154 General Monthly Meeting, [June 6, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, June 6, 1859. 



CoiX)NEL Philip James Yorke, F.R.S. Vice-President, in the Chair. 



John Bathurst Graver Browne, Esq. 

 Samuel Parsons, M.D. and 

 William Simpson, Esq. C.E. 



were duly elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



Charles Brett, Esq. 

 was admitted a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The following Letter from Jacob Bell, Esq. M.R.L, was read : — 



" My dear Dr. Faraday, " Langham Place, June 2nd, 1859. 



*' I have the works of John Gould, F.R.S. from the com- 

 mencement up to the present time. Understanding that the Library of 

 the Royal Institution is not provided with these works, I am desirous 

 of offering them as a donation. The volumes up to a certain period are 

 bound : and I regret my inability to include the entire works in the 

 same state : but I find on inquiry that three of the works are still in 

 progress, and therefore not yet in a state for binding. As the state of 

 my health gives me no prospect of living to see the works completed,* 

 and I could not impose on my executors an indefinite trouble and 

 responsibility, I have only the alternative of requesting you to accept, 

 on behalf of the Institution, all that it is in my power to give. 

 " I remain, my dear Dr. Faraday, yours very sincerely, 



"Jacob Bell." 

 Works of John Gould, F.R.S.— 



Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, fol. 1832. 



Monograph of the Ramphastidse or Toucans, fol. 1st Ed. 1834. 2nd Eid. 1854, 



Monograph of the Trogonidse or Trogons. fol. 1st Ed. 1838. 2nd Ed. Part 1. 1858. 



Birds of Europe. 5 vols. fol. 1837. 



Mammals of Australia. Parts 1-10. fol. 1845-58. 



Birds of Australia. 7 vols. fol. 1848. Supplement, Parts 1, 2. fol. 1851-5. 



Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Humming Birds. Parts 1-16. fol. 1849-58. 



Birds of Asia. Parts 1-11. fol. 1850-9. 



Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America, fol. 1850. 



Icones Avium. Part 2. fol. 1838. 



Resolved, — That the warmest thanks of the Members be offered to 

 Mr. Bell for his munificent present ; and they beg to express their 

 regret at the state of health of one who has so long been so earnest and 

 active a Member of the Institution. 



* Mr. Bell's decease took place on June 12 following. 



