The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-22

I DAKOTA, FRIDAY
the Georgian group, Scott, Words.
worth, Byron, Coleridge. Tive groups
Of writers, about 1,4OO, 1000 and 1,s0t
were characterized by strong imacina.
tion and creative power. The alter.
nate groups about 1900, LOO and the
present time were marked by the OPP.
posite Of creative tendencies, i. e., the
critical.
The lecture was we'll adapted to
give one an outlook over tha whole
field to be studied, tefore entering any
nortion in detail. The audience felt
they had been taken up to a mountain
/ top and given to behold five centuries
OF cur noble Saxon literature, that had
got q climrs of its morning gicries, it's
noon.lay sp|endor and its twilight ra-
/ dance, that they had taken their bear-
ings, noted the lay of the land, and
were now ready to descend and take
possession.
Erening Session.
Opened by music by the X. of =.
Hot Springs band, which was followed
by the audience all uniting in singing
"tesus Lover of my Soul and prayer
by Rev. j. d. Searles.
The speaker Of the evening. Samuel
Phelps Leland, was in u few brief
words introduced by Chancellor Han
cher.
The speaker easily had ssthe good
will of the audience and NOT only
that but had completely captiva:cd his
hearers. 1t had been the purpose of
the STAR reporter To make a limited
1 synopsis of the lecture, and started to
do that bnt soon the eloqucnce of the
speakers had so cntranced the reporter
that lie forget everything except the
lecture. The subject OF the lecture was
"Our Conn'ry's Tomorrow The
speaker ytvewed the past, pointing to
our increase i'll population, our achieve
mentS in all industrial pursuits. the
growth of public sentiment Oh matters
involving moral questions and the
greater charity and harmony existing
now among the various branches of
ihc christian churches. and from these
facts drew conclusions regarding the
tomorrow of our country. Nhe
lecture is calculated to stimulats\the
patriotism of every American citizen.
SATURDAY .Auc. is.
The morning exercises were the
chorus drill led l,y Prof. sstraub, anal
/ the Normal C.&ss conducted by Ncv.
). ID. Searles.
At II IL. m. was a lecture on Eng
lish literature by Prof freeman. His
subject WAS
OAK c!IAucEE.
Did Won ever wish that you could live
yonr life in instal,nents. distribute it
along the progress OF the race, and
see what your ancestors were doing in
those far off times?
That wish you cannot have. With
one exception. Ii You want to know
how Englishmen looked. and thought
and talked and carried themselves 500
years ago, that you :nav know. lon
can open little wicket gate and look
out into medieval England. That
wicket gate is the poetry OF j;soifrey
eCt,aucer.
The birth, family, education, writ
img. service, rise in civil life of this
founder of our literature. were set
forth and 'humorously described i'm
an easy, touch aud 60 manner. His
relations 10 the French writer's and to
the great Italians came to light. His
possible interview with the italian
roet-laureate at i,adua. petrarch, 'sthe
enthusiastic songs.cr of ideal love. .
The selection of CHANGER as match
maker. to bring about the marriage of
the Prince of Wales with the Dauphi-
ness of France. Chaucer's career as
member OF parliment, collector of Gus
toms of the port of London, clerk Of
the Kings works at the Tower. West
minister. Windsor Castle. Chaucer's
loss of all his officers from the royal
! treasury. The flaming up of the Ian
castrian Star in 1920 with the acces-
sion of Henry BolingbroAc to the throne
and C!lauccrs fortunes rising along
with it.
Prof. Freeman then Turned the
fash light on Chaucer's poetry and fol
| half an hour passed in REVIEW hls
poems of his three periods, French.
Italian and English Tor independently
brought out his superiority to all his
predecessors and closed with a most in.
teresting and telling recitation from
the Canterbury Tales done in the style
and pronunciation of 500 years ago.
afternoon Session.
At o'clock DIR. Leland lectnred on
q Visit to Pompeii.' He began with
the railroad ride, from Rome in which
the splendid scenery Of the campaign
of the Alps, the many dark tunnels
some Of them two miles in length, the
first appearance Of vesuyins, the en-.
trance of the filthy city of Naples anc
the ride to the buried city were graph
ically described. He showed what
Pompeil was before. the fatefnl day:
of 80. She was a splendid simmer re
sort, the Saratc ga Of her time, had 9
population of 10000, which number
was doubled and quadrunled during the
summer months by the coming Of the
TITLED and rich from all parts Of tho
world Her bulldings were snbstanti.
ally built of stone, some of them ten
stories high and principally adapted te
1.-THE entertainment Of strangers. She
( had an ampllitheater that would &C.