MR. JOHN FOSTER FRASER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 8

MR. JOHN FOSTER FRASER.

- -The--bos plans of Mr. :John Foster Eraser's short, series of popular-'lectures will vbe opened ; at" Holliday's - at 9 o'clock- this I morning,' when seats-' for.,any of tlief.lectures may be secured. The ; inaugural', lecture, "America Up-to-date," >Eill. be given:-at the Town Hall on Monday .evening--next,,.when, the:. Prime Minister, - Sir Joseph; Ward, will preside ;and introduce, tie distinguished: explorer and writer t'othe people 'years of .hard : work, fand -harder ; tray?l, Mr. Foster. Eraser's b9oks\nave:,wori , ihim..'a'.hi(ih' position\in' the .wbrld of. letters, and- precisely the. same characteristic? tbjit. have Avon him ' success as a platerhave I ;achimd . fame for him', as a 1& One loading VEnßlish - critic described Mr.' Foster. .Frastr as " tho • most engaging and . most ,'engriged; man; on the lecture platform at ■the-'prKent-time, while another equally competent .miewer- declared :thiit what he really 'dqes as .about.as far ; from .'a.'lecture as can be ' He;ha3 n6;manlisonpt, ! .;and.iio' notes;' He just stands' in an- easy'attitude, and spins a. story, iotting.dry.'bits,of humour/drop by the way , so' that..'.the -audience 'is -Wpf in a titter of -laughter.,,: A'S/;a.; matter of - .-fact, Mr. Foster . Fraserv talks- as ; he;.writes—and every reader Mows b°w ithat;;iHin' a afresh,"breezy, and unconventional .'.maimer that is always appreciated. Mr. Fraser will arrive in Wellington i from Christchurch on Sunday morning next.