The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-11-04

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Fairy Stories. and more than a doz.
en- other b0oks), who, it is promised,
will take us all on Merry Rambe
Around Ireland at Academy hall un
der the auspices OF Knights of Co
llmbus, Nov. ), will, besides, tell US
dozens o. humorous Irish stories,
! that will make us laugh our skinIul--
| and viii, moreover, show us. in more
| than one hundred beautiful and
| beautifully-colored steTeOptican views
| the two kinds Of beauties of which
! the Green Isle boasts, namely; the
beauties of the landscape and the
| beauties on che landscape-those
Irish beauties that tread with dainty
feet SO lightly that the daisies hardly
bend a leaf. The pictures and stor
les that 90 with the ramble which
M, MacManus promises us viii give
Us fair idea Of Ireland and her in
habitanls allke-when they are Il.
home. This ramble around Ireland
Ihas alroaoy been delivered before
nany OF the leading Universities and
big colleges of the country
and il seems to have p,ov-
ed itself favorite We notice that
the president Of the National Geo.
graphical Society of America says Of
this lecture: Rarely has Il lecturer
capuied a National Geographical
Society audience as did Senmas Mac
Manus our audience in November.
with his Rollicking Ramble in ire.
land. The large eclu,e hall of the
society was crowded, and several
aUHlred members were turhcd away.
tr. MacManus, pictures were unusu
aly good but rar more potent WAS
his own Personality, which breathe
he spii, OF ireland Itself with It's
!nunor, It's naiyctc ana its mystic
ISM"
Presidents of~somc OF lhu leading
universities aud colleges Of the coum
rs have pronounced ,hc one nun
dlGd views which accompany the Ice
htc amonsa the most striking ana
uacsL views they have ever seen
Md They should know, for they are
used 90 The hest
ui. Charles G. rhach President OF
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
ays THE beautiful views. com
bincd with the wit, The eloquoncc,
and the literary charm of the lecturer
made for as an evening Of notable
delight and profit. II was one OF the
most pleasant evenings t. personally
ever enjoyed,
Under the auspices OF ihe Bloor I
Ign Institute OF Arts and Sciences
Seumas MacManus gave a series OF
three lectures including his Merry
Hambic Around Ireland" and thc
L ooklyp Eagle says with his Ice
turo on lrisii Life ana Character
SOUNDS MacManu5 concluded his SO
les OF institute lectures at the New
Academy OF Music last night On
,ho occasion. of each of his precednl
lectures hundreds had to be turned
away for lack OF accommodation
bat last night the numbers turned
away at least equalcd wha; foun
catins accommodation.
TO those who have never seer
! Gland except in the faces OF som
uf our most esteemed fellow towns
won this will be a good opportunit,
20 gc acquainted with ireland and
her pooplc-a'ike with the bcaut,
ard ihe poetry and the palhos and
patriotism and humor of an island
nest notable among the islands OF
Ib4 earth.
Scumas MacManus qualifications
for his task were enumerated after
publication CT his first book. by the
literary critic, Walter Lecky. WI
in reviewing MacManus book said
"Seumas MacManus has sprung iron
the lons of those whom he depicts
he is son Of the soil, Celt with al,
the dreams of his race. with all the
tales and traditions OF that race eve
In his brain. The dream OF mis- life
has been to carry into the lives OF
hose far away from home. the faith.
ga rioiism wit humor. drollery and
sunshine OF Erin. 10 write books
that the exile might read by his fire.
side to his children who would never
sec tae land of their fathers love
and longmgs books wherein rose
he characteristics of their race pre-
'cntcd la living men and women.
drawn by the pencil of love. and
moulded BY faith and nationality
This has been the dream of Mr..
MacManus. That dream is today
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