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RECITAL . 
“AN EVENING WITH TENNYSON.” 
December 15 th, 1908. 
The Lecturer whose name appeared on the Syllabus, Mr. J. 
E. Lord, M.P.S., F.R.M.S., was unfortunately prevented by 
illness from giving his paper on “ The differences between 
Plants and Animals.” In his place Mrs. T. Freeman Smith, 
of Burnley, kindly consented to give a Lecture-Recital entitled 
“ An Evening with Tennyson.” Mrs. Smith read a very 
able paper on Tennyson in which she dealt shortly with the 
main features of his life, his character and his poetical works. 
In the course of and by way of illustration to her paper, Mrs. 
Smith recited, to the great pleasure of her audience, the 
following poems : “ The Lady of Shalot,” “ The Revenge,” 
“ The Northern Farmer,” “ Rizpah,” “ Spinster’s Sweet- 
hearts,” and “ The Children’s Hospital.” 
A cordial vote of thanks to Mrs. Smith for her services 
was moved by Mr. J. W. Thompson, seconded by Mr. G. 
Nuttall, and passed by the meeting. 
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