney Smith
and Peasant Life in Ireland" Mr. Ralph Waldo Emer
and Mr. Henry James will speak but very little.
Dr. Lord hist Orical lecturer is about the only in
the field who has made Of lectures by single
speaker lucrative in New England. His for the
last two seasons in Boston very successful They
were wholly attended by rich peopethe mOneyed elite
and mainly by ladies studying history occupation
and means Of culture.