importance to those of any recent year : the extensive 

 range of investigation which many of them required, 

 and the spirit of inquiry which some of them excited, 

 is clearly shown by the following enumeration of 

 them : — 



1. "An Account of the late Scientific Meeting at Edinburgh" — by Mr. 



West, Secretary — (read Oct. 17th, 1834.) 



2. " On certain Modem English Poets" — ^by Mr. Wm. Armitage Jack- 



son — (read Nov. 7th, 1834.) 



3. " On the General Improvement and Prosperity of Leeds as affected 



by the Smoke of the Factories, with some Remarks on the 

 Means of abating the Nuisance" — by Mr. Christopher Kemplay 

 — (read Nov. 21st, 1834.) 



4. " On the Natural History of the Genus Actinia" (Sea Anemone)— 



by Mr. T. P. Teale---(read Dec. 5th, 1834.) 



5. " On the Study of Geology" — by Robt. Hall, Esq. Barrister-at-Law, 



Secretary — (read Dec. 19th, 1834.) 



6. " On the Origin of the English Language" — by Dr. Wright, Presi- 



dent of the Wakefield Philosophical Society — (read Januaiy 

 2nd, 1835.) 



7. " On Leeds and its Improvements" — ^by Adam Hunter, M.D. Vice- 



President — (read January l6th, 1835.) 



8. " An Appeal from Musicians to First Principles in behalf of Vocal 



Music" — by Mr. John Wilkinson, Commercial-Street — (read 

 February 5th, 1835.) 



9. " An Appeal," &c. — a continuation of the last Paper — ^by Mr. John 



Wilkinson— (read Febiiiary 20th, 1835.) 



