, 1874-03-06
LECTURES.


4 MONTH IN THE ETERNAL o1rY.
Mr.. Washington HcBing lecturcd before tho
Union Catholic Library Association, Of which ho
Is President, ut tile hall on State md Monroe
ptrcots. last evening. Tho audience was largo
md select, Catholic interest being excited by
tho subject OF A1r. Hesng's effort, :" Month
III the Eternal City" Tho lecturer Divided his
subject into three partB,-frst, "Tho Rome OF
the Ancionts )" second, Home as tho Capital Of
tho Catholic World !" and third, "Rotne as tho
Metropolis OF United Italy"
'rha lecture was read from manuscript-n
method that always acts frigidly OIL . Ccitio
audience, for. tho averago Colt, edu-
cnted or otherwise, sympathizcs with
thing TINT has tho appearance Of laborcd
preparation, Thus, 81 paulg epistleB would
ha7o fallen fiat on tho ears Of Izeaud's pagan
Kngs and Chiofs at Tara, but tho sagncsouB
Patrick conquered them By heart-howing olo-
q;ance mud abundant metaphor.
tar. Washington Hesng is correct hut some
what monotonouB reador. Els pronunciation is
nl-nost perfect, and hiB voice does not faok vol
unse. uo is, however, moro Of al essayist than
OF an orator.
The lecturer, speaking Of ancient Rome,
passed in learned roylow the immense works Of
nnt.aulty,-tho mighty amphithaasre, the ma
ca.soway, tue marvellous vndnct; TIC luxurious
balh tho superb palaco, and tho unique
obahss He showed u familiarity with
htGnQG00Ey tQ1L foHeCtG0 CTGQlt upon
lin Us @ student, but the formidable array of
fucLs, figures, and dimonslons mako the dEat
po: tion Of his effort sound like chapter from
lilo American Cyc]opeda. This retnark is not,
BY any moaue, intended to convey any idea that
1lr. IIosng plagiarzed from tho work NELL
TONED, or from any othor. Ills effort appeared
to be entirely original.
4 fow of Ills holder passages camo noar to
tho standard Of Wendell Phillips iu his Lost
Arts" but tho major. portion Of tho discourse
waa emphatically plain. Still his picture Of
What romains Of anciout Ro1ao WAS cloarly out
lined against tue Italian aky, and the dust Of
M hundred generations waB artisticay swept
frs N tho mammoth proportions Of tho Coliseum
nlld The stocled aLupendousneHa Of the Appian
Tho palace Of the Cmsars roao again to the
stately grandeur OF the dayB OF Titus aud OF
II. 70, and tho degenerate Nomaus, tho wings Of
wl,oso WARRIOR oaElcs ouca sladowcd tho anciout
world, lounged in tho encryating baths whose
excessive uho prepared tue way for the hortos of
Aldt,c 10 triumph above the descendants Of those
hardy warriors who, in other timos, bai1led tho
But, strange to aay, the audience never
chaerca, anu Mr.. HoAlng had to read on un.o.
licved BY single choer, for your frozen Celt is
the most nnHympnthetio OF nlortalH.
The lecturer next spoke OF Romo In tho char-
ncter Of tho Catholic Capital. He described Tue
modorn city with arloarneBB that waB moro graphic
tlan redundant eloquonco. could be. ue gave
ming with BxtuH tic Fifth, for what thoy lad
dono to preserve works Of art, and to oonsoli-
d.,te what remained Of tho classic dignity Of tho
n.l.ique Mistress Of tho World. Ills descriptions
OF Aor pagan temples Ind boon converted into
ChriBtnn churches, and oyen tho statues ol
those goda invoked by the Roman heroes, from
tho elder DsatNs to the anaorons Antony, had
been convorted into oniaios of tho Apostles, wore
rather collly received for tho ortllnAry Catholic
cAunot endure to think Of any subtoriuge within
the Church. Homo may eanaecyato u pagan tenn
plo to tho cause OF Christ. but 1t canuot con
hibteltly transform statue Of Jupiter into lg
ire OF 1t. p1teE.
Mr. IIosing, howevor. dealt with the s1bIec
very prlsdently, and left no room for dlasant
Ho devoted L fow paragraphs to the cataeolnbs
and to tho Capuciin friars, who hayo pleasant
fashion Of garianding tho ary bones OF thoir de-
parted hrothors, strinEing them up in tho sllape
Of fcstoons. auti making an exhibition Ut ortho
aox anatomy whioh l,artakes somowl,at Of TIT
barharonB display Of thu potentato Of Dalomey
whoso tuste il, or waH. shown III building 4 pyra
mid OF BkullH to gladden. hia savage ey0a Thu
lecturer waa irrosiBtibly reminded OF tlat .pas
slouato Translation from Koorner, by Jamei
Clarence Mangaus
How long shall tho hsdtous ogre, Power,
Hear column Of skulls on uoumn9
Oh, Justlcs, lasten thy judgment Aoux
Aud open thy Doomsday volume
1hA uttl4 M& OF literary Goaa!p VA nestl,