The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-11
LECTURE COURSE FEATURES
GEoRGE CABLE OPENS WITH 4
 READING FRIDAY NIGHT.

Professor Phelps Lecture on A
 drowning Pilgrimage in ItaIy"-
 Eight shakespearinn Lectures by Ed
 ward H. Griggs and Hamilton wright
 slabie-Ernest Thompson Seton on
 AwIId Animals at Home.
 The public lecture course, given under lhe auspices of Yale university and the New Haven University Extension Gen. ter has, during the past few years. fur nished the people of New Haven the op- portunity of hearing some of the most brilliant lectures of the day. The pro gramme this year is one of unusual at tractiveness, presenting list of litera- ry, artistic, musical, dramatic and sci entific subjects, by some of the most re- nowned and fayorite lecturers in the country
 The course will open on Friday even ing, October 14th, in College Street Hall, with recital by MT. George W. Cable of his famous southern negro story en- titled tParson Jones'" This is one of Mir. Cables brightest sketches. This remarkable delineation of Creole life is always rare treat to his audiences.
 Professor Phelps, always a great fa- vorite with the New Haven public, who has been in Europe the past year, will give new lecture, entitled "A Brown ing Pilgrimage in Italy, which he has prepared especially for this course.
 Professor Phelps made trip through Italy. visiting the places especially de- ecribed in Browning's poems. This lec- ture will be profusely illustrated by photographs taken by Professor Phelps on this journey, and also by reproduc- tions of the famous pictures mentioned in Browning's art poems.
 One of the strongest lectures in the course, and one which will be of thrill ing interest to all is by Jacob A. Riis. the famous reformer author and lectur- Ter. MT. Riis. who has been so promi- nently associated with the social refor- 1nation of New York city, has, for his subject .The Battle with the Slum. :" lThis is the first time MT. Riis has ever lectured in New Haven, and this lec- ture, with it's wealth of illustrations, will appeal to all who are interested in |the uplifting of the struggling masses lin great city.
 One of the prominent features of the present course is the group of eight Shakespearian lectures. The first six of these are given by Edward Howard Griggs, that most magnetic and inter- iesting speaker, who has the unrivalled faculty of presenting his subject with a charm which fascinates all his hearers. lIIis subjects are:
 1. The Humanity of Shakespeare.
 2. The Ethical Awakening, Exempli- flied in the Merchant of Venice.
 3. Facing the Mystery, Hamlet
 A The Tragedy of Ambition, Macbeth.
 5. World Forces and the Individual, Antony and Cleopatra.
 6. The Final Attitude. The Tempest.
 This series will be followed by Hamil- ton Wright Mabie, the talented editor of the Outlook, whose subject is Shakes peare's Education, and George Riddle, who will give dramatic reading of that marvellous play, Antony and Cleo patra.
 Besides these, Mrs. Mary E. Hitch cock, whose lecture on Alaska was lis < tened to by such large and enthusiasts tic audience last season, has for her subject "A Visit to the King of Korea. : < This subject will appeal to all who are interested in the great eastern conflict which Is being waged to-day between the empires of Russia and Japan for the possession of Korea and Manchuria.
 All who are interested in music, will welcome Henry P. Krebbiel, the famous musical critic of the New York Tribune, T who will lecture on Dramatic Dances and children's Games, with piano ac- compartment and vocal illustrations by Mrs Krebbiel This lecture, like the | one given by MT. Krebbiel last year, * will be rare treat for those who hear z it.
 Ernest Thompson Seton, who is world renowned by his writings and lectures on animals, will give his new lecture 4 on "Wild Animals at Hone," illustrated by remarkable lantern pictures.
 This will be followed by Leland II. 4 U.