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lecture before the Peabody Institute in Danvers, one be- 

 fore the Newburyport Lyceum, a course of six lectures in 

 March and April in Odd Fellows Hall, Lynn, and a sup- 

 plementary on Monday, May 12. A course of five lec- 

 tures is in courSe of delivery in Danvers, having begun 

 on Thursday, April 17. The subjects of the above lec- 

 tures were selected from those delivered in Salem during 



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the past autumn. A course of familiar lectures on micro- 

 scopical studies commenced in the rooms of the Institute 

 on Monday, April 21, the second on Wednesday, April 

 30, and the others on successive Wednesday evenings. 

 The above lectures,* which were under the direction of 

 the Institute, were popular and instructive descriptions 

 of the history and construction of the Microscope ; and 

 included exhibitions of specimens in the various fields of 

 nature, illustrating by aid of the calcium light the discov- 

 eries which the microscope has made. Mr. E. Bicknell 

 assisted Mr. Bolles in the illustrations and managed the 

 lantern. 



CONCERTS. Five concerts have been given by members 

 and friends of the Institute on Thursday evenings com- 

 mencing with Thursday, March 27, 1873. They were 

 very successful and gave much pleasure and gratification 

 not only to those interested in this pursuit, but to others. 

 To Mr. Charles H. Higbee, for his untiring and assid- 

 uous exertions in the attainment of a favorable result, the 

 Institute is greatly indebted. 



MUSEUM. Many valuable specimens have been given 

 during the year ; those relating to Natural History, in ac- 

 cordance with previous arrangements, have been deposited 

 with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science ; 

 and of the collection in the custody of the trustees it is 



*See BULLETIN, Vol. iv, p. 46. 



