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"Palestine." 2d, Monday, Oct. 13, 1879, Eev. George T. 

 Flanders, "Spain, Morocco and Algiers." 3d, Monday, 

 Oct. 27, 1879, Frederick E. Ober, "Lesser Antilles." 

 4tJi, Monday, Nov. 10, 1879, S. G. W. Benjamin, 

 "Portugal." 5th, Monday, Dec. 1, 1879, Eev. E. C. 

 Bolles, ^'England." 6th, Monday, Dec. 22, 1879, E. S. 

 Morse, "Japan." 7th, Monday, Jan. 5, 1880, Thomas 

 Davidson, "Athens." 8th, Monday, Jan. 12, 1880, Rev. 

 A. P. Peabody, "Russia." These lectures were carefully 

 prepared and most of them were illustrated by lantern 

 views, and were instructive. 



In addition to the above, three courses of lectures, and 

 one of readings of six each — free to the public — were 

 given ; the only condition was that persons desiring to at- 

 tend should apply for tickets at the rooms of the Institute. 

 The results have been most gratifying. The class of people 

 for whom these lectures were intended has been reached, 

 and the liall has been filled with quiet, appreciative, and 

 attentive audiences. 



1st, six lectures by L. E. Beckwith, " T/^e Lives and 

 Writings of the Prose Authors of the Age of Queen Anne,"" 

 on Thursday afternoons, beginning Nov. 6, 1879 ; 2nd, 

 six lectures by Charles Sedgwick Minot, upon " Com- 

 jparative Embryology,''^ on Tuesday afternoons, commenc- 

 ing Jan. 6, 1880 ; 3d, six lectures by Ephraim Emerton, 

 " The Beginnings of Modern Life,'' on Wednesday after- 

 noons, commencing March 3, 1880 ; Prof. Henry Klein, 

 French and German Readings, on Monday afternoons, 

 commencing Monday, Feb. 16, 1880. 



In addition to the above we may include the three 

 lectures on " Old England,'" by Rev. E. C. Bolles, on 

 Wednesdays, March 24, 31, and April 7, 1880, and a 

 lecture by Rev. C. T. Brooks, on the ^^ Roman Cam- 



