Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-28

Entertainment COMMITTEES Announces :
Proeratnmp for the Club Year 1908 Sol

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Programme for tue Club Year 1908 1890.
The entertainment committee Of the
New Century Club has announced the
following programme for the club year
1893 1890;
October 12th.-Report Of delegates to
the Biennial Convention at Denver;
HClub Tea"
Subject of Study for Club After
Moons, Two Centuries of American
History, 1a92-l692: November 9th.
Period 1902 1865, Columbus and his
Voyages; the Spaniard In America.
December l4th, Period 1865 1886, New
France in America; Jean Riboult and
the Huguepots. January 18th, Period
| l5S4-l673, Raleigh and the English in
Virginia; introduction OF Slavery, Gov.
Berkeley. February Sth, Period 1920
1862. tho Beginning Of New England;
John Winthrop and Roger Williams.
March Sth, Period 1914 1852, Settlement
OF New Netherlands; Peter Stuyvesant
and Dutch Settlers; English in New
York. April 18th, Period 1923 1902,
| Delaware; William Penn and the
| Indian.
Books Of Reference Period 1--Dis-
covery of America, Fiske; Discovery OF
America, Weise; Students' History of
| the United States, Charming; Ameri-
can History Told by Contemporaries;
Volume /, Era OF Colonization, Albert
Bushnell Hart; History of United
States, Bancroft; History of United
States, Ridpath; American Explorers,
Higginson; Columbus, by Irving; Fic-
ton, Mercedes of Castillo" Cooper;
Narrative and Critical History of the
United States, Justin Winaor.
Period 2--Works of Francis Parkmam;
The First Huguenot Colony, Richard
son; The French 10 Florida. Higgin-,
son; The Life Of Ribault, j. Sparks; ;
Fiction, LILLY aud Totem,n William
@. Simms: The Romance OF Doilard,
Mary Ii. Catherwood.
Period 3-Genersl History as in fret
period; Virginia and the Virginians,
Brock; Popular History. Gay; English
Colonies, Doyle; American Common
wealth, Bryce; American History
Leaflets, No. I6; Lost Colonies of Vir-
ginia, Higginson; Cavaliers of Vir-
Neighbors, FisKe; Fiction, Westward
Ho," Kinyslsy; "My Lady Poca-
hontas,n Cooke.
Period A. The beginnings of New
England. Fisks; The Pilgrims Of Ply.
mouth, Higginson: Life and Letters at
John Winthrop. Winsor; The Making
of New England, Drake; Book of New
England Legends and Folk Lore, Drake (;
Old South Leaflets; Fiction and Poetry,
Works of Longfellow, Hawthorne aud
Whittier Standish Of Standish, a ustin !;
David Alden's Daughter; A Peep at
the Pilgrims: Bay Path; Holland.
Period 5-The Planting ami Growth
of tile Empire State, American Com
mowealth Series; Colonial New York,
Schuyler; Story of New York, Elbridge
Is. Brooks; Hudson and the Indian,
Eggleston; ckerbocker's History Of
New York, Irving Sketch Book, Irving
Life of Peter Stuyvesant; Stories oil
Persons and Places, Smith; Fiction,
water WITCH" j. Fsnimore Cooper.
Period g." Pennsylvania and Della
ware" T. F. Gordon and r. Proud
Stories OF American History (Quakers y.
Dodge; "Old Times In the Colonies, u
Coffin; 'Konigsmarke, Paulding
Making Of Pennsylvania. Fisher
!, "History Of Delaware, Vincent
Original Settlements on the Delaware, -
Ferris; 1.-THE History of Pennsyl.
vania," Cornell; Fiction, Ebba Borie
son.
: Course OF three lectures by Bliss
Ferry, Hunject, Representative Novel
, lists" = November 14tb. Thackeray
November 2sth, Stevenson; December
9th, Kipling; Monday evenings.
A course of four lectures on Shake
speare by DR.. +. Fl. Sykes-'"T
Shakespeare Comedy 18th
: "As You Like 1t, :" (Studsnt work
Midsummer Nights Dream, Tenn
I, pest" "As You Like It"); Januar!
i 23d, the Shakespeare History, Henri.
w." tStudent WORK. Henry w., :
= two parts; liking johnny; Jauuar,
: Both, the Shakespeare Tragedy. MAC
9 BETH" (Student work, Macbeth" ant
Romeo and Juliet''); February 9Th
the Shakespeare Tragedy, Hamlet.
8 (Student work, Hamler"); Monda,
! afternoons.
i A course Of three lectures by Hudso
D Shaw: February Goth "Qusen Eliza
BETH; February 9th, THE SPANS
q Armada; March 9Th, "Crom wells
e Mouday evenings.
10 Syllahi for the courses of lectures b
Bliss Perry, DR.. Sykes and Euuso
e Shaw, giving list of reference book
70 may be purchased at the New Centur
10 Club Building. Special lectures wi
}, be announced later.
Y Josephine K. Gilpin, Chairman.