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pagna" on Monday, March 8, 1880. These were not 

 under the direction of the Institute. 



Meetings. — Regular Meetings usually on the first and 

 third Monday evenings of each month. The following 

 communications received and lectures delivered may be 

 specified: Mr. James Samuelson, of Liverpool, on 

 "Darwinism" and on "The Classification of Animals;" 

 William H, Tappan^ of Manchester, "Gold and Silver 

 Mines and Miners," the results of his experience in Cali- 

 fornia, Nevada, and Colorado ; James H. Emerton^ 

 "Animals living at the bottom of Salem Harbor," the 

 results of dredging dnring the summer of 1879 ; W. S. 

 N^evinSf "Mount Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii;" 

 D. B. Hagar, "Spelling Reform;" F, W. Putnam, 

 "The former Indians of Southern California, bearing on 

 the origin of the Red Man in America;" E. S. Morse, 

 "The influence of Early Korean Art upon Japanese 

 Pottery ;" Rev. Edward Colly er, of New York, "An 

 Episode in the life of Edward Fairfax;" Thomas H, 

 Walker, of Pottsville, Pa., "On Prison Discipline;" 

 Nathan Crosby, of Lowell, "Essex County and Essex 

 County Men;" Rev. Robert C. Mills, "Memoir of James 

 Upton;" James Kimball, "On the Early manufacture of 

 Glass in Salem," "Notes on the Richardson and Russell 

 Families;" Henry F, Waters, "The Gedney and Clarke 

 Families, of Salem, iNIass. ;" William P. Upham, "Rec- 

 ords of the First Church at Salisbury, Mass., 1687-1754." 



Concerts. — Under the personal direction of the curator 

 of music five concerts have been given, with much credit 

 to the society as musical performances. The eleventh 

 season. 



1st, Monday, Nov. 3, 1879, Mrs. G. C. Adams, Miss 



