CONTENTS. 





Regular Meeting, Monday, January 5, 1874, 1 



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



Byron Groce, Natural History in the Schools. 3. F. W. Putnam. Re- 

 marks on the samemibject, 8. J.Robinson, Donation of a Collection 

 of Presidential Medals, and Remarks on them, 10. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 19, 1874, .... 10 

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

 Harbors (Cryptacunthodes inornatus. Liparis lineatus and J'ltitensa 

 glabra). 11. A. Peabody, On tlie Earlv hays of California, 13. F. 

 W. Putnam, Remarks o'u the same subject. n. 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. F.W. Putnam, On Black Fish taken in Salem Harbor, 22. 



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



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 16, 1874, .... 25 



Charles Kingsley's Lecture on Westmins'er Abbey noticed. 25. His 

 Reception at the R toms of the Institute, Addresses by the President, 

 Mayor Cogswell, Mr. Kingt-ley, and others, 2t>. 



Adjourned Meeting, Friday, February 27, 1874, .... 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 and 

 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 KimbalPs Commu- 

 nication on the Journal of the Rev. I). Shute in 1758.43. Agassiz 

 Memorial Fund noticed, 43. J A. Allen, Notes 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 Rock Island, 70.- F. W. Putnam, 

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

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

 and Resolutions adopted, 73. 



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

 E. A. Silsbee, Familiar Talk on Art Matters, 77. 



Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May 13, 1874, 86 



Retrospect of the Year, Members, 86; Meetings, 89; Lectures and Con- 

 certs, 92: Horticultural, 94; Library. %; Museum, 97; Financial, 98; 

 Publications, 99; Officers elected, 100. 



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