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NEW YORK.-PHRENOLOGY. 29
tual, but whose mental resources are not very extensive:
and these form a solid phalanx of play-going
people. Even with all these advantages, however,
Mr Simpson, the manager of the Park Theatre, has
not been fortunate. This evening, he receives a benefit,
the tickets at the rate of three dollars (12s. 6d.)
for each person, to all parts of the house, to enable
him to surmount his difficulties. A friend kindly
presented us with tickets; but our other engagements
prevented us from accepting them. We learned,
however, that the house was crowded in every quarter.
The attractions were great; for Madame Vestris,
Charles Matthews, Mademoiselle Celeste, and
Miss Ellen Tree, were all announced to appear in
the entertainments.
Phrenology.-I was waited on this evening by a
number of medical and other gentlemen, to concert
measures about my giving a course of lectures on
phrenology, in New York. I stated to them the rule
which I had followed in my own country, namely,
not to lecture out of Edinburgh, unless on an invitation
accompanied by a guarantee of a class, and that
it was my intention to adhere to it in the United
States. Phrenology, I remarked, was a disputed
subject: it appeared to myself to be true and highly
important, and I was therefore willing to teach it to
those who desired to hear it explained; but as there
were many excellent persons who regarded it as unfounded,
others who viewed it as dangerous, and still
more who cared nothing about it, I had no wish to
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/69/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.