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Hoar, E. S. Morse, F. W. Putnam, E. C. Bolles, G. 

 Keynolds, and others. 



Regular Meetings. Twenty-one have been held at the 

 rooms, usually on the first and third Monday evenings of 

 each month. The papers read and lectures delivered 

 have proved exceedingly instructive. The following may 

 be specified : — W. P. Upham, on the Settlement of Kev. 

 S. Skelton, and on the Siege of Boston ; James Kimball, 

 on Indian Utensils ; A. Graham Bell, on Visible Speech ; 

 G. F. Wright, on Indian Kidge and its Continuation in 

 Andover ; S. C. Oliver, on the Instinct and Intelligence 

 of Animals ; George M. White, on Pottery ; John Robin- 

 son, Addenda to the Ferns of Essex County ; E. S. 

 Atwood, on the Manufacture of Silver Plated Ware; S. 

 G. W. Benjamin, on the Theory and Practice of Art ; N. 

 H. Chamberlain, on the Way of making Orators; C. H. 

 Higbee, on Alga; F. W. Putnam, on the Ancient Race 

 of Peru. 



Lectures and Concerts. — A course of four very able 

 and instructive lectures on the Relation of the Mind to 

 the Nervous System were given by Dr. Amos H. John- 

 son of this city. The lectures were attended by a large 

 and appreciative audience. The receipts of the entire 

 course were generously given to the Institute by the lec- 

 turer. 



Under the direction of the Curator of music, four con- 

 certs were given, which proved highly successful. 1st. 

 On Monday evening, Nov. 22, by Mr. B. J. Lang and 

 Miss Ita Welsh; 2nd. On Monday evening, Dec. 13, by 

 Mrs. J. W. Weston, Messrs. G. W. Sumner and George 

 Bridgham ; 3d. On Wednesday evening, Dec. 29, by 

 Messrs. August and Wulf Fries and Arthur W. Foote ; 

 4th. Monday evening, January 10, by Mrs. Edward 



