MR. ARNOLD'S READING.

In spite of the blustering weather last evening, the announcement that Mr. Matthew Arnold, the celebrated English critic and poet, would lecture in Sanders Theatre was sufficient to attract a large audience. Early in the evening, the audience which included many Cambridge people as well as students began to assemble, and by eight o'clock all the lower part of the house was filled, and a large number were driven to the gallery for seats. In introducing Mr. Arnold, Mr. Hart said there had been a misunderstanding, and that instead of lecturing Mr. Arnold would read several of his poems. Mr. Arnold then read for about an hour, prefacing his verses with remarks explanatory of the occasion of their being written, and of the allusions contained in them. On the whole, Mr. Arnold's rendering was very good, though it was occasionally marred by indistinct utterance.