Show CANON FARRAR COMING It is announced that the distinguished English clergyman and author the Rev Canon Farrar is coming to America He will be the guest of Mr Cyrus Field upon his return from a lecturing tour in the Western States Canon Farrar is one of the most famous preachers of London and none of his brother clergymen can command so large an audience always as he except Canon Stubbs the author of the Constitutional History of England a work that has superseded I that of Plallam as an authority on the English Constitution Canon Farrar is likewise an author of recognized ability and authority but his work has been in an entirely different field He first earned distinction as a writer through his Life of Christ but this work though of wide circulation and although displaying learning and a deep appreciation of the life and works of Christ and written in a most charming style has never attained the same rank and popularity as his Life of St Paul Canon Farrar will find a large and sympathetic audience in America an audience to whom he is well known through the above named works It is possible that after his visit he may give his impression of this country to his fellowcountrymen though most likely in the shape of a magazine article such as Mr Mathew Arnolds article in the Nineteenth Century for February last or he may give them in an interview as I Lord Coleridge did after his visit to this country last year and he may not give them at all It is the fashion just now for Englishmen to pay America a visit I during their summer vacation and the rule is almost imperative that it be done that people may be proper although al-though such a motive can scarcely have prompted Canon Farrars contemplated visit |