The New York herald., 1872-10-06
MIR. STANLEY'S LECTURES.
Just and Appreciative Notice from q
Leading London Journal.

Leading London Journal.
In an editorial article the telegraph OF Septem
Der 20 thus alludes TO the prospective lectures OF
MIR. Henry NJ. Stanley, the Commander of the late
HERALD Expedition for relieving the noble African
explorer, DR.. David Livingstone
America il more anxious to hear about Stanley
and Livingstone than is England. Mr.. Stanley has
accepted an engagement TO deliver In the United
Africa and his discovery OF the great father OF all
explorers the Marco Polo OF the unknown con-
tnent The terms of his contract are-to use an
American word-lucratlve. The number of
lectures Is specified, the time is limited,
and the 'remuneratlsn"-tha we may let
at at' "sloooo ao and and all " expenses paid.n Now
100000 represents more than E3O0 year for life
the average income OF & an OXFORD SS Or M Cambridge
very comfortable sum to realize in period OF some
few weeks. Cynics, Of course will sneer and de-
HERALD commenced life as q Tdneu, grew from q
ddneur into charatan, and has ended by becoming
a professional mOuntebank. Mr. Stanley can very
well afford let his critics alone. They have not, as
who consider the '.lecturer" in the United
States to be only superior kind OF CagliOs-
tro, 1t will be a sufficient answer to point
out that an engagement exactly similar to that
made by Mr.. Stanley has been accepted by Pro-
lessor Tynda. Professor Tynda is q man Of whom
not only England. but with England Europe, may
wei be proud ana those whom @ 4 pleases &c s TO make
whatever applies to the Young and gallant Ameri
can Htttrateur vapplics hundredold to Dr. Tyn-
Stanley's lectures will not be lectures in the
English acceptaton Of the term. They will rather
be speeches or addresses OF a vivid and pictorial
kind, with touch about them OF the Snowman.
Dry terms, such as altitude" 'fattude,n "lon-
gitude. &C.. will be scrupulously eschewed. Mr..
Stanleys audience win care very little to hear about
the height OF the mercury In his barometer, or the
precise affinity OF African tongues with the old Ian
guages Of the IndO-Germanic stock, Or the general
contguration Of the African continent, with the
comparative altitude and area OF itsvarious water
sheds. Rather they will wish to have q narrative
OF the kind decred by Mr. Cation AZ sensational:
OF dangers by land and by sea; OF Wild beasts, OF
savage tribes: OF huge rivers with tletr monstrous
brood OF crocodile, hippOp0tamus AMI water viper;
Oi the slave trade and its horrors; Q Livingstone,
'that good Old man." or the tsetZc ~ OF cannbal-
ism; OF ALL in short, that is graphic, vivid and
picturesque. Our American cousnsS sSnow for what
they pay, and expect TO get 1t. They are too
sensible crOss-examne, to badger bully and bait
the young correspondent OF the HEALD about his
barometers and hygrometers and other s'Ometers."
III they want science-and they are cutie as appre-
ciative OF science as are our Brighton doctOrs-they
pay for It, and they get 1t from Professor Tyndall.
As Socrates says in the "PrOtag0ras' upon very
similar occasion, they go to the right man for the
right thing. From Mr.. Stanley, whm they know
to he a plain blunt man, they only expect that ne
shall speak right on, and tell them tales such as
Otheo told 10 Desdemona-Oic cities ast and deserts
idle, Ql rocks and hills whose heads touch heaven,
and d the cannbals that each othT eat-the an
thr0pophagi and men whose heac do grow be-
meath their shoulders. All this tc hear will Mr..
Stanley's audience seriously incline