| Show THE CLARK LECTURES King Robert of ot Sicily Spanish dip alp 07 sy and Miscellaneous Readings Rending Yesterday afternoon Pi of Clark Clork gave ga his hili dramatic recital of ot Longfellow Robert of oC Owing to the tho severe evere weather just at lit thin this particular time tI 1 the crowd was rather than limn u ul IM Hut the tho recital was WD up UI to the tha standard of oC Mr Clarks reading Th Is II not only one of oC bust antI and most popular but is ii MO cl o that many do not because of 01 this very simplicity get got out of oC It Us Its It full ull beauty UI Those therefore who at It attended attended tended this will be he l I lit iii up Ull ml this gem geni of oC literature with now heW Mst ond enjoyment Proto Prof Clark explained that tho thu th tragic Ideal does docs not require tin till death of oC tho the hero horo It may Im ho only nail u mm 1 to things that ho ought to be hI hInlle alive to In the case of ot Robert Dobert of oC SicIly there thero Is a n death to tin th proper estimation of oC tho the kingly n a 1 death to tho the humility that ought to chartie lena a ruler of oC men story Is III exquisitely simple It Is III I of oC an allegory The theme Is in nn an I n old one and hiss has been expressed by nearly nil the great poets of ot the tho world and Hi its punishment Analyzed It tolls falls natu antu naturally rally Into six lx acts nets which mire uro Th temptation Involving I noll II I a n choice ch lM Iii tho full fail the suffering to which the tho t II lu it votes ote most moat of ut the tho poem the tho conception of 01 guilt guhIt tho the public nubIle confession and linn II the tho restoration Pr 1 f t Clark rend read rent It with excellent ef It effect fret feet pausing every ler now ond linn lien to 10 explain the th force torce of ot a n word of u IL dd tie or a it general truth In this loading anti and Interpretation Mr Clark showed how much ono one con cnn gut get from sUch a n simple simpie piece e of oC literature nn OM this hula exquisite bit of oC narrative Naturally enough nough we wo expect when wo we W take lake up lip upa n II play pin of oC or other ci cf c the greatest writer to let get et somo new and ond hitherto hidden meaning but we ve often otten read that Is 18 name home over ocr tho ho words of ot a II simple poem porm with tho thought or feeling Oh Ohm there thero any anything thing hero here to require thought This hitter hatter thought It should In justice la 10 a aMr Mr Clark bo be soul said was not part patt of or time tho th recital yesterday esterdAY It Is it only a II refection tion iou of oC ours oura that we wo naturally deduce from what we hearth heard Spanish was tho ho professors theme last In t night and right ably was It presented The Quell audi audience ence once too was wan magnificent considering tho the wildness of ot tho the night While Prof Clark Is nn an Ardent of ot 1 lIot poetry ns as well ns nil prose and reads mind and Interprets It In masterly tho the fact must over fiver remain that her prose la Is stronger than her poetry though tho the latter not Infrequently approaches It If Indeed It does not t reach sublimity Itself This Tills afternoon Prof Proto Clark Is giving u it varied program before the tho higher grade pupils of oC tIme the public schools anti tonight ho will appear at lIt hall hallin huh in as usual Ills HIs subject will wilt bo be mucous laneous Readings |
