Much of the lecture was given to de
picting the career of Falstaff and his
moral influence over Shakespeare's dar
ling Henry, who in "seeing life" kept
dis moral nature intact.
The fat knight's downfall and the epi
sode of the clothes basket were wittily
told. The speaker assured his listeners
that they would never gaiuan insight to
the beauty of Shakespeare by a mere
reading or by skimming about here and
there after quotations, but that the
plays must be earnestly studied in their
relations to each other and to the life of
the period in which the poet lived. They
are broad enough to take in all ages and
all countries. Only by careful, loving
study can our imaginations be fired with
the poet's lofty ideals of life and duty.
The lecture throughout was stimula
ting and inspiring, showing a varied
learning, a close acquaintance with the
mind and art of the master, and clothed
withal in the chaste and choice diction
that characterizes Dr. Hume's language.
The ladies congratulated themselves on
being able to set before their guests so
rare a feast of reason. At its close the
hostess led her company into the dining
room, where with her usual graciousness
and quiet dignity she dispensed varied
delicacies and gracefully did the honors
of her hospitable home. X. P.
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