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PROF. HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN.
GEORGE W. CABLE.
READINGS FROM HIS OWN WRITINGS.
COURSE I.
I.
OLD CREOLE DAYS.
III. DR. SEVIER.
THE MODERN NOVEL.
II. THE GRANDISSIMES.
IV. BONAVENTURE.
I.
THE FRENCH NOVEL.
IV. RUSSIAN NOVELISTS AND NIHILISTS,
LECTURES.
II. VICTOR HUGO (with person-
V.
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON.
al reminiscences).
VI.
GEORGE ELIOT.
I. My VOTE AND My CONSCIENCE. (New.)
VII. REALISM AND ROMANTICISM.
II. How TO STUDY THE BIBLE. (New.)
III. THE GERMAN NOVEL.
Mr. Cable is all and a little more this year than he has ever been before.
COURSE II.
ENGLISH NINETEENTH CENTURY POETS.
I. SHELLEY.
IV. TENNYSON.
ALFRED M. COLLETT.
II. KEATS.
V. ROBERT BROWNING.
ENGLISH CATHEDRALS.
III, BYRON.
VI.
SWINBURNE AND THE LATER LYRISTS.
I.
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.
V. LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL.
II.
YORK MINSTER,
VI.
BEVERLEY MINSTER.
I. HENRIK IBSEN.
II.
THOMAS CARLYLE.
III. WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
VII, LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.
IV. DURHAM CATHEDRAL.
VIII. ELY CATHEDRAL.
There is a Norse vigor and freshness in Prof. Boyesen's portrayal of Scandinavian
literature, and his sketches of Bjornson's and Ibsen's works are made doubly interesting
IX. THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD.
by the bits of personal anecdote and reminiscences that are interwoven.
These lectures are the result of a life-long study of the Cities of the Old World, combined
with a minute knowledge of their great Churches, and are illustrated. Mention should be
made of Mr. Collett's refined manner and felicitous choice of language, which never drops
into the merely showy or common-place, but always maintains itself on a high level of
MME. SORABJI LANGRANA CAVALIER.
thought and diction. All who have listened to Mr. Collett will wish to hear him again in
this line which he has SO thoroughly mastered.
I. INDIA AS IT WAS.
IV. A VISIT TO A NATIVE COURT.
II. INDIA AS IT Is.
V. EDUCATIONAL INDIA.
III. INDIA AS IT WILL Be.
VI. PROGRESSIVE INDIA.
HARRY de WINDT,
VII. COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS.
VIII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PARSEES.
THE PRISONS OF SIBERIA. (Illustrated )
IX. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MOHAMMEDANS.
Mr. de Windt's lectures, which have caused considerable stir in English metropolitan
X.
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE HINDOOS.
circles, are now presented to the American public for the first time. As an intrepid
XI. IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD HINDOO, PARSEE, MOHAMMEDAN.
traveler, whose familiarity with the darker side of Siberian life, Mr. de Windt is equalled
XII.
IDEALS OF MANHOOD HINDOO, PARSEE, MOHAMMEDAN.
perhaps by that of one other man only, Mr. George Kennan, and it is of the marvelous
results of his work that Mr. de Windt speaks.
Mme. Cavalier, a native East Indian. represented her country at the Parliament of Re-
ligions held in connection with the World's Fair. Her superior abilities attracted great
attention at the time, and as a lecturer she has been very acceptably received the past season.
JOHN FOX, JR.
I. LECTURE-The Southern Mountaineer.
II. READINGS from A Mountain Europa," "A Cumberland Ven-
REV. THOMAS COOPER, of England. (New.)
detta," "The Last Stetson," "An Intersectional Episode," etc.
III.
MONOLOGUES. "Hell fer Sartain;" "A Trick o' Trade;" "The
I.
TENNYSON POET AND TEACHER.
Writing on the Sand;' "Preachin' in Kingdom Come," etc.
II. WORDSWORTH NATURE IN SONG.
Mr. Fox is the latest success among writers who have come before the public as lecturers
III. SHAKESPEARE; His GENIUS AND ART.
and readers. His descriptive powers are wonderful, his characters life-like and his dialect
IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK ; LEAR, MACBETH AND OTHER PLAYS,
perfect.
V. ORATORY; ITS PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE.
VI. BATTLE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
MURAT HALSTEAD.
Throughout all England Mr. Cooper has won distinction as a student and interpreter of
Editor Cincinnati Commercial Gazette" and Brooklyn Standard=Union."
Shakespeare and an orator of unusual power. He will be sure to please American audiences,
I.
FORTY YEARS OF JOURNALISM; BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE WAR
II. ICELAND.
III. JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS (New.)
MON. MAURICE de MAUNY-TALVANDE.
RICHARD Le GALLIENNE. (New.)
I. MORAL EDUCATION IN FRANCE.
II. THE ROYAL CHATEAU OF CHAUMONT.
I. THE REVOLT OF THE DAUGHTERS.
III. THE ROYAL CHATEAU OF CHENONCEAU.
II. DAME GRUNDY.
III. LITERARY LONDON.
IV. ROYAL CHATEAUX OF CHAMBORD AND BLOIS. (Illustrated.)
(Other Subjects to be announced.)
Just now the books and lectures of Mr. Le Gallienne are London's fad. His lectures,
Mon. de Mauny's lectures in New York, Boston and Chicago have been society events.
like his writings, are most brilliant and fascinating.
They can be given in French if preferred,
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