REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



AT THE CLOSE OF THE 



SEVENTEENTH SESSION. 



In presenting their Report for the Session of 

 1836-7, the Council are inclined, in the first place, to 

 state the usual particulars, and afterwards to make 

 such remarks as these may suggest. 



The Papers which have been read before the 

 Society are the following : — 



GENERAL MEETINGS. 



1. "On the Origin of Ancient Greek Tragedy"— by the Rev. Joseph 



Holmes, A.M., President— (Read Oct. 21, 1830.) 



2. " On Education and the Educational Wants of the Town of 



Leeds"— by Mr. Suliot— (Read Nov. 4th, 1836.) 



3. "On the II Brute Secondo of Alfieri and the Julius Caesar of 



Shakspeare" — by the Rev. C. Wickstead— (Read Nov. 18th, 

 1836.) 



4. " On the Origin of the Ancient Britons" — by Mr. Edvvd. Nevins — 



(Read Dec. 2nd, 1836.) 



5. "On the Philosophy of Opinion" — by Mr. Wildsmith — (Read 



Dec. 16th, 1836.) 



6. "On the Messenian Wars"— by Mr. W. A. Jackson— (Read Jan. 



6th, 18370 



7. " Thoughts on Education"— by Mr. John Atkinson— (Read Jan. 



20th, ia37.) 



