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He visited England and was disgusted, ridiculing ev- 

 erything he saw. His Paris life was brilliant and famous 

 until 1848, when he had a sort of paralytic stroke that left 

 him half lame and blind. His last days were sad, pa- 

 thetic and most unhappy. His description of what his old 

 age would be, as pictured to his German eyes, is most 

 touching, being very tender in its allusions. He died 

 February 16, 1856, and was buried at Montmartre, his 

 resting-place being marked with the simple inscription 

 Heinrich Heine. 



Monday, Jan. 16, 1893. A series of informal meet- 

 ings for members only was begun in the library rooms. 

 Mr. Gardner M. Jones opened the literary exercises by 

 some interesting remarks on the library of the Institute, 

 historical and statistical, and also in relation to its needs 

 in order to increase its usefulness. He closed by calling 

 attention to a number of books taken from the shelves, 

 illustrating the work of celebrated book-makers and print- 

 ers and covering the whole period of printing from 1486 

 to the present time. Mr. C. S. Osgood followed endors- 

 ing what Mr. Jones said as to the needs of the library and 

 stating that had the Institute the necessary funds, the li- 

 brary committee would do practically what had been sug- 

 gested. Prof. E. S. Morse spoke of the collecting of 

 books and kindred matters and referred to persons well 

 known in science, suggested by some of the books. After 

 informal remarks by several other members the meeting 

 adjourned. 



Monday, Jan. 23, 1893. William A. Mowry, Ph.D., 

 of Salem, lectured on "The Inauguration of the New Gov- 

 ernment, or Washington as a Statesman." Dr. Mowry 

 first spoke of the period of the formation of the first Con- 



