BEVIEW. 17 



only at the hoary limits of winter. They pass without astonishment, over 

 the populous cities of Europe, and look down with disdain on their fertile 

 fields, which present furrows of green corn in the midst of snow. So much 

 does liberty appear preferable to abundance, even in the eyes of animals ! " 

 We have not space for more extracts, but we cordially recommend this 

 little volume to our readers. They will find some wholesome truths in it, 

 and the shilling spent in its purchase will be money well laid out. Mr. Kidd 

 ought to be, and we trust is, a happy man ; he deserves it, for he labours 

 hard to make others so too, and, we believe, not without a large measure of 

 success. 



|r0mMngs 0f Si^netits. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 OF GLASGOW.— SESSION, 1854-55. 



. July UTi. The Annual General Meeting was held this evening, Dr. Col- 

 QUHOUN occupied the Chair. After the usual routine business, Mr. William 

 Fekguson, of London, was unanimously elected an honoraiy member. 



The meeting then proceeded to elect Office-bearers and Council for the en- 

 suing year, when the following gentlemen were elected to fill the respective 

 offices : 



Mr. James P. Fraser, F. G. S., President. 

 Mr. Roger Hennedy, Vice-President. 

 Mr. John Gray, Secretary. 

 Mr. Robert Gray, Treasurer. 



Messrs. William Gocrue, Thomas Gray, and Dr. Colquhoun, 

 Members of the Council. 

 On the motion of the Chairman, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the 

 retiring Office-bearers, in which the meeting desired specially to acknow- 

 ledge their obligations, as a Society, to Mr. Fraser, their late Secretary, for 

 his untiring zeal and successful endeavours in promoting its interests, and 

 in contributing in so many ways to the general prosperity of the society at 

 large. 



The meeting then adjourned to the first Tuesday in August. 



August \st. The ordinary Monthly Meeting was held this evening, the 

 President occupying the Chair. The Minutes of last meeting were read 

 and approved of. 



