124 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



rock, a mode of recording events and which are now of 

 great interest. It is the design of the society to raise 

 the necessary funds and then, with the permission of the 

 Greek government, buy and remove the village when it 

 is believed excavations will reveal to the world treasures 

 of inestimable value." 



Monday, Dec. 2, 1889. Hon. Eben F. Stone read an 

 interesting paper on Gov. John A. Andrew, "the Massa- 

 chusetts war governor." 1 Mr. Stone knew Gov. Andrew 

 intimately and had a high opinion of his character and tal- 

 ents. The paper was well written and was full of reminis- 

 cences and personal recollections of one of the most popular 

 men of his day ; and perhaps one of the best governors 

 we ever had in Massachusetts. He appeared to be like 

 President Lincoln "a providential man" and moved the 

 masses of the people by his eloquence and power. 



Monday, Dec. 16, 1889. Rev. G. T. Flanders, of New 

 Bedford, read an instructive and interesting paper on 

 Mohammed and Mohammedans, giving some account of 

 the state of religion and especially of Christianity at the 

 beginning of the career of Mohammed in A. D. 610, and 

 then reviewing his life and character very fully. He did 

 not regard the prophet as either an impostor or a lunatic, 

 but a providential man, a man for the times, true to his 

 mission, so to speak. He also gave some account of the 

 Koran and its doctrines, showing a thorough acquaintance 

 with his subject. 



Monday, Jan. 20, 1890. Rev. A. P. Putnam, D.D., 

 of Concord, delivered an interesting biographical sketch 

 of Gen. Moses Porter "an unrecognized hero of the Rev- 

 olution" who was born in Danvers in 1756, enlisted in 



i See Hist. Coll. Vol. xxvi, p. 1. 



