Historical Sketch of the Salem Lyceum, with a list of the officers and lecturers since its formation in 1830. And an extract from the address of Gen. Henry K. Oliver, delivered at the opening of the Fiftieth Annual Course of Lectures, November 13th, 1878. Press of the Salem Gazette, 1879, paperback, 74 pp. Serves as a history of the Lyceum of Salem, Massachusetts. Includes two entries for Henry D. Thoreau as a lecturer in the "Twentieth Course" of 1848-1849, on page 50. Covers have moderate wear and writing on them as an ex-library volume; otherwise clean.