Another Hitherto Unnoticed Report of Coleridge's Lectures: 14 Dec 1818

A small note, this one:

On Monday evening, Mr. Coleridge commenced a course of weekly biographical and historical lectures on the most important revolutions in the belief and opinions of mankind (See advertisement in our last Number;) and on Thursday another course, on six selected plays of Shakspeare. These lectures are delivered at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand. That of Monday was principally introductory, shewing the progressive state of civilization, and the consequently improved state of human reason. Mr.C. denied that true philosophy had any existence before the days of Pythagoras, and entered largely into a view of ancient history, as illustrative of the subject. There was much novelty in the manner in which he handled this branch of his theory. We can at present afford no more than this brief notice, which may, however, direct the lovers of science and inquiry where they may reap information in an uncommon, if not an unique way. [‘Mr Coleridge’s Lectures’ Literary Gazette (19 Dec 1818), 808]

For this series, Coleridge alternated Philosophy lectures on Mondays with Shakespeare lectures on Thursdays. I'm really only interested in the latter, but this small note deserves mention anyway.