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Notch, etc. Left Salem Thursday, Aug. 19, 1880, and 

 returned Aug. 24. Third. To Washington (all rail 

 route), left Salem Friday Feb. 11, 1881, return Friday 

 Feb. 18. 



LECTURES. A course of eight lectures, under the direc- 

 tion of the lecture committee, was as follows : 1st, Mon- 

 day, Oct. 18, 1880, Miss Alice C. Fletcher, "Passion 

 Play of Ober-ammergau." Extra Thursday, Nov. 4, 

 1880, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, of the Victoria University, 

 Manchester, England, "The men of the Caverns." 2nd, 

 Monday, Nov. 8, 1880, Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, 

 "English Ballads." 3rd, Monday, Nov. 29, 1880, Rev. 

 Charles T. Brooks, of Newport, R. I., " Curiosities of 

 Language." 4th, Monday, Dec. 20, 1880, Prof. William 

 H. Niles of Cambridge, "Holland and its People." 5th % , 

 Monday, Jan. 24, 1881, Frederick E. Ober of Beverly, 

 "Florida." 6th, Monday, Jan. 31, 1881, Rev. James 



F. Clarke of Boston, "Nooks and corners of English 

 literature." 7th, Thursday, Mar. 24, 1881, Rev. E. C. 

 Bolles of Salem, "Historic places of early England." 



In addition to the above, three courses of lectures de- 

 livered in the afternoon, free to the public ; the only con- 

 dition was that persons desiring to attend should apply for 

 tickets at the rooms of the Institute. The results have 

 been mst gratifying. These lectures were provided by 

 the liberality of the Curator of painting and sculpture. 

 First course by J. Walter Fewkes, Ph. D., of Cambridge : 

 four lectures upon "Forms of animal life," Wednesdays, 

 Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, 1880. Second course, five lectures 

 upon art subjects : Wednesday, Dec. 15, S. R. Roehler, 

 "A practical talk on Etching;" Wednesday, Dec. 22, S. 



G. W. Benjamin, " The art of design ;" Wednesday, Dec. 

 29, by E. S. Morse, "Methods of Illustration ;" Wednes- 



