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I refer back for a notice of an important overture made 

 to me in Boston, by Mr. Abbott Lawrence, regarding a pro 

 posed chemical course to be given in Boston by me in the 

 spring of 1836. Not many weeks after my return home 

 from the geological course of 1835, 1 received, in affirm 

 ance of the proposition of Mr. Lawrence, a written over 

 ture inviting me to return in the ensuing season, and then 

 to deliver a course of- lectures on chemistry. The commu 

 nication was signed by fifty of the principal citizens of Bos 

 ton, among whom were President Quincy, Dr. Nathaniel 

 Bowditch, Hon. Judge Davis, all the Lawrence brothers, 

 Col. Thomas H. Perkins, W. W. Stone, &c. The invita 

 tion was full and cordial in its terms, and placed me in a 

 proper position. 



Mr. Silliman made an auspicious beginning -of his 

 second course in Boston. 



I wrote to Mrs. Silliman (March 9) : " You will to-mor 

 row morning receive mine of yesterday, informing you of 

 the splendid success of the course. Hitherto the higher- 

 priced ticket has sold more rapidly than that of last year, 

 of a lower price, and the receipts up to last evening were 

 $1000 more than the entire receipts of last year. I have 

 just now received a call from the Rev. Dr. Channing, who 

 said he w'as very glad to see me again in Boston. I am to 

 go to his house this evening with Mr. Hubbard to meet Miss 

 Martineau. There is also a visit to be made at Prof. An- 

 drews's. Great admiration is expressed at the experiment 

 ing on Monday evening ; they remark to me : ' We were 

 delighted to see how everything went just like clock-work, 

 no confusion, no hurry, and everything beautifully suc 

 cessful.' A few words regarding Miss Martineau. Know 

 ing that she was deaf, I asked Dr. Channing how loud I 

 must speak. He replied, ' Speak in your usual voice ; only 

 speak slowly, and articulate distinctly.' I was no sooner 



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