Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
which it is hardly too much to say,

which it is hardly too much to say, that
 " One half it's soil has walked the rest In poets, heroes, martyrs, sages.
 Nothing can exceed the rugged beauty of Irelandss coast scenery, and while the interior has many q bleak and barren region, and flats and bogs, it also contains spots of unsurpassed loveliness. The vale of Ayoca is fam ous in song and story. Killarney vies with the Highland lake scenery of Scotland, with Windemere, Geneva and Como, while the balmy air and lonely sea of Connemara has a charm that touches every heart. I have been in some doubt as to how to plan our trip so as to make our sauntering pleasant and profitable. But it has seemed to me that if in the first half Of the lecture we start in about mid way on the east coast and saunter through the countries to the south and then for the second half of the lecture start from the same point and pass through the northern countries and then by the west coast to the south again, we may. I think, in this i way cover the ground more pleas antly and proftably' folloWlng the course thus outlined, Df Parry for two hours acted as guide Ill leading the great company through the Emerald isle, enltvenlng the jour- hey With incidents of personal experi- ehce' descriptions of the scenery, nar- l ratlon of the legends and traditions. explanation of the monuments. and aliuslons to the history. pr Parry showed about 125 most artisticallv col ofeu views of the scenes thro,1rh 1 which the route was laid The saun- 1erlngs ended at "The City of violat- ed treaty, and. with a picture on the | screen Of the treaty stone at Linn l erick, on which William III, and the Iflsh signed the terms of equalization Dr Parry showed how the memory and power of the past did not affect the English. Scotch or Welsh. as they did the Irish, and so. he said. Ireland is. and always will be. q country of | tradition. of meditation and of great | loeallSm. having much of the Oriental feeling of passion and fancy which give continuity to habit. The mon uments of war, princedom and relic- ion that cover the land induce pride in the heart of the humblest Irishman by reminding him of the mobility and greatness of his ancestors. As he tolls ln the fields or walks on the hinhvoys or passes the structures that have stood the storms of centuries. there is awakened within him q spirit of na tlonality, and he lovingly speaks of Erin as
 Great. glorious and free.
 flrst flower of the earth, and first
 gem of the sea''
 The lecture was thoroughly en. joyed by all
 The remainder of the series of lee. lures is as follows:
 Monday. January 2S. "Trip of Mark IWaln' s lnnocents Abroad'"
 Thursday. February '. "The Paris Exposition of 190O.'
 Monday, February IS, "Some Glimpses of Russia"
 Thursday. February 2S. 'Dr Vie, Mitchell's Story of Hugh Wynne."
 Monday, March II, "Rambles in Oll Spain.'
 Thursday, March q, "A Trip to Cal ifornia.''
 Monday. April 1. sOberammergau and the Passion Play of 19OO''
 Thursday. April II. .'Windsor Gas tie. Tower of London, and Westmin. ster Abbey
 Monday. April %. Nathaniel flaw thrones scarlet Letter."
 Thursday. May ?, "Glimpses O. Beauty in the British Isles"
 Monday, May 13, Along the Coas of the Mediterranean
 No admission fee is charged. but collection is taken up to meet the cos of lights, etc.