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...applause when he first appeared before the audience, and many parts of his lecture met with the same approval. The lecture deserved it, for, although on account of his audience, Mr. Bowen put his remarks in the shape of an informal talk, yet what he said was sufficient to show that he had the material for an interesting running commentary upon the stereopticon illustrations which form the main feature of the lecture...
...Return to Glasgow. See High Church. and particularly the paintings, and put half a crown into the box at the door. Friday. Come back in the fly. N. B. You are to keep and exact account of your charges." The energy with which these short sentences succeed one another show how much Boswell was moved. And yet, he did not quite lose his head. "Study the mother," he says impressively, and "Keep an exact account of your charges...
...audience that assembled at the Athenxum rooms last evening was very large. The programme consisted of Part I, a Minstrel Show, with the following taking part: H. E. Peabody (interlocutor); J. H. Knapp and A. R. Weed (bones); J. B. T. Tuthill and F. H. Stanyan (tambos); and Messrs. A. T. Dudley, Luce, Eldredge, Bowen, Bourne, Ames, Parmenter, Hale, J. W. Dudley, and G. P. Knapp; and Part II, Song and Dance, Mr. J. H. Knapp, Bouquet of Reveries, F. H. Stanyan, singing by quartette, Messrs. Eldredge, A. T. Dudley, J. W. Dudley, and H. E. Peabody, and a farce...
Athenxum Minstrel Show...
...Everett Athenxum will give their Minstrel Show at their rooms this evening, at 7.45 o'clock. All past members are cordially invited...