The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12

Victoria ever had taken, with her autograph
attached TO each one. The Bishop IL certainly
"one Of the most fascinating, Interesting per
sonnlitics have ever met In ali my experience
Is Iangyill., the novelist, couldn't get him
for this So. either, but when he does come no
is destint o create n sensation. A new man
Will make 8 appearance on the LycCum plat
form in the last OF October. He is Louis Pagan,
late Master of Prints of the British Museum.
lie has, had uncqnallcl opportunities for en-
riching his knowledge In all art matters and in
MS own Held stands prc'cmincnt. The lectures
he viii deliver are of n popular order in the very
best sense of that word. They are upon sub;
will DO admirably illustrated. This lent his
first ,yistt, TO this, country; In 1880, after nd;
s apcHSI"s OF IF Great Great R tniSlhn' Mr.. 1 F"r0 01n wa ,c ashed
To givo n course OF eight lectures under The
auspices OF the. Lowell institute OF Boston. ON
r%caching, America he was persuaded by the Di-
rector of the Metropolitan Museum to deliver
two lectures IN, New York, These were, 80
th ISns ha s%SS coSo in ' fST h HiITc"qSE ir mM@ sTis 4 Morris,
the Queens favOrito poet, is also cominG. His
charming personality will make him popular,
aside from his reputation as n public speaker
What about American lccturersl'0
OF American speakers," said Major Pond,
field this season. He has decided to devote
himself entirely to The platform for a time, His
army Of readers in this country, and Judging
from the letters that are pouring in, they all
letter from some woman's club Offering $500
for II lecture. II Edward Evorett's mantle has
fallen on anybody, IL is on Hamilton w. Nabie.
His tours could always be extended II he Would
give the time. The most popular person on the
platform to-day, however, is a woman, and that
woman il Mrs. Ballington Booth. She is the
greatest woman orator OF our times, and could
make u fortune at speaking " she would give
up her other work and go at IL. but 1t Is only
occasionally, that she will devote a week to
platform talking.
John Fox, Jr., promises to be tho man Of the
sketches of life In the Cumberland Mountains
are to the public what Cables sketches OF
Creole life were when he and Mark Twain gave
n series Of joint readings in 1S9I.95. And. by
the way, that reminds me-. l spent n few days
with Mark Twain NJ his place in Chelsea just
before coming home. He has just finished his
book and is in splendid health for a starving
man. asked him why he didn't deny those
ridiculous stories of his poverty stricken con.
dition, and he said because 1t was against his
principles TO deny anything about himself. He
has not decided to go on tho platform this sea-
son, but il he does he intends to make his ap.
pcarance here at home.
Lieut.. Peary IL now on his way from Grecn-
land and expects to go on tho platform about
Oct. o. He will lecture fourteen weeks and Is
always in demand. With the exception Of
Stanley he is the only explorer I've ever
known who knew how to talk well In public
about his experiences.
mo. the lecture business isn't what II used
to be in the days OF Phillips, Everett. and
Beecher, but there is a good deal Of life in it
yet and always will he as long as there are men
on the platform who have something to say
and who say IL we'll