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New Brunswick
Mechanicsâ Institute
Friday, October 13, 1882
The House Beautiful
Newspaper reports
The Gazette (Montreal, QC), October 14, 1882, 1 (top)
Daily Whig And Courier (Bangor-Maine), October 19, 1882, 3 (below)
Related:
On this occasion Wileâs subject was The House Beautiful, the talk he reserved for when he lectured in the same city more than once. Wilde had earlier lectured in Saint John on October 5, 1882.
For more on Wildeâs âarrestâ see note at Moncton.
Mechanicsâ Institute to the left of St. Johnâs Anglican church (the âStone Churchâ), c. 1865.
Mechanicsâ Institute
Carleton Street, Saint John, NB
Organized: 1838
Built: 1840
Accommodation: Lecture Hall, Museum, Library, Reading Room, Committee Room, other apartments
Closed: 1890, later demolished
Royal Hotel
King and Germain Streets, Saint John, NB
Built: 1881
Demolished: 1970s
It was long thought by biographers, and all previous chronologies, that Wildeâs second lecture in Saint John was the final lecture of the North American tour. See Bridgeton, NJ and Yorkville, NY for two later lectures.
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