THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

NEW BEDFORD, MASS., AUGUST 23, 1859,

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

TICK NOR AND FIELDS,

Corner of Washington and School Streets.

1860.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE: THURSTON AND MILES.