The New York herald., 1875-11-07
ICELAND AND THE NoRTHMEN. >

THE FIRST or THE SERIES or COOPER INsTI-
rUTE FREE LEcTUREs-DR. l. L HAYES IN
TEREsTISG DISCOURSE.
The great hall Of Cooper Institute was uncomfortably
crowded last evening the occasion Of Dr. Hayes
lecture on "Iceland aud the Northmen.n On the plat
form Judge DAILY President OF the American Geo
graphical Society; Peter Cooper, A Hewitt and many
other prominent mon Mr. Hewitt introduced Dr.
Hayes in appropriate speech saying that it only
that the distinguished Arctic traveller should
augurate this free Of lectures for the people Mr
Hewitt jocosely remarked lhe being democrat) that
this vas the first time he could induce Dr. Hayes
70 appear on the platform with him. which caused
much laughter.
Dr. Hayes began his lecture by describing the tri-
umphai march 81 the Northmen from the shores OF tho
Euxine and the banks or the Danube These we're the
who the year lOol first trod upon the soil OF
this glorious Republic After giving rapid glimpse Of
the great conquests or the Mortimer in Normandy
in England &c. and Of their foundation OF a republic
10 the ce-girt island DR.. Hayes pointed the
hguration o the Arctc region upon huge map the
platform His efforts reach the Pole he continued,
dated back as Tar As 1853 when he had the honor Of
accompanying Or. Kane his famous Arctic expedi-
tion. Ii could not be denied that there prac-
tical in reaching the Pole bat that divine curiosity
which embodied the love Of knowledge Of truth,
would lead them until the very heavens and
the waters underneath the earth would have moth
turtAer 70 reveal 10 tho human mlnd tApplause)
Il his privilege 70 visit Iceland last summer
this little island which boased republican civilization
the past 900 years He by the Geograph-
cal Society and tho interests OF the NRw YORK
HERALD TO represent America at the great milennal
celebration The population OF the island was 20 600,
and they admirable representatives Of the hardy
Morse stock from whom Ang Saxons had inherited
much of their Drawn and pluck The capital, which
had population OF about 100 contained jail This
jail built about thirty years ago. but II had
had an inmate, with the exception OF the jaer.
Dr. Hayes described he ponies used a. htching
posta for the other ponies carried about by all the
lceanders wiih much humor and in manner which
reminded one yiyidly Of his graphic letters 10 the
HERALD. DR. hayes account Of the expedition or the
European and American party into The Interior
spiced with racy hunOr especially IN portraying
their odd appearance The lcelandlc ponies. DT.
Hayes gave vivid picture Of the classic ground Of lee
land. the barren waste which, 1000 years ago the
Republic proclaimed The lecturer followed the
story oi his travels through all the great phenomena
OF Iceland. the Geysers, which he described
His account u the grand spectacle Of the
top Of Mount Heca vas equally picturesque The
geyser, Le explained, made by the dripping or
water into the pockets of the lava beds from the
glaciers This water heated by the internal vol
canc revolutions Of the earih, just water boiler
was heated, and tn i spouted up into the air,
sometimes 70 a height II $50 eet
The lecture supplemented with capital views OF
the great natural phenomena of Iceland which we're
thrown upon screen while the hall darkencd. Il
was an unmlstakaOle success ana frequently inter-
rup;ed by applause Il small testimony TO the
personal popuiority d Dr. Hayes that number or
ladies' who were unable 70 obtain seats remained
their feet throughout the lecture although high
compliment to Tie males who let the ladies stand