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ancs. The appreciation Of his mastery
performance Of the works Of Chopin
and other classic work was manifested
by enthusiastic applause and recall.
The vocal numbers were Malloy's char.
ming ballad "Gore's old sweet sonR,s
and the wonderfully descriptive solo,
Will o the Wisp" sung by Mr.. $. w.
Strauh, with remarkable artistic OK.
preston. The date for the next re.
cital will be gwen tomorrow.
THE ROUND TABLE.
Having graphically sketched tile
progress Of five centuries Of English
literature, DR.. Freeman ut the round
table Saturday and Monday, discussed
the causes operative in the several
periods, showing that the period Of
Saxon and Roman elements and the
appearance Of great mon gave the
forward impulse to the 18th century:
the civil war Of the races, the repres.
ton Of free thought by persecution
and martyrdom gave a retrograde ;m.
pulse IN the following century; in the
10Th century greater freedom in re-
ligion, the revival Of classical learning
growing out Of the italian renaissance
the peaceful reign Of Elisabeth, spiri,
of chivalry. scientific discovery, (that
Of the new world, and the circumnavi
CATION Of the globe) the invention Of
printing which multiplied the powe,
Of the author ten thousand fold, the
invention OF gunpowder, which rem,
dered barbarian invasions no lonce,
possible, and which turned the worle
over to the civilized nations, tho an
pearance Of mcn of cxtraordinar,
minds; that all these causes combined
10 make tue Elisabethan period, thu
most remarkable outburst that til.
world Of letters has ever witnessed.
In accounting for the Queen Ann.
literature DIR. Freeman showed that 6
period Of criticism naturally follow.
one of creation, and hence that afte,
Shakespeare, Bacon and Milton, writ.
ters like Dryden, Pope and johnson
would naturally arise. That this ten
dency was further stimulated by
French and classic influences, and byy
the force Of the scientific spirit nov
for the first time made itself felt.
After a period Of formal CORRECTNESS!
the human mind naturally reverts t
the free, the spontaneous, and hence
Pope and johnson ought to be fol
lowed by writer's like Burns, Scott. By
ron and Coleridge, who are little in.
debted to conventional forces and ara
moved mainly by the force Of then
own genius. That this natural revolt
from the formal, precise. painstakine
style was strengthened by the agita
tion for liberty which took shape il
American and French revolutions, b,
Percy's Rellquss of ancient English
Ballard poetry, and by Germa,
thought, the greatest intellectual fore,
in the present century, which was in
troduced to the British and America,
thinkers by the translations Of Scot
and by the works OF Coleridge ant
Carlysle.
1t is not every day that one meet
with an American like Prof. F,esma,
who has such a grasp Of English his
tory both civil, political and l~iterar,
who has such an outlook over th,
whole field, and who can gather u,
the hidden causes of events, condemns
them intoa metaphor Of beauty an,
hurl them at you with such vlgor tina
they cannot help sticking in YOU,
memory. Prof. Freeman would max,
any subject as interesting as a no
nance.
Erening Session.
Frank Beard, in his "chalk talk
took up the evening from 8 o'clocl
with lis humorous drawings an,
stories. He made some very impress
sive points on how the picture can toll
the story and that it is needless for 8
person to go hungry or without con,for
even though he can not talk. His frs
illustration Of this fact was one i,
which he might express his wish 70,
something to eat in case ne was il
, some place where he could not be un
derstocd. He took for an example
J being among the Zulus. In shown,
! them that he wanted something to ca
he drew a picture first of a bowl an,
ladel which Of course meant to then
soup. 10 show them what kind o
soup he wanted he next drew a larg
turtle. To complete his order a fsl
was drawn. He then had his orde
completed Of turtle soup and fish. Hi
next picture was of a cataract n til
moon light which was indeed beauti
full. Here he said a story must b
. applied in the right place to be appreci
), ated, stating that an oyster might no
appreciate the story. He then sketche
r short but very easily understoo
story in which a broken picture lyin,
on the floor plays the first part. a ca
Standing near a second, and Tommy
a small boy with a scared look in hi
face, standing with one finger in hi
mouth and pointing with the other /
tEs innocent cat. Thus he illustrate,
C with great interest to his hearers no,
S a picture might tell a story. Pro
!. Beard entertained his audience until
;. late hour, but lack Of space prevents
extended report.
Sixth DAY-TUEspAY, AUG. 19.
Morning Session.