Named Entity Results, 1838 AD

The lost arts (1838). No lecture in the American lyceum ever met with a wider or more (enthusiastic welcome than this. It was first delivered in the winter of 1838-39. Mr. Phillips had spoken before this upon subjects taken :from chemistry and physics, and on discoveries and inventions in the field of mechanics. Called suddenly to address a certain audience, --he thought there might be a charm in a familiar resume of those arts which the ancients carried to a perfection still unrivalled.1838-39. Mr. Phillips had spoken before this upon subjects taken :from chemistry and physics, and on discoveries and inventions in the field of mechanics. Called suddenly to address a certain audience, --he thought there might be a charm in a familiar resume of those arts which the ancients carried to a perfection still unrivalled. Hastily outlined in a series of notes, it was an almost impromptu delivery. But so great was the interest which it excited, that Mr. Phillips was --called to repeat it over two thousand times. About twenty years ago Mr. Phillips was engaged to deliver the lecture in the Redpath lyceum. A stenographer was employed to make a verbatim report; it was carefully written out in full, was elegantly bound, and then presented to its author. Mr. Phillips expressed himself exceedingly grateful to hi