I received a series of JPGs from the librarian at the Melrose Public
Library, scans of a review of the show November 10, 1884.  This review,
from the Melrose Journal of November 15, 1884, is for the most part the
same review as published earlier in the Boston Journal, with some
variations and additional information.  I also acquired a copy of the
advertising for the event.  What I find interesting is that they all
refer to the Melrose Lyceum.  According to the librarian the Lyceum
building burnt down in 1870 and the town of Melrose erected a new town
hall in 1874.

I've included this material in my Gazetteer as an entry at
http://bscottholmes.com/content/town-hall-melrose-massachusetts-0

What I'm wondering about here is the use of the name Lyceum.  There is
no address of the venue given on the ad nor in either of the reviews.
I'm speculating that the term Lyceum was used to refer to the series of
events and such.  These events must have regularly occurred at the Town
Hall and the town of Melrose was still small enough for its citizens to
just "understand" that the Town Hall and the Lyceum were equivalents.

We certainly could not "get away" with that today, at least not in the
grotesque monster of a city where I reside.

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