New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-11
RESCMING HIS POPULAR LECTURES
pporrssoR BpcKMoRE BEGINS HIS WINTER
SEASON. TO THE DELIGHT or TEACHERS

PROFESSOR B1CKMoRE BEGINS HIS WINTER
SEASON. TO THE DELIGHT or TEACHERS
1,rofcor Albert :. Bickmore began his winter series
g ,ctros IN the teachers Of the city md state Oh
vo,, yorr ot tbe American Museum OF Natural lli'-
tow, Yesterday morning The interesting lecture OH
Clover Egvptp was given in The large and handsome
room I'm the new wing Of tho building As usu'i 'i'o
halt large as IL is, filed TO Its utmost oaP'ci,
by the teachers and friends OF education Ill tlS anu
other cities The lecture was supplemented by sew
ot tv-o etorropticon views which added much TO the
interest and instructive features Of the lecture M'"s
Of the views were made irom Photosi"P" ~
colored In natural tnts. III.
Professor Dctmore introduced his remarks WIN
illusions to the former civilization III inc
land watered by the Me. Ihree Views "e'.
thlown upon the screen, giving maps "a
the world as ii was supposed to exist In the gay! VI
Homer Herodotus and Ptolemy. the latter sage, V''
Professor said had comparatively weldenned anu az
rate conception Of the world viewed In the hght OF
,ho limo in which he lived. Ptoemy had placed the
onrce 81 the great Nile among the Mountains OF the
Moon. For l. 700 years the accuracy OF his SUPPOSE
tion had been doubted. An American Stahle9' ho"-
ever. had proved that Ptolemy was right.
Egypt he added was full Of interest to all scholars
taveIlerS and historians The land. said the Pro
lessor was covered to the depth OF thirty ieet WIN
a deposit brought by the Overlooking waters Vi "e
Nile. Probably no place III tlo WITH, iOi '''i' -
SON. was SO inexhaustbly fertile as this region Az
this point the speaker introduced NUMBER OF maps
showing the parts of Africa which had been eHporeo'
and wbat parts still belonged In the literal sense W
"Tbe Dark Continent" The partition OF AFRICA, ITO
lessor Bickmore said would be one Of the great ques
tons 10 be settled In the event OF general European
The beauties and interesting places In AleAanurla
,ver, Illustrated by series Of views The city itself
WAS founded the Professor said, 1882 b. Co. by Alex
ander I'm order to bring back old Greek CIVILIZATION 10
It's source The location Of the city at the only
mouth of the Nile which had not filled with sand was
q proof Of the wisdom and knowledge of the engineers
Of those DAYS The mosques, tombs, citadel, streets
and palaces of ancient and modern caro- were tIeh
placed in picture before the Of the auditors The
city had been founded In 63S A d. An mtcresVuB
nctre at this point of the lecture showed the machines
for lifting the water along the Nile for purposes Oh
irrigation "The doleful creaking OF these macmhes
added the lecturer, never ends
The views of the great Pyramids taken by the ITO
lessor I'm Egypt were impressive and gave the listeners
AN excellent idea of those magnificent structures Pro
lessor Bcknore was OF the opinion that the buildings
were composed of series of exterior coatings over
central core They had been the burial places OF inc
kings and had continued TO grow, so 10 speh, d! ISsc
positOres As to Memphis, once SO great ana PROUD,
The Professor said nothing remained save the ihOus
statue Of Rameses II, and n few ruins
A series of beautiful pictures representing Va1ous
phases of life in ancient and modern Egyp' ue" 'hc
Instructive lecture 49,, .,,, co..
The Professors next lecture will be delivered Satur
doy morning october H. at 10 30 H. m. 1he SUBJECT
viii be Butterflies and Moths"