C O N T E X T S 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 5, 1874, 1 



Adjourned Meeting, Thursday, January 8, 1874, .... 1 



Byron Groce, Natural History in the Schools. 3. — F, \V. Putnam. Re- 

 mark- on the same ubject, 8 — J. Robinson, Donation of a Collection 

 of Presidential Medals, and Remarks on them, 10. 



Regular Meeting, Monday. January 1'.), 1874, .... 10 



F.W. Pntnam, Rare Fishes taken in Salem. Beverly and Marblchead 

 Harbors [Cryptacantkodes inornatus, Liparis lineatus and Plutessa 

 glabra), 11.— A. Peabody, On the Earlv bays of California, 13. — F. 

 W. Putnam, Remai k.* on the same subject. IT. —J. Robinson, On the 

 Condition and Extent of tne Collection of Continental Paper Cur- 

 rency in the Rooms of the Institute. 19. 



Regular Meeting. Monday, February 2, 1874, .... 20 



J. Robinson, On Donation of Paper Money from W. S.Vaux, of Phila- 

 delphia, 21. —P. W.Putnam, On Black Fish taken in Salem Harbor,22. 



Quarterly Meeting, Wednesday, February 11, 1874, ... 25 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 10, 1874, .... 25 



Charles Kingsley's Lecture on Westminster Abbey noticed. 25. — His 

 Reception at the R >omsofthe Institute, Addresses by the President, 

 Mayor Cogswell, Mr. King-ley, and other-. •_' i. 



Adjourned Meeting, Friday, February 27, 1 s 7 4 , .... 30 

 Walter Smith's Communication on Art Studies. 31. — Remarks on the 

 subject by the President, Messrs. Putnam and Hagar, 32. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 2, 1874, 33 



James Kimball. Notes from the Diary of William Russell, prior anil 

 chiefly during the Time of his Imprisonment in Mill Prison, Eng- 

 land, during the Revolutionary War, 35. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 16, 1874, 36 



G. M.White, On Copper-plate Engraving, 37 — James Kimball's Commu- 

 nication on the Journal of the Rev. [). Shute in 17.">s. 4.;. — Agassiz 

 Memorial Fund noticed, 43.— J A. Allen. Note- on the Mammals of 

 Portions of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, 43. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 6, 1874, 67 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 20, 1874 67 



E. S. Morse, On the Various Modes of Illustration, 69.— F. W. Putnam, 



Notice of a skull from Shell-bed on Hock l-l ind, to. F. W. Putnam, 

 On Teeth of a Large Shark, probably Carcharis ( I'rionodtm) lamia, 

 from near St Peter's Bank, 70.— Notice of the Late Alpheus Crosby. 

 and Resolutions adopted, 73. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 4. 1874, ..... 75 



E. A. Sil»bee. Familiar Talk on Art Matters, 77. 



Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May 13. 1874 86 



Retrospect of the Year. Member-. B6; Meetings, B9; Lectures and Con- 

 certs, 92; Horticultural, 94; Library.9B; Museum, 97; Financial, £8; 



Publications, 'J9; Officers i lected, 140. 



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