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The last lecture in Prof. Putnam's course at the Peabody Museum will be given upon December 21, and will be upon the exploration of a group of altar mounds in the valley of the Little Miami river, Ohio, with an exhibition of a collection of objects probably the most...
Prof. Cooke delivered his lecture on Alexandria and Cairo to a large and interested audience last evening. The lecture included descriptions of the principal mosques and temples in the two cities, views of the latest collection of mummies, with a short history of events. The lecturer also touched upon the...
The lecture on Indian life, at the Peabody Museum yesterday afternoon, was attended by a large audience, including many ladies. Miss Fletcher, with the aid of her collection of curiosities, was enabled to give a vivid and interesting account of the domestic habits of the Omaha Indians, among whom she...
"The Annex has, as yet, few pretentions to architectural beauty. An old-fashioned private house on the Appian Way supplies four front rooms, which constitute all that is outward and visible of the institution. One of these rooms is fitted up as a library and sitting-room. Low book-cases...
American Ethnology. An exhibition of a collection illustrating Indian life. Miss Alice C. Fletcher. Peabody Museum, 3 P. M.