C. " On the History of the Art of Music from the earliest periods"— 

 by Mr. Cummins— (read January 3rd.) 



7. " On the Music, Painting and Sculpture in Churches" — by the 



Rev. Thomas Kilby, of Wakefield— (read January 17th.) 



8. *' On the early History and Ruins of Babylon"— by Mr. W. A. 



Jackson — (read February 7th.) 



9. *' On the Philosophy of Amusement, or Importance of a Cultivation 



of Imagination and Taste, duly proportioned to that of the 

 Understanding and Moral Sense" — by J. G. Marshall, Esq. — 

 (read February 2]st.) 



10. " On Domestic Architecture from the invasion of Julius Csesar to 



the reign of |i^izabeth" — by Mr. J. Harper, of York — (read 

 March 7th.) 



11. "A consideration of some questions connected with the Natural 



History of Man" — by Mr. Nunneley — (read March 21st.) 



12. " On German Literature"— by Mr. Marcus — (read April 4th.) 



13. " On the Literature of the Middle Ages" — communicated by a 



Member of the Sheffield Philosophical Society— (read April 

 18th.) 



But the distinguishing feature of the Session cer- 

 tainly consists in the occasional introduction of private 

 meetings of members of the Society only, for the 

 reading of short Notices ; of these there have been four, 

 at which the following Communications were read, the 

 number of members in attendance in each instance 

 exceeding what liad been anticipated. 



