New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-30
NOTED AUTHORS ON THE STAGE.

am ,,owvrvs MR. REFCHFR, DR.. EGGLESToS AND
OTHERS HEARD AT THE MADISON SQUARE
Assistant Bishop Henry c. Potter presided at the
Authors Readings yesterday. The Madison Square ne
.tre was filed the previous day. by cultured anu
h;,;ant audience On either side oil Dr Potter' wnen
,bs ourtan rose handsome seene' were sea'eu Di
rs,sard Egcleston, William d. Howens. the Rev.
-. cO,1Ter Professor Boyesen, H. G. Bunner. G.
D Ia.hrop. the Rev. DR.. Crosby. the Rev.
~ I,msn Abbott VIII Carlton and
-. Mr. Beecher came in little late, laid
- hoots On a table and tossed his big ielt nat
- !, DIR Potter made brief speech, urging
ar, .bors sboud not be deprived OF their nights IN
what they produced In eloquent sentence ne TO
ferred to Mr.. Gladstone's great speech on Monday
night He first presented to the audience John Boyle
Vkailly of Boston, who read two Poetioal seiectOns
The first consisted of number oil pohteh anu punGo
g. Enarsms y which were we'll received These were
foiIowed by a longer poem entitled, Inc Olty ou1osS
When Mr.. Howells was introduced ne stel pea lot
ward with rather bulky manuscript III his manu-,
which he LAID on the reading stand Yesterday ne
aaid had the pleasure of reading chapter from an
unpublished novel To-day shaa reaG Unre at
ease than on Tuesday. and read with fuller voice. Inc
audience we're in a highly appreelatlve hiood anu
laughed and apr Landed the nov esS 1r ue de-
scribed a Boston clergyman, Sewel VINO met Slase
poet Barker in the country. but enenty ioreooTe 70
tell him that his poetry was feeble ana =,
R.rker subsequently went 10 Boston to get Sewel 10
h.in him 6nd a nnbli.her. There was interesting
acme and IL was told in Mr.. Howenss best man
ner When he quietly said that 1t seemed easier ior
man 10 seeh the forgiveness OF his Cod than OF MS WIG
there was specially marked outburst OF approval.
Frank K. Stockton had been announced 10 Iea1 "a a
new story but illness prevented his attendance. 10
fiji up the gap T. Hopkinson Smith was called on ana
cave two humorous dialect sketches that called iorth
sbouta of laughter. Then Professor Charles carroll
read an unpublished story by MIR. Stockton. IL was
SEQUEL 10 1.-The Lady and the liz err, about which there
has been much discussion bus it threw no hight upon
those who heard 1t the denOuement OF the published
story was to the thousands who have read IT, Inc
Drooramna being long, no tntermssl0n was takch
AR Beecher next read two selections from ms otar
Papers"-a sketch about the penalties publc men
suffer for being well-kn0wn, and prose poem CARED
evening Dress and began by saying in his nasal dra"i
that he knew it would be night before they got 10 ma
He recited a characteristic humorous sketch enuted
irving Situation which kept his hearers IN con-
tinua n,eTriment that at times dubbed ever mo up
roarions laughter He followed by george PARSONS
Iathrop who read in scholarly way, heeuahs
Charge" a poem describing incident OF the batue
Of Charlottesville =, IN
The last name on the programme was that OF Dr.
Ergleston Ii was ten miruIes past u when
he was introduced and some in the audience started
Tor the doors. DR.. Eggeston said he was IN douot
whether he ought to read at 80 late an houT put he
band-clapping that followed Indicated what the
audInnce wished He had been announced to give
sketches of Hooser humOr. but read instead story
orepared for the aston entitled Sister IaDea IL
was founded on facts and described love episode tha
occurred in DuDkard convent IN PennsylVania ABOUT
written and charmingly read. DR.. Egglestons clear
euuncation and flexible tones bringing out MS meaning
yiyidy Nearly every one IN the theatre kept bis seat
mi the end although was 40 when the curtain fell