The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-02-06
The Ottawa Lyceum Club.

intelligent and cultured people - we have
here. should certainly have lectures and
other entertainments here Of an artistic and
instructive character, and the only way to
secure this result was to organize club OF
some fifty members who were to contribute
ten dollars each for the purpose Of creating
fund or stock capital that would be guar
antee against loss on any undertaking that
had in view the object stated, consequently
such a club has been organized under char
ter from the state, with $500 cash capital, all
paid in, and the Board Of Managers make
their FIRST or opening start in securing Mr.
Henry II. Raglan, in three Of his lllumi.
mated Tours commencing on Thursday
night, the 18th inst, with Paris, the Mag
n,fcent," on Friday, the 10Th, Switzerland
and the Rhine" and on Saturday night, the
Goth, the " Yosemite md the Yellowstone"
The Club secured Mr.. Raglan because they
have confidence in his ability TO give an elo-
auent and instructive lecture. with beautiful
illustrations on themes that could not help
but be intensely interesting 10 the cultured
people of Ottawa.
Mr. Ragan has numerous engagements,
and the press endorse him wherever he has
lappeared during the past half dozen years.
| One Of the chief secrets Of the marvellous
land constantly increasing success which has
attended Mr. pAGsp from the first, lies IN,
doubtedly in the fact that he is never satis.
fed with doing thing well, or with doing it
better than any one else has ever done. Each
new Tour must be more thoroughly prepared
and more superbly illustrated than any
which has preceded it, and each entertain
ment must I've an improvement on the last;
The result is every where apparent in the
steadily rising enthusiasm Of his immense
audiences.
With such man AZ this, and record
which is second to none, it is hardly neces-
sary to produce additional proofs Of the ad-
mirable reputation that he has made, bu: we
may be paIdoned if we add some commenda-
tons which have been voluntarily offered by
well known gentlemen and prominent news
papers. Rev. Dr.. J. II. Vincent writes as
follows about his ChautauQua lectures Of thig
year;
For brilliancy Of illustration, for elt,
gance of diction, for charming style of de-
livery, and for fulness Of instruction, Mr..
| Ragan's lectures are pronounced by old and
cultivated Chautauquans unsurpassed since
the very beginning of the 'Chautauqua In
stituuon.'"
And the New York Hsrald odds in tele
gram;
"At the close Of Mr.. II. II. Ragan inter
esting lecture on Picturesque Ireland last
evening, the first genuine manifestation OF
Chautauqua enthusiasm was exhibited, the
audience giving the lecturer q vote of thanks
for his four entertainments, and adding
| thereto the famous Chautauqu3 saluie-the
waving Of white handkerchiets by all pres
emit" While the New York Tribune echoes
this by saying Zone Of the greatest attrac-
tons Chaulauqua has ever known, are the
series Of four graphic lectures by Mr. II. H.
Ragan, on England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales The lectures are illustrated by a
powerful stereopiicon, and are attended by
large audiences and the Boston Traveller, in
closing its review of his lectures in Boston
uses this very complimentary language
zone hardly knows which to admire most
his finished oratory aud the subject matter
Of his discOurses, or his superb pictures lie
certainly has no superior in the country"
Mr.. Ragan's three topics for Ottawa, Sc
lec,ed from his series Of fourteen distinct
Tours, have been specially chosen with refer
ence 10 their atraciiYeness, beauty of illus
irrtion, and as adoriing the best opportunity
for the display Of Mr.. Ragan's picturesque
power Of Language.