576 General Monthly Meetiiifj [Dec. 2, 



Seton Gordon, Esq., F.Z.S., Author of "The Charm of the Hills."' Two 

 Lectures on Bieds of the Hill Country. On Thursdays, Jan. 16, 23. 



Professor B. Hopkinson, M.A. P.E-.S., Professor of Mechanism and Applied 

 Mechanics, University of Cambridge. Two Lectures on Recent Eeseagh on 

 THE Gas Engine. On Thursdays, Jan. 30, Feb. 6. 



Sir Sidney Lee, D.Litt. LL.D., Editor of Dictionary of National Bio- 

 graphy. Three Lectures on The Dawn op Empire in Shakespeare's Era. 

 On Thursdays, Feb. 13, 20, 27. 



W. B. Hardy, Esq., M.A. F.E..S., Fellow and Tutor of Gonville and Gains 

 College, Cambridge. Two Lectures on Surface Energy. On Thursdays, 

 March 6, 13. 



Henry Walford Davies, Esq. Mus.Doc. LL.D., Organist and Director 

 of the Choir at the Temple Church. Three Lectures oh Aspects of Harmony : 



1. Chord Progression : L^lustrated from Handel, Beethoven, Brahms. 



2. Added Dissonance : Illustrated from Schumann and Wagner. 3. The 

 New Whole Tone Chord and its Predecessors : Illustrated from Bach 

 and Debussy. (With Musical Illustrations.) On Saturdays, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1. 



Professor Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M. LL.D. D.Sc. F.R.S. M.B.I. , Professor 

 of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, etc. Six Lectures on The Proper- 

 ties and Constitution of the Atom. On Saturdays, Feb. 8, 15, 22, March 

 1, 8, 15. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on che 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



prom 

 The Secretary of State for India — Agricultural Journal, Vol. VII. Part 4. Svo. 



1912. 

 Lords of the Admiralty — Nautical Almanac, 1915. Svo. 1912. 

 Accadcmia dci Lincei, Beak, Boma — Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. Classe 

 di Scienze Fisiche, Mathematiche e Naturali. Vol. XXI. 2" Semestre, 

 Fasc. 8. Classe di Scienze Morali, Vol. XXI. Fasc. 5-6. Svo. 1912. 

 American Acadeyny of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XLVIII. Nos. 5-7, 



9-10. Svo. 1912. 

 American Geographical Society — Bulletin, Vol. XLIV. No. 10. Svo. 1912. 

 Amsterdam, Boyal Academy of Scit')zces —Verhandelingen, 1'^* Sectie, DI. XI. 

 Nos. 3-4 ; 2° Sectie, DI. X'VII. No. 1. Svo. 1911-12. 

 Verslagen, DI. XX. Svo. 1912. 

 Proceedings, Vol. XIV. Svo. 1912. 

 Jaarboek, 1911. Svo. 1912. 

 Astronomical Society, i?0!/aZ— Monthly Notices, Vol. LXXII. No. 9. Svo. 



1912. 

 Backer, H. J., Esq. {the Author) — De Veiligheidslamp van Sir Humphry Davy. 



Svo. 1912. 

 Breioing, Institute o/— List of Members, 1912. Svo. 

 British Architects, Boyal Institute o/— Journal, Third Series, Vol. XX. Nos. 1-2. 



4to. 1912. 

 British Astronomical Association — Journal, Vol. XXIII. No. 1. Svo. 1912. 

 British Ornithologists' L''«ion— List of Members, 1912. Svo. 

 Canada, Department of Mines — Report on Utilization of Peat Fuel. By B. F. 

 Haanel. Svo. 1912. 

 Report of Geological Survey Branch, 1911, Svo. 1912. 

 Southern Vancouver Island. By C H. Clapp. (Mem. 13.) Svo. 1912. 

 Geology of Phojnix District. By 0. E. Le Roy. (Mem. 21.) Svo. 1912. 

 Carnegie Institution — Contributions from the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 



No. 61. Svo. 1912. 

 Chemical Industry, Society o/— Journal, Vol. XXXI. Nos. 21-22. Svo. 1912. 

 ■ Chemical Socicij/— Proceedings, Vol. XXVIII. Nos. 405-406. Svo. 1912. 

 Journal for Nov. 1912. Svo. 



