The Portland daily press., 1873-10-22
LECTURES AND CONCERTS.
The Army and Navy Course.
A CAPITAL PROGRAMME.

CAPITAL PROGRAMME
The Lecture Committee of the Army and
Navy Union present to the citizens OF Portland
for the season of 1873 4 one of the best, if not
the very best. courses ever offered in this city.
| The power of combination is graphically illus
| trated BY the ability to present such an i'm
| mense and costly array of attractions at SO
| small price on account of the universal popu-
| lar support and approval which good thing is
sure to receive. Four concerts are to be given
each one star entertainment in itself-and
four lectures.
The first concert presents the celebrated vio-
linst Camilla Urso, who is too Familiarity
known to need one word of introduction.
With her will appear the promising and bril-
liant young Soprano, Miss Edith Abel, who
has already given so good account of herself
and of whom SO much is expected, Tom Kast,
the Tenor, j. r. Thomas, Baritone, and Auguste
Sauret, Pianist, making thoroughly attractive
concert for the opening.
In the second concert we shall have the
opportunity of hearing for the first time in
Portland Miss Clara Doria, who has made a
markedly favorable impression since her return
from Europe, and who is most highly lauded
on all hands. Mrs. Barry, Mr.. W. Fl. Fessen-
den, Mr.. Rudolphsen andMr. Kotzschmar, who
complete the list for this concert, are always
agreeable to the public.
The third concert is to be given by the Thorn
as Orchestra of sixty artists, whose an
nual visit to our city for several years past has
been the leading feature of the year, and whose
appearance on this occasion will be the more
into 10 EkA1u RI ha fh.l 1ast-thp
grand new. opera house project of Thomas,
which we have hitherto announced, bidding
fair to confine this unrivalled troupe to New
York, and rob the rest of the country of the
delights of its annual tour. M. w. Whitney,
first of American bassos, will furnish the vocal
music for the concert.
The Mendelssohu Quintette Club and Mrs.
q. NJ. Smith make up the closing concert.
They are sure to afford a fine, pleasing attract
i've and popular entertainment.
The Committee has been remarkably success
full in thus affording its patrons four first class
musical entertainments not one of which could
be omitted without serious loss.
The lectures of the course are of correspond
ingly high grade. Daniel Dougherty of Phila-
delphia is a speaker whom our lecture goers
have longed wished to hear but VINO was PIE
vented from appearing last year by illness. He
has the reputation of being one of the most
brilliant orators now before the public and
great curiosity and interest will be felt to hear
him. Some Portlanders, who made the voyage
from Europe home with him two or three years
ago, tell marvellous stories of his wit and con
versational powers.
Wendell Phillips will give us 1.-THE Lost
Arts and Anna Dickinson will scoldus in her
new lecture For Your own Sake
The lecture, however, for furnishing which
the ommittee should be most praised. is that
of our own Prof E. S. Morse, who has as muoh
genius as Mast in ready sketching and carica-
turing, and at the same time can give a good
lecture to accompany. We confidently predict
that this lecture will be the most enjoyable of
.tae season containing happy combination of
the amusing and the instructive.
On the whole the course is entitled to hearty
and unqualified commentator and the public
may felicitate itself upon the possession Of a
lecture committee, which does not set out upon
the theory of extracting the largest possible
amount of money from our citizens for the
smallest possible consideration, but which
spares neither pains nor expense to afford a
series of entertainments which shall be at
tractve, agreeable and useful
The committees announcement published
elsewhere gives details about the course and
the dates of the several entertainments. The
sale of reserved seats begins tomorrow night
and promptness will be needed to secure good
place as the demand will be very lively.