The Portland daily press., 1872-06-10

LcCtuTcS anu LcebuTcTb.
Although it will be six months before the
next lecture season opens, the Boston Lyce-
um Bureau is busily engaged in arranging
routes for the more popular of their clients.
From advance sheets of the Lyceum Maga-
zine, published by Redpath & Fall, Boston,
and other sources, we subjoin such items as
are of general interest about lectures to come,
and the favorite lecturers. Is
Among the humorists who will offer them
selves to the lecture public are "Josh Bill
ings," "Nasby'' and Mark Twain" 81
'sNasby' will 'go through" the Woodruff
Clafin theory OF marriage and divorce in his
promised lecture on Hannah Jane''-found-
ed on the popular poem under that title
which he contributed to Hdrper's Magazine.
81 Mark Twain is advertised to tell of his
. experiences in ''Roughing It;'' probably Sc
ries of "reminiscences of his life on the Missis-
sippi River. Mark was Mississippi River
pilot for several years. ia -ssrsr ID 81
Among the new humorists is Mons. Du-
bois, who is warmly praised by Bishop Clarke
of Rhode Island, and Fred. Grant, who is
said to be the ''best story-teller in Boston so
ciety.' a ~. E, &" : 'sat .l. @ tel
John B. Cough still holds his own. The
Boston Lyce rm Bureau had ttcelce hundred
applications for him last year. r- l.I
The most popular woman lecturer in New
England is Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who is
to speak next season on marriage versus
Free Love-" which also is a protest against
free-love theories. She has other lectures on
"Queen Elizabeth" !" "Queen Isabella of Cas-
tile" "What Shall we Do with our Daugh-
ters?" and ''The Reasons Why women
should vote. .., .,ii ..-- 4. isd
George Macdonald, whom, through his
books we all know and love, will lecture next
season on Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tenny
son, Milton and Hood. He is in great de-
mand and will probably have the greatest list
Of appointments shat any foreign lecturer
ever received during his first season.
Among the public men" who are an
nounced as likely to lecture under the aus
pices Of the Boston Lyceum Bureau are
Boutwell,, Butler, Sumner, and Fitch, of Salt
Lake City. Fitch is the most captivating Or
ator among these names, and when in New
England last winter fully c,nfrmed Mark
Twain's seemingly extravagant eulogiums of
him. ..f tt .-.....,'.'-' ''''.- Lr.
Theodore Tilton is announced to be ready
to speak in favor of Greeley's election to the
Presidency. We had recently suspected as
much, but it is well to be certain of it.
joaquin Miller and Bret Harte, the two
shining lights of the Pacific coast, are both
announced to lecture. a.i-.l.a.' fd -n.a
Bret Harte will speak on ''The Argonauts
Of 49," ~,
Joaquin Miller will discourse ON LITERARY
London and "Men of the Sierras.'' He
made successful debut in San Francisco. fa.
Julia Ward Howe lecture son ''Paris" whith-
er she has just gone, and on "St. Domin-
CO." whence she has just come.
Frederick Douglass will lecture on 'Remi-
niscences of Slavery and anti Slavery"
/ Rev, Robert Collyer will have something to
say about "Our Folks and Other Folks"
Saints and sinners? y la.a ri ..f
Dio Lewis is still harping ON "Our Girls"
Daniel Dougherty, ''the silver trumpet of
eloquent of Philadelphia lawyers, will lecture
on s'Eloquence and Orators" and ''The
! Stage" He is great addition to the Lyce-
| um. i. 4 -l-...t,. -H -H
| Gen. Hawley viii surely lecture with fresh
| detestation on Rings and Lobbies,' which is
his subject for next year. aH .
Edward Everett Hale is writing an original
story, to be read before lyceums, entitled "A
| Civil Servant - I -ar 9,o-
BishopjGilbert Haven adopts as the title Of
his new lecture Summers celebrated advice
to Stanton-'Stick.' .-.-..
| Col. Higginson, the brilliant Atlantic es-
sayist will lecture on Thinking Animals
'Ecce Coelum' DIR. Burr will oppose The
Latest Astronomy against the Latest Athe-
| ISM til -Gaa ~ rus a.f ll..
James Parton, who is favorite and in
| structive lecturer-a real addition to the lyce-
um-will speako "The Kings of Business" !"
Hon. William Parsons has a list of biograph-
cal subjects which he treats with brilliant
1 and vivacious style. H .HH
| 3 Milburn, the blind preacher, lectures ON
the bliud poet-'Milton.' -.4-
DIR. Justin Fulton, the Sheridan of the
pulpit win lecture on Bismarck and ed
win M. Stanton .ut|
| DR.. Isaac 1. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, will
still describe the Land of Desolation' -
| Mrs. Emma Hardinge Britton, ''the queen
OF Spiritualist orators" was favorite pupil
/ of Manos, the Danish royal astronomer apJ
proposes to tell what she knows about the
stars. ili .s.. F a-.1.r-- =
Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, the most eccen-
trio of all the Beechers, will lecture on s"The
| Negative Illusion'' 17,l-1 ''-,~o
/ Miss Virginia Vaughan has most scholar
/ ly list of subjects: sSThe Poetry of the Fu-
ture," Primitive Poetry" "Greek Poetry
Dante and Medieval Poetry" ''Shakes-
peare," J" Poetry of the XIX. Century," "Po-
etry OF Our Own Times" She made, we
learn from the Boston papers, the most sue
cessful debut of last season, and is cordially
endorsed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and 9TH
ers of the Boston iterati.
Redpath and Falls list contains about sew
enty lecturers, seven readings and host OF
musical Boston celebrities.
It is gratifying to see that able earnest, and
cultivated persons compose so large d proper
ton of the list-for it shows that the reign OF
the charlatans and sensationalists is ap-
preaching its end, and that managers are
awakening to the fact that it is for their prof
it to engage speakers who have earned right
/ to talk.