Nineteenth-Century Popular Lectures

Dr Anne Rodrick is a professor of history at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, USA, where she has taught for 23 years. She earned her PhD from the University of Texas/Austin. Her monograph, 'Lecturing the Victorians: Knowledge-Based Culture and Participatory Citizenship', is forthcoming and she has also published 'The History of Great Britain' (2005) and Self Help and Civic Culture: Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham (2004, reissued 2019).

• Volume II: Organization, Professionalization, and Controversy on the Platform 1850-1880AcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionIntroduction to Volume IIPart 1. Lecture culture at mid-century1.1 The growth of institutions and societies1. ‘Proceedings of Institutions,’ Journal of the Society of Arts, 1 (1856), p. 4532. ‘Proceedings of Institutions. Bolton,’ Journal of the Society of Arts, 3 (1858), pp. 99-101 3. The Institute, and Lecturers’ Gazette, vol. 1, no. 9 (1862), p. 14. Royal Polytechnic Institute, Program (1859)5. T. Henry Tarlton, ‘Preface,’ Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men’s Christian Association, in Exeter Hall, From November 1853, to February 1854, pp. v-vi6. Annual Report of the Committee of the Leeds Mechanics’ Institution and Literary Society, Presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Members and Subscribers, on the 30th January 1857, pp. 7-97. ‘Preface and Table of Contents’, Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader 8 (1863), pp. iii-iv8. Benjamin Scott, ‘Subjects lectured upon by Correspondents of the Working Men’s Educational Union,’ in Practical Hints to Unpracticed Lecturers to the Working Classes, 4th ed. (London, 1858), pp. 40-441.2 Advice for lecturers, institutions, and lecture-goers9. Benjamin Scott, Practical Hints to Unpracticed Lecturers to the Working Classes, 4th ed. (1858), pp. 5, 7-8, 25-2610. G. W. Kitchin, A Lecture on Lectures. Delivered before the Members of the Bradford Church of England Literary Institute (1859), pp. 16-22, 27-31, 37-4111. Arthur Hervey, A Suggestion for Supplying the Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics’ Institutes of Great Britain and Ireland with Lecturers from the Universities (1855)12. Rev. Thomas Binney, ‘Authorship. A Lecture Delivered before the Young Men’s Christian Association, in Exeter Hall, January 24, 1854,’ Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men’s Christian Association, in Exeter Hall, From November 1853, to February 1854, pp. 319-321, 322-32413. John Bartholomew Gough, Habit: A Lecture. Delivered Before the Young Men’s Christian Association, Exeter Hall, November 22, 1853, pp. 12-23, 25-2914. George Higinbotham, ‘Map of Knowledge’, Self-Education. A Lecture Delivered at the Brighton Mechanics’ Institute, on Friday, August 8, 1862, p. 2315. George Higinbotham, Self-Education. A Lecture Delivered at the Brighton Mechanics’ Institute, on Friday, August 8, 1862, pp. 12-2216. George Jacob Holyoake. ‘Pleasantry,’ in Public Speaking and Debate (1866), pp. 46-4717. Andrew Wilson, ‘My First Lecture,’ Some Reminiscences of a Lecturer (1898), pp. 9-1918. Anthony Trollope, ‘Mr. Harold Smith’s Lecture’, Framley Parsonage (1861)1.3 The relationship between the popular lecture and education19. F. D. Maurice, Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Metropolitan Evening Classes for Young Men (1849), pp. 11-2220. F. W. Naylor, Continuous education; or, practical suggestions about libraries, discussion-meetings, lectures and other means of promoting self-culture, with especial reference to rural and suburban districts : To which are added remarks upon half-time system, tea festivals, suitable books, working men's associations, village cricket clubs, etc. 2d edition (1858), pp. 43-48, 7221. Robert H. Groome, How to Read. A Lecture Delivered at Ipswich to the Church of England Young Men’s Society (1857), pp. 4, 6, 10, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 3222. John Morley, ‘Remarks on Reading. Delivered at the Blackburn Mechanics’ Institute’, in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader 17(1864), pp. 129-14723. Harry Chester, Schools for Children and Institutes for Adults. An Address on National Education (1860), pp. 6-7, 11-14, 16-21, 24-25, 30-3124. ‘Debate: Are Public Lectures Profitable for Instruction?’, British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, 1 (1866), pp. 267-27425. T. H. Bullock, ‘Wise Saws and Modern Instances,’ Lectures Delivered at Crosby Hall, at the Meetings of the Evening Classes for Young Men (1860), pp. 92, 94-98, 100-101Part 2. Lecture subjects: Facts and controversies2.1 The attractions of science26. Alexander Blaikley, Michael Faraday delivering a Christmas lecture at the Royal Institution (1856)27. Albert J. Bernays, ‘The Chemistry of the Breakfast Table,’ in Household Chemistry; or, Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-Day Life (1852), pp. 1-2928. John Ryan, ‘The Chemistry of the Breakfast Table,’ Illustrated London Magazine 2 (1854), pp. 186-18829. Elizabeth Twining, ‘Preface,’ Short Lectures on Plants for Schools and Adult Classes (1858), ix-xii30. _________________, ‘The Flower,’ Short Lectures on Plants for Schools and Adult Classes (1858), pp. 129-138, 142-144, 156-16031. Bruce Findlay, ‘The Study of Plants. Delivered before the Stretford Mutual Improvement Society,’ in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader, Volume 8 (1863), pp. 243-25232. ‘Postcard illustrating planned Paleozoic exhibit in Central Park, New York to be designed by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ (1858)33. Rev. Professor Henry Griffiths, ‘A Day with the Iguanodon; A Long Time Ago,’ in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1864), 161-16834. John F. W. Herschel, ‘On Volcanoes and Earthquakes,’ Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects (1869), pp. 1-2035. John Ellor Taylor, ‘The Story of a Piece of Slate,’ Geographical Stories: A series of autobiographies in chronological order. 3rd ed. (1876), pp. 24-36 36. Thomas R. Fraser, Alcohol: Its Function and Place. A Lecture delivered before the University Temperance Society (1880), pp. 4-8, 13-292.2 The attractions of controversy37. Robert Mortimer Glover, On the philosophy of medicine: on quackery, &c., being the last of a course of lectures delivered in the School of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne (1851) pp. 7-2038. John Dixon, ‘Lecture on the Plurality of Worlds’, in The Monthly Literary and Scientific Lecturer, 3 (1853), pp. 333-33939. Edward Higginson, ‘Orthodoxy at Issue with the Creation; or, The ‘Religious Difficulty’ Confessed by Sir David Brewster and his Opponent,’ in Astro-Theology: or, The Religion of Astronomy: Four Lectures, In Reference to the Controversy on the ‘Plurality of Worlds,’ as Lately Sustained Between Sir David Brewster and an Essayist (1855), pp. 46-7040. Chandos Leigh Hunt, ‘Contents,’ Vaccination Brought Home to the People (1876), pp. i-ii41. Chandos Leigh Hunt, Vaccination Brought Home to the People (1876), pp. 3-5, 15-18, 21-22, 24-25, 30, 32-3542. Isabel Burton, Prevention of Cruelty, and Anti-Vivisection (London: William Mullan, 1879), pp. 30-3243. Henry Nutcombe Oxenham, Moral and religious estimate of vivisection (1878), pp. 3-5, 10-12, 15-20, 22-2444. Lawson Tait, The uselessness of vivisection upon animals as a method of scientific research. Read before the Birmingham Philosophical Society, April 20, 1882, pp. 121-124, 127-132, 154-15645. E. D. Girdlestone, Vivisection: in its scientific, religious, and moral aspects (1884), pp. 37-49Bibliography of SourcesBibliography of Works CitedIndex