, 1875-01-02
MENTAL CULTURE IN CHICAGO,

CorrAca Of d.rc&iareS-'Ehe hcntpu1t,-
Miss Dntley's d:lan*-T1ac Fortnightty
Cl,sb-'rhc Chicago fitcrnry Club
The RrFnnt FcsttvAt-3lr. Upt0n'4
Translation from the tacrnlnn.
Chieaco Correspondence # thc Ntr Iort Frtnnq pos
WEic Ills popular ideA Of Chicago is that Of
very naughty place. given over n,anly to b,1si-
ncss anu Amusement, it ia pleasant for ono who
has looked on for como years with good deal OF
interest to noto m improvement in much that
is expressive Of tcndcucy towards 4 higher
montai CULTURE DesdcH what is encouraging in
tho extensive uHo Of tho libraries acccssibls to
tho public, thcro are other significant Indications
| In tho city Q: growing intellectual aympatIy
ai'd activity. Two COURSES Of iret.clasn lecturcs
arc provided for tho season: Ono, called tho
Star Course inausurascd bY lecture
from Prof. Swing; and another, called
tho Lnkestdo rolirso, which was opened
by Senator Carl schu.z. Both have good rrns-
pec.s Of success. Moreover, tho Athonrnm fro
luent1y provides free lecture by some ilnt1n-
su'nlaed speaker, wLilo under ita auspices largo
Glars. comprising both seSen, is taught in En-
E!isl literature. In turn by profe. Swing and
Mathews, ard Tho lev. Dre. IIclmer, Powers,
and Thomas. To gise eomo iden OF tho TOPICS
thus far presented this autumn aud winter, it
nny DO mentioned that Co!erldge, Byron, Words
worth. Carlyle, Hood, Limb, Macaulay, DO
Qulrcey, Campbell, aud Keats, bavo bocn dis
cussod. American authors will soon bc taken
mp. In these exercieea any ono can participate.
and sometimes good deal OF enthusiasm is
aroused. Aa the advantages OF tho Atllcn%1lu,
are free, 4 largo number ard bcnoitcd wAo could
III afford to pay tho usual rates for regular i.,-
sttrnction. Tho philosophical soriety. which is
u prosperous operation, with tho Rev. Dr..
Ihoalas as rteaidens, also provides regular lac-
tit1es. manY Of which arc OF \ highly valuable
character, touching almost every branch vi llu-
man lcarnti,E.
Ono Ut tic agreeable evtdencea of intellectual
interest i'll = circle Of refined young laios of
wenithy raretage. who hayo finished their aca.
delnic studies, ~ the formation Of clnsH in
reading for tho pur7ose Of culture. Tso cass ia
Taught by al:As Sarah I.oriug Ea:loy, who By
tasso and l1a,ny II well titled Tor her position
Tie clhss il nov engaged in readnE. with crIti-.
cal comments, Eryant's noble trauslation of tile
1iiAd, and hear that all that ono imagincs az
profitable and enjoyable in sucil Ill interesting
exercise is nctuatiy roalizca,
a ladies' literary club. called "Tho Fo1tu;sht-
~. Whoke members glyo tone to our best Eaciuty,
IL ono OF tho hentthful facturs uf cur better l!e
EIfs hato Newell Doegctt, whose name il fnuiil-
iar to arlista rs tho translator Of Charles
HANGS Grammar of Painting" is ono OF ita
enthusiastic and hard-uorkiHE members. Ilor
efforts fur tito promotion Of iisn12ry aud aesthetic
culture IN EulcaSo arc lintiring.
Tho ClicnGn Literary Club. ot which yon
know Eo,ncslinG. was organized last sp1nk ard
ii now in successful operntion. 1t contains some
ninety OF our prominent citizens with tllo genial
lobert Col1yer, I'D. aB President, aud IL doubt
Ices dektnicd t., exercise an exceedingly whole
some influence i'll lnanv directions The Club
mcota bi-monthly, nnl bcslcs the regular rou-
tino bnhiicss its exercises arc conversations and
al, essay from sono one appointed for that nur-
pose. Once in two months, however, therc is
what II called an "lnfornsl, when paper maaa
up Of miscellaneous matter ia read. The first
"fnfoFMnlh OF tic ecaaon was undnr the fttree.