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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 was 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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