118 Mr. Lacaiia [May 18, 



Haidinger, for having promptly suggested the impression of a 



plant into a plate of metal at the very time the modus operandi 



had been provided ; 

 Abate, for its application to the representation of different sorts 



of ornamental woods on woven fabrics, paper, and plain 



wood; 

 Worring, of the Imperial Printing-Office, Vienna,* for his 



practical services in carrying out the plans of Leydolt and 



Haidinger. 



Nature-Printing may be considered as still in its infancy ; but the 

 results, already obtained in its application, encourage us to expect 

 from continued efforts such further improvements as will place it 

 not least among the Printing Arts. 



[H. B.] 



[A great number of specimens of Nature-Printing, in its various 

 applications, were exhibited ; and the different processes referred 

 to by the speaker, were exemplified in the presence of the audience, 

 during and after the discourse, by workmen and apparatus from the 

 establishment of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans.] 



WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 



Friday, May 18. 



Rev. John Baklow, M.A. F.R.S. Vice-President and Secretary, 

 in the Chair. 



James Pniur Lacaita, Esq. LL.D. 

 On Dante and the " Divina Commedia** 



The speaker, after a few preliminary remarks, proceeded to state, 

 that he should not attempt to give an account of the life of Dante, 

 which was so connected with the chief events of his time, that it 

 was impossible to sketch it with any degree of interest, without 

 entering into many details of the mediaeval history of Italy. Carlo 

 Troya, and Count Cesare Balbo, two of the most profound Italian 



* It is gratifying to know that the services of this gentleman were recog- 

 nised by his Sovereign, who munificently rewarded him with a gift, and like- 

 ■wise the Order of Merit. • 



