The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-26
PRoFEss0R rYRRELL's LECTURE.
Treat Of the Highest Literary Culture In
Store for Richmcnd Audiences.


The course of lectures to be delivered
at Richmond College this week by Pro-
lessor Robert Yelverton Tyrrell. Fellow
of Trinity College and regius professor
Of Greek in the University OF Dublin.
Ireland, under the auspices or the James
Thomas Lecture Endowment, promises TO
be a literary treat such as Richmond
audiences rarely enjoy.
The lectures previously delivered on
similar occasions have been on astronomy,
biology. art, geological chemistry and the
Mediterranean. The series this year will
be 1.-THE Growth and Influence of Latin
Poetry" on Tuesday evening at $50
o'clock Professor Tyrreli will discourse
on "Lucretius and Epicureanism." This
will doubtless prove interesting In the
extreme. and as the old Latin materialist
Is read in few schools. the lecture will
prove Of a highly instructive character
"Catulus and the Transition to the
Augustan Age" will be the lecturers sub
ject for Wednesday evening. The life and
works OF Catullus are themes that are
sure to command close attention, and
Professor Tyrrell will doubtless present
many entertaining facts in regard to the
sentimental bard and his musical songs.
On Thursday evening the pupils OF the
public and private schools will have an
opportunity TO hear an eloquent discourse
on "Virgil." the greatest OF all the old
Latin poets. The stories Of the fall OF
Troy. the descent OF Aeneas into the
lower world. the passionate wooing OF
Dido, as we'll as the sweet mellthuois
pastorals OF the golden poet OF the Golden
Age. cannot fail to find many charmed
listener, and Professor Tyrrell will prob
ably be greeted by an unusually large
audience on this occasion.
On Friday night the lecturer Will dis
course on Horace" The life OF this
Jolly, genial old Roman poet is as inter-
esting as II Is varied. Probably none OF
the Latin classics is so widely quoted as
the man who wrote:
"Dulce ct decorum est
Pro patria mort
and then proved that he would rather be
a live coward than dead hero, by
scampering from the field Of Philippi.
Though not a soldier, Horace was proba-
bly, the most Familiarity known Of any
poet among the Romans. and his "Ars
Poetica," satires, and especially his odes,
will live as long as people appreciate
culture and genius.
Professor Tyrreii is one Of the most
distinguished scholars of the age. AS
a student OF the classics he stands as
peer, and he has acquired a reputation
all over Europe as we'll as America. He
Is fluent, graceful speaker. incisive and
forcible. His reputation rs wit does not
mar the power OF his speaking. He Is
an author of high repute, and many OF
his works, among which are 1.-The Core
spondence OF Cicero" editions OF the
Bacchae and Troades OF r,uripitss ana
the Miles Gloviosus OF Plautus, and OF
translation into English verse or the
Acharnians OF Aristophanes, are regarded
OF the highest merit both from lite
rary and artistic point of view by many
of the ablest critics at home and abroad:
Professor Tyrrell is spoken OF In the
highest terms by London, New YORK ana
Baltimore journals. His lectures In Bal
timre we're considered by the most cultur-
ed people OF that city as genuine literary
treats. President Gilman, OF Johns HOP
l<ins University, whose authority on such
matters Is universally admitted. pays him
a number of lofty tributes, and says in
a letter TO a friend in this city: You
can speak in strong terms OF Professor
Tyrrell as a lecturer, especially TO those
who appreciate the II literary cu'-
ture." .
No admittance fee will be charged nj
these lectures, and the public are cor
daily invited to attend.