MR A. H. FAWCETT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9511, 20 August 1892, Page 6 (Supplement)

MR A. H. FAWCETT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

TO THB EDITOJt. _ Sir, —In these high-pressure days, when time has become the most valuable possession a man can have, and its useful employment of the greatest importance—particularly to the young, if they could bu.t see it in its proper light—the advent of an entertainment such as that of Mr Fawcett should be hailed with satisfaction, combining, as it does, intellectual food of an interesting and useful description with the pleasurable sweets of music and song. | The problem of tho East is one of importance and interest to everyone connected with the British Empire, and to hear the position of a probable battle ground lucidly explained by an ; astute enthusiast, whose practical knowledge of j his subject enables him to speak with authority, while the natural features of the country are j artistically depicted on a map, ii a matter of ! gratulation. Added to this are truthful i pictures, drawn by that unerring limner, the sun, of

Palace.? lifting to eternal summer Their marble walls, from out of glossy bowers Of coolest foliage, musical with birds, of wondrous tombs, time-honoured mosques, and gorgeous minarets—Nature's oriental carpet, filled in with the patterns of man's handiworkwhile an intelligent zealot, who has spent years in studying the history, legends, and architecture of this, the oldest child of civilised nature, describes in cultured language tho scenes he submits, and tells the old-world stories of their origin. Instruction is also varied with music and song. Thus the eye is pleased, the ear gratified, and the mind informed. No instruction is equal to that of oral, and I am sure that many a child of an older growth could have obtained at these entertainments rot only more information of India—its past history, its present position, its future destiny— than had previously entered into his understanding, but a larger acquaintance with the subject than he would be able to find for himself, through ignorance of where to search. I understand Mr Fawcett proposes touring the country. I trust for the sake of the people in the districts, as well as for himself, he will be well -patronised—l am, &c, Waltbk H. Peaeson. Dunedin, August 15.