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 III: Lectures in the Social Sciences and Sciences, 1850-1880AcknowledgementsGeneral IntroductionIntroduction to volume IIIPart 1. Lectures on political economy and politics, 1850-18801. James Booth, On the female education of the industrial classes, being the substance of a lecture delivered on the 20th of November 1855, at the Mechanics' Institution, Wandsworth (1855), pp. 11-192. William Coningham, The self-organized co-operative associations in Paris & the French Republic: a public lecture, delivered in the town hall, Brighton, July 28, 1851, pp. 3-10, 15-17, 29-243. William Nassau Molesworth, ‘How to Make Two Pounds of Food Go As Far as Two Pounds and a Half. A Lecture for our Present Crisis,’ Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1863), pp. 1-7, 11-194. Thomas Bazley, ‘Cotton Supplies,’ in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1864), pp. 34-38, 40-425. James C. Street, The Night-Side of Newcastle, or, A Saturday Night’s Ramble in Some of the Back Streets and Lodging-houses of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. A Lecture Delivered in the Church of the Divine Unity, and in the Lecture Room, Nelson-street, Newcastle (1865), pp. 1-166. Henry Fawcett, Professor Fawcett’s Lecture on ‘Gold’ Extracted from the Brighton Guardian, November 14, 1866, pp. 1-137. John Stuart Blackie, On democracy: a lecture delivered to the Working Men's Institute, Edinburgh on the 3rd January, 1867, pp. 1-5, 19-23, 46-50, 53-548. Ernest Charles Jones, Democracy vindicated: a lecture delivered to the Edinburgh Working Men's Institute on the 4th January 1867, in reply to Professor Blackie's lecture on democracy, delivered on the previous evening (1867), pp. 5, 15-239. Archibald Alison, A lecture on the currency, delivered in the City Hall, Glasgow, on Tuesday, March 15,1859. Published by the ‘Glasgow Morning Journal’ of March 16, 1859, pp. 3-1210. F. W. Newman, A lecture on women's suffrage: delivered in Bristol Athenaeum, February 24th, 1869, pp. 1-3, 5-1511. Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Electoral disabilities of women: a lecture (1872), pp. 3-2312. Anna Isabella Robertson, Women's need of representation: a lecture upon the necessity of giving women the parliamentary franchise (1873), pp. 5-713. Frederick Augustus Maxse, ‘Counterfeit,’ Woman suffrage, the counterfeit & the true: reasons for opposing both (1877), pp. 2-2914. Anthony E. M. Ashley, A monarchy and a republic: a lecture delivered in the Mechanics' Institute, at Bradford, January, 1873, pp. 3-7, 9-11, 13-2015. Friedrich Max Müller, On freedom: an address delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on the 20th of October,1879, pp. 11-13, 17-20, 22-23, 37-4016. Arthur Mursell, ‘The Workman’s Wife,’ Lectures to Working Men, Fifth Series (1862), pp. 37-4917. Arthur Mursell, Out to grass: an address delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on Sunday, May 30th,1880, pp. 263-27318. Annie Besant, Civil & religious liberty: with some hints taken from the French Revolution : a lecture. 2d ed. (n.d., c. 1880s), pp. 3-9, 20-2419. Catherine Drew, Dress: economic and technic: being a lecture delivered at the Exhibition of women's industries, Bristol, March 14th, 1885, pp. 3-13, 17-21, 23-24, 27-3120. William Tuckwell, Christian socialism: a lecture, delivered ... under the auspices of the Sunday Lecture Society on Sunday, February 17th, 1889, pp. 3-2021. William Tuckwell, ‘Address to the Newly-Enfranchised Voters of the Rugby Division, 1895’ Reminiscences of a Radical Parson (1905), pp. 229-237.22. James George Davey, Historic Teachings; or, Facts for the Thoughtful. A Lecture Delivered Before the Gloucester Literary and Philosophical Society in March, 1868, pp. 5-7, 30-34Part 2. Lectures on sanitation and public health23. David Chadwick, ‘The Cost and Consequences of Defective Sanitary Regulations,’ in Monthly Literary and Scientific Lecturer (1854), pp. 207-21624. Elizabeth Blackwell, How to keep a household in health: an address delivered before the Working Woman's College (1870), pp. 3-2425. Elizabeth Blackwell, The Religion of Health (1878), pp. 10-2226. T. Pridgin Teale, Dangers to health in our own houses : a lecture delivered before the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, January 23rd, 1877, pp. 3-6, 12-14, 18-22, illustrations I and II27. George Wotherspoon, Cremation, ancient and modern : the history of fire-funeral. A lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, St. George's Hall, Langham Place, on Sunday afternoon, 14th March, 1886, pp. 3-4, 7-8, 12, 14-18, 25-27Part 3. Lectures on Current Events, 1850-188028. Society of the Friends of Italy, M. Mazzini's lecture delivered at the first conversazione of the Friends of Italy: held in the Great Hall, Freemason's Tavern, on the evening of Wednesday, February 11th, 1852, pp. 3-6, 8-1529. Robert LeBlond, The Crystal Palace, ought it to be open on Sunday?: a lecture delivered at the Tower Hamlets Literary Institution, Morpeth St., Green St., Bethnal Green, London (1853), pp. 19-2030. Henry N. Barnett, The government and the war: a lecture, delivered at the Broadmead Rooms, Bristol, on Monday, July 9, 1855¸pp. 3-831 .Robert Henderson, Aspects and prospects of the war: a lecture delivered at the Calne Literary Institution, on Tuesday, April 10th, 1855¸ pp. 1-8, 13-14, 26-29, 35-36, 38-4032. Alexander James Beresford Hope, The results of the American disruption the substance of a lecture delivered by request before the Maidstone Literary & Mechanics' Institution, in continuation of a popular view of the American Civil War and England, the North and the South (1862), pp. 3-17, 3033. Moncure D. Conway, ‘North & South, and Slavery. Delivered in the Free-Trade Hall, Manchester,’ in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1863), pp. 225-236Part 4. Lectures on empire and travel34. Charles Tilstone Beke, A lecture on the sources of the Nile, and on the means requisite for their final determination: delivered in the theatre of the London Institution, on Wednesday, January 20th, 1864, pp. 31-3535. Julius Jeffreys, ‘On the Wants and Resources of India,’ Monthly Literary and Scientific Lecturer, volume 4 (1853), pp. 282-28836. W. G. Armstrong, A visit to Egypt in 1872: described in four lectures to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. Preface (1874), pp. iii-iv37. W. G. Armstrong, A visit to Egypt in 1872: described in four lectures to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. Lecture 1 (1874), pp. 1-1238. Robert Spence Watson, The history of English rule and policy in South Africa. A lecture delivered in the lecture-room, Nelson street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Friday, the 30th May, 1879, at the request of the Newcastle Liberal Association (1879), pp. 1, 19-26, 29-3239. G. G. Zerffi, The Eastern Question from a Social and Religious Point of View. A Lecture Delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, St. George’s Hall, Langham Place, on Sunday Afternoon, 25th March, 1877, pp. i, 18-23.40. Earl of Dunraven, The Soudan: Its History, Geography, and Characteristics. A Lecture Delivered before the Members of the Acock’s Green Institute, Tuesday, February 19th, 1884, pp. 5-14, 16-19, 24-29Part 5. Lectures on history and biography41. Frederic Rowton, ‘Mary Howitt,’ The Female Poets of Great Britain (1854), pp. 350-351, 366-36842. John Eglington Bailey, ‘The Life of Thomas Hood, Delivered to the Members of the Manchester and Salford Phonographic Union, 25th February, 1863,’ Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1863), pp. 168-176, 178-18643. Joseph Goodwin, ‘The Two Stephensons and the Two James’s: or, The Early History of Railway Transit. Delivered at the Bardsley Institute,’ in Pitman’s Popular Lecturer and Reader (1864), pp. 42-5144. Francis Adams, Lord Brougham (1869), pp. 5-7, 10-14, 18-2645. Florence Fenwick Miller, The Lessons of a Life: Harriet Martineau. A Lecture Delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, St. George’s Hall, Langham Place, on Sunday Afternoon, 11th March, 1877¸ pp. 5-6, 9-14, 16-3046. Walter Shirley Shirley, John Wilkes, demagogue or patriot?: a sketch of the eighteenth century : being a lecture delivered at Leeds, in London and at Doncaster, in the early part of 1879, pp. 5-2547. William Lockey Harle, George Stephenson, or, memorials to genius: a lecture (1881), pp. 2-6, 9-2048. Louis Compton Miall, The Life and Work of Charles Darwin. A Lecture Delivered to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, on February 6th, 1883, pp. 14-21Part 6. The Sunday Lecture Society: Science lectures49. Sunday Lecture Society, ‘Mission Statement’, Mr. W. Henry Domville’s Report to the Preliminary Meeting Held at Freemasons’ Tavern, on the 25th of November, 186950. Henry Domville, ‘Sunday Lecture Society,’ in The Rights and Duties of Parents in regard to their Children’s Religious Education and Beliefs (1875), pp. 1-251. G. S. Boulger, The Physiological Unity of Plants and Animals (1881)52. W. K. Clifford, ‘Atoms,’ in Lectures and Essays (1879), pp. 158-170, 172-174, 177, 185-186, 189-19053. Arthur Elley Finch, The Influence of Astronomical Discovery in the Human Mind (1877), pp. 18-21, 25-3154. H. N. Moseley, ‘Animal Life on the Ocean Surface,’ in Lectures Delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society (1882), pp. 1-2155. G. J. Romanes, ‘The Natural History of Instinct,’ in Lectures Delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1887), pp. 1-5, 10-1656. Andrew Wilson, The Origin of Nerves. A Lecture Delivered to the Sunday Lecture Society, 29 December 1878¸pp. 3-10, 12, 17-2157. J. F. Blake, The Geological Results of Arctic Exploration. (1878), pp. 5-10, 16-24Bibliography of SourcesBibliography of Works CitedIndex