. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. st he thoughtof calling it My Seven Grandmothers, but he finally adopted thename of Babes in the Woods, and with this subject, CharlesBrowne was introduced to a metropolitan audience, on the eveningof December 23,1861. The place was Clinton Hall, which stood onthe site of the old Astor Place Opera House, where, years ago,occurred the Macready riot, and where now is the MercantileLibrary. Previous to this introduction, Mr. Frank Wood accom-panied him to the suburban town of Norwich, Connecticut, wh
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. st he thoughtof calling it My Seven Grandmothers, but he finally adopted thename of Babes in the Woods, and with this subject, CharlesBrowne was introduced to a metropolitan audience, on the eveningof December 23,1861. The place was Clinton Hall, which stood onthe site of the old Astor Place Opera House, where, years ago,occurred the Macready riot, and where now is the MercantileLibrary. Previous to this introduction, Mr. Frank Wood accom-panied him to the suburban town of Norwich, Connecticut, wherehe first delivered his lecture and watched the result. The audiencewas delighted, and Mr. Browne received an ovation. Previous tohis Clinton Hall appearance, the city was flooded with funnyplacards reading: ARTEMUS WARD WILL SPEAK A PIECE. 1 Owing to a great storm, only a small audience braved the ele-ments, and the Clinton Hall lecture was not a financial consisted of a wandering batch of comicalities, touching uponevery thing except The Babes. Indeed it was better described by.
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