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Hon. Richard Frothingham on the Siege of Boston seems 

 to be almost exhaustive, yet the recital of the daily notes 

 and record of events, either in letters between members 

 of the same family, or those engaged in close business 

 connections, or in diaries, give an insight into the inner 

 life of the people which has necessarily escaped, to a cer- 

 tain extent, the notice of the historian or the annalist. 



Mr. Upham spoke about an hour and was listened to 

 with marked attention by an appreciative and large audi- 

 ence. 



The PRESIDENT, Mr. A. C. GOODELL and others, spoke 

 in continuation of the subject, and expressed much inter- 

 est in the communication, which was referred to the 

 appropriate committee for publication in the Historical 

 Collections of the Institute. 



The new draft of the By-laws was passed through its 

 second reading. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1876. 



THIS evening, A. H. JOHNSON, M. D., gave the first of 

 his series of lectures 



ON THE RELATION OF. MIND TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



The lecture, which was mainly introductory, presented 

 such anatomical details, illustrated by diagrams, as were 

 necessary to the full comprehension of the lectures to 

 follow. The diagrams alone, exhibiting the comparative 

 anatomy of a dozen brains of different animals, furnished 

 conclusive evidence for the speaker's theory, that mental 

 power generally corresponds to the size and quality of the 

 cerebrum. The doctor confined himself closely to facts, 

 and wasted no time whatever over theories, and his lee- 



