The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-29
The Daily Bulletin.
MATTHEW ARNOLD's OPINIONS,
Afraid That American Audiences Will Not
- Appreciate Him,

What Matthew Arnold said to New
York reporter was this: II was just
thinking how my lecture on educa-
ton would take with New York au-
dience. | cant get over the idea that
lecture on the subject will be great
bore to the average American. Hav-
ing lived the greater part of my life
among the schools | begin to fancy
that other people may not regard the
matter of education as of such vast inn
portance. What do you thinkp When
we speak of the American people on
the other side we are apt to picture in
our minds nation bent almost entire
" upon making money. This may be
great mistake, and hope It is. Then
am little anxious about my English
brogue and accent. They say that Mr..
Froude's brogue was against him when
he was here. You know | am not
much used to lecturing, and, although
am convinced that what have to say
will be all right, am little anxious
about the way of speaking it, and yet
some very intelligent New Workers
have assured me that my pronunciation
is not so broad as to be at all offensive
or distasteful, and that the majority Of
educated people here rather like to
hear some of our men talk, such, for
example, as the Lord Chief Justice, who
Stately addressed most intelligent and
cultivated audience at the Academy of
Music"
81 have three lectures prepared for
delivery in this country said Mr.. Ar
mold. The subjects are Education
Science and Numbers.
What does Numbers refer top
well, not to the Numbers of the BIZ
BILE, but to numbers as referring to pop
ulation and government shall begin
in New York, then 90 to Boston, and
from there shall lecture in different
cities throughout the country, follow
ing the course laid out by D'Oyley
Carte. l shall be in the country about
four months, which, l think, will give
me good opportunity to study the
people and their institutions. / may
lecture on Emerson and compare him
to Carlyle, but may not be able to get
sufficient time TO collect my thoughts
and put them on paper. You know l
am little slow and easy going, and
yet, in passing through the country,
still other subjects may impress one
with desire to speak on them. /
want to see what degree your people
have got out of the narrow-minded
ideas of the Puritans. l also expect to
see some old-fashioned Quakers and
native Indians"
Speaking of English art or Bstheti-
cism, as represented by Oscar Wilde,
Mr.. A. said: "Poor fellow, can't help
feeling sorry for him. He was kind
of a goose, you know; and yet he is a
clever fellow. But he has no solid rep
utation in England. In English art he
was kind vi d.
"MushroomP' suggested the re-
porter.
We'll, Yes But I would rather you
would not say that i said he was
goose. Oscar is clever fellow, and
I'm afraid he feels sore over his last
venture in this country. Carried away
a good deal of money for balmp Well,
not near SO much. Twenty-Five thnns-
and dollars? Let's see; how much is
that in pounds' Yes, $4,000. Oh,
dear, no. He didn't make anything
like that amount. / know it positive
". 1t was but small fraction of that
sum.
"Labouchere2 Yes, Labouchere. He's
sensational sort of man, and enjoys
merry misunderstanding. | don't think
he carries very much weight. He
ISLANDERS and abuses people, and then
laughs to see them squirm. To MIR.
Labouchere this is exceedingly anus
ing.
"Ah, yes, the House of Lords-the
second house. The question as to its
uses in our government is open for dis
cussion, or, at any rate, will be in time
1t is certain to come, but the time is
not ripe for it yet. At present any
alluson to it in the Lords is pooh
poohed."