New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ID spArIDINGs MORNING LECTURES.

np sPAULDING'S FORMING LECTURES.
,-,rs or RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN THE MPE-
RIAL CITY GIVING The DEAD PAST LIFE AND
INTEREST,
The Rev. Henry G.. Spaulding, OF boston,
-, his course OF eight illustrated lectures on fagah
cd Christian Rome" at Chickerng Hall, yesterday
oirg The subject OF thcse lectures-wnch are to be
,,,vred mn suceessive Mondays and Thursday s-nust
hove strong attraction for the ladies OF New-iork, 10
1raw together so large audience in the face
of an severe snow storm as that OF yes
ter,lay A majority Of the seats IN the pouy
n, the nall were occupied and fair number III the
.,fery The Rev DR.. 0sgOod introduced the lecturer
xbo spoke mainly on Works OF art and other an
families recently discovered In Rome" With the aid OF
ereopticon and screen and plans of ancient ana
,oern Rome were brought vivdiy before the eyes OF
the audience together with the beautiful statues oas
,e,efs aud mural paintings, which have been diScoSeu
nv recent excavations the Esduilne Hl Inc aV oi
the lecturer shown mainly IN the manner III "noh
no transported his auor in Thought TO modern Rome
anil mado the ruins OF architecture and sculpture 'alh
% then, of the ancient city and Its people The expana
oas were suited 20 satisfy popular and, in manner
an archaeological taste, and the audience appeared 10
be deeply interested.
aTbe time Is suspicious >" the lecturer began for the
s,udy OF archaeology This youngest OF modern sciences
.making rapid strides to maturity, aud winning sSha
I'm the march OF discovery No books of the
,resept season are eagerly read IA sehliemanns
.Nvcena' and CesnOla's Cyprus. Even the newly
awakened interest in ceramic art fosters archaeological
noury since history Of pottery goes back TO re-
, ,ntinnitv and in the vases found in the burial
% NJ ancient peoples we have records of the old
g., CO. Eliot In Romola" puts these words into the
,h ~ one OF the leading characters of the story
.Nv father was of the opinion that new ana iho,e
eefion- era would open for learning when men shouid
I'm 10 0ok FOR their commentaries ON the ancient
Sref. in the remains Of cities aud temples IL s hI'
too much ~ say that tins new era for learning has al
rc,ly begun In every region whetc men nave Itlt W
footprints Of an earlier clyiLanon n.y. an ,
ned on Palestine h. newly eNpi"r~i IN. ll"a9 mus
iis sleep OF centuries suddenly ds'nIpra; anu '%nl, %
walls and suntcn palaces have oeeu nlous,t IL 70 C ssn
coiiecfon ihe cnvv We regret OF Lnropean mus, uns
aud representing era after e,S oi pain ~, ne
kiuhelo- ticrman scholars are now f'au!E NV slal
90. In e h-3, @ & y ss ,cD k,a unS ~ The
b. seblieraHn sends word Of the discovery H MNctht
C,sssTdfa. II win hardly surprise n q some utuie
hrreze winch sweeps the ocean n'hg' uinEN iIo' "'l
OF The good German doctor "'e'hS WIN JOY ~ 'H'
h,g , Tiee.f H. ior archrologi M discoveries l.
hv' ana ~ r"irsta, capital ROME IL .t tho CITY of
visible history. lu le results o -0ihc 0i thc more -
,.e tr our mornings study. L. me. bowc'Cr LAY q
vor "a the outset with reference to the sncciai inc ~
,r0uirv whrh w d. pursued n this of lectures
have uttic do. oar topic q Roman antlqutcs IF
49,. ai oi thc monuments Of the pa.t. ahe To
t ,ic s,ndt of history thai aspcct oi reality oi
which 10 stands n continual need To 0eScrhr our sci
eroc n snglc sentence 30 Is simply oi1D eiess'u, in
IN, r1.f a. s'ii jccul tcg comprises al seusirr u1s
d i forms rn which ths human mind has Irtt ls lin
prnt With lrtatDf clraru-ss than any writn no' BIS,
ih,.c obi cts and n'umucpts testify TO the ideas ara
inorals lf thusc VINO wrought them.
America Wc are iurt beginning To rfNiTe thC mpol-
fturr uf this now scyucc of historic AZ, hau.u la
Iruc and especially ~ Grrm4nN not oul} i- h'l' hh
extensive literature ol archaeology, hut m popular Cdu-
eaiiur these r,Ch nrCtwoiugic1i stores serve Ion the
echooi boys daiy Instruction.
Iah Is % sci cloaI before yon the results % some
OF le late excavations at Rome The most important
objects brought 20 light through these excavations ic-
Lar 90 the hrs; century Of Hundreds precious
Antiquities which throw lifh ulou D. private l' u tr
Museum. on tho Pantiuc, excavations ior the purpose
of historical reformation have been prosecuted v .lc
thc old Colosseum has been pTubed tQ IT. oWcfmoSi
area Crauder olifCtE even thnn these ldNe Dee u
uontrd by fhf Italian aIchTJugrts. The llher 's to
ave up ~ dead, and forced 20 tell Us the mNIieh ie
of ancient DAYS.
A hiro'a.r,e view ~ modern Rome. and plan show
iur tue three walls at different periods. were SHOWN on
thc sc.ccu ground plan WAS exhibited 81 thc resi-
drucc ol Mxcynas, tac minister of Aussiu- Ac luuhda
tions if which discovered Ia tdc tAvaNhtohs on
Toe E-Quue Ill., on TIE site of the wall 81 ~eiNu- iu-
hus. Attached Go the sidCuce was found to i iad-
work of "a lprgr tastiicl. Many Of the sppri HIu-
dow. tie hal were covered uith garden -'s4'- iu
frc-co. giving the hus'0u of hrautt ul ruct t''n
antique pavement yet found in Rome uu-
eartltd twenty feet below the surface, ana Il
supposed g. have been the n'or oi an atium Hcfe
touud th. "f.sauiliue Venus" when tit lecturer
Ie,ei ii Artistic value. between the Venus n Milo and
The Venus dc Nrdic. Views Oi al three were shoWh 10y
wsy of comparison. statue Of q youthful Apollo WI IA
tn wee found little more than year hfu on thr l.
uul'inc nm was Illustrated end det,rncl. rch cui-
icuu of yu.es. bas reliels ard PAINTINGS nom tue an
ciau Oinhs oi tAf EquiEe, and rcI1 ktbic paintings
found Fragment 0f wall DISCLOSED hy IN" eNraNa-
FOR the Via Na1onaic were Illustrated ANA cN'
Ihc subject OF the next lecture on MONDAY morning. is
"Tlo wtlls aud gates Of Rome fountains, agucducts
and baths"