The Press., 1900-08-30
John L. stoddard,s Home Lecture Club.

John L. Stoddard, who for years has
been known as "King of the lecture plat
FORM" needs no introduction to the INTEL
ligent people of Connecticut, thousands
of whom have been electrified by his elo- /
quence, instructed by his travel lectures,
and charmed by the beauty of his pictures. |
Our citizens will be pleased to learn |
town to arrange for the formation of a
club, the members of which can secure |
the complete edition of the identical
travel lectures delivered by Mr.. Stoddard
during the past twenty years at half the
regular rates and on easy payments.
This work Is in ten superb crown octave
volumes, fully indexed, covering over
81, 900 SUBJECTS, and containing nearly
1000 pages of the matchless Stoddard de-
scriptions and nearly 1000 reproductions
of the peerless Stoddard views. In the
delivery of these lectures during the past
twenty years Mr.. Stoddard has addressed
over three thousand audiences, aggrega-
ting nearly five millions of people. There
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was man who has done so much as he
to bring the education of travel within
the reach Of SO many millions. But In
the publication of his lectures he will do
vastly more Millions of families may
now have "The Stoddard Lectures at
home.
The publicatio on of these lectures Is not
an afterthought, but the elimination of
Mr.. Stoddard's original plan. From the
first 1t has been his intention, as soon as
his series of travel lectures could be COM
pleted, to offer them in enduring form to
tenfold larger audience than he could
reach with his voice. From this point of
view the announcement of these volumes
becomes an event of profound interest,
of deep literary significance and of the
very greatest educational Importance.
The scope of these lectures Is worldwide.
They constitute fireside tour around the
globe, taken at your own time, in your
own way, under the most favorable con-
ditions, and with MIR. Stoddard as your
travelling companion, telling you what
things to see and when to see them, in
terpreting their meaning and answering
your questions about them. You visit
every place In every land where Is to be
found that which Is most interesting and
most inspiring, not only in architecture
and natural scenery, but also in art, lit
erature, and In the past and present life
of the world.
| The work is full of information. 1t is
a condensiOn into ten volumes of what
Mr.. Stoddard has learned about the world
we live In, from ten thousand books, two
hundred and fifty thousand miles Of trav-
Ell, and many years sojourn in foreign
lands. His pages bristle with striking
facts, new to most of us e. g., "Just
sixty-seven years after the birth of Christ
a daily paper was started in Picking and
has been running ever since" They
abound In rhetorical Illustrations, which
cause familiar facts to become pregnant
with meaning; e.g., in emphasizing the
size Of the great pyramid, he says, "If
its materials we're torn down, they would
suffice to build around the whole frontier
of England a wall ten feet high and one
and half feet thick"
Mr.. Stoddard's style when his lectures
are lead proves revelation even to those
who have heard him many times. His
text is a marvel of simplicity, directness
naturalness and vividness, rising in Its
loftier passages to the sublime, always
interesting, always pleasing, and always
possessing a certain rhythmic swing like
poetry or music.
The pleasure and benefit to be derived
from such library of travel can be only
suggested. What book for tired mar
or woman to pick up and read as a safety
valve from the fret and worry of every
day life. What book to read aloud II
the family. What a book for the chill
dren, rich as it Is in interest, information
and inspiration. The children, whose pa
rents are wise enough to place this set O
books within their reach, will find theil
school work, especially along the lines o.
history and geography, made easier, more
interesting and productive of better re-
suits. Educators all over the country are
unanimous In recommending Stoddard's
Lectures as reference work. Pres. Eli
OF of Harvard University says: "They
have a very great educational value )
Pres. Hadley of Yale reiterates and en-
phasizes the came idea; Senator Depev
and Rev. Lyman Abbott, with thousands
Of others, representing every walk of life
say: "Stoddard's Lectures are the mos
, interesting, most instructive and mos
valuable work we ever bought" G. D
Hine, secretary of the Conn. State Boart
of Education, says: "The value of Stod
: dard's Lectures to teachers and families
having children attending school canno
be overestimated. cordially recommend
them"
Travel is expensive. 1t costs severa
hundred dollars to tour one country, man,
thousands of dollars to tour the world
but the expense of this tour of the worlt
is but trifie, and may be paid at you
convenience.
No one who desires to read a most fas
, chatting work, or examine the finest pro
ducts of modern photography, or gain
most complete knowledge of the entir
world; its people, their customs, habits
dress and governments its famous char
, acters, notable buildings and architecture
triumphs; its works of art, and every
i thing that is interesting, grand or sublim
In the whole realm of natural scenery
can afford to be without this library @
: travel. The present low price will be TO
limited time only and as many may b
interested in the work who might not hav
: an opportunity to examine it, we are re
: quested to say that any one desiring