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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, April 5, 1897. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



John Howard Colls, Esq. 

 Hugh Ernest Diamond, Esq. 

 Mrs. J. Dundas Grant, 

 Douglas Hall, Esq. 

 Walter Hunter, Esq. 



Frederick Morell Mackenzie, Esq. M.R.C.S. 

 were elected Members of the Eoyal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the following 

 Donation to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Research 

 at Low Temperatures : — 



Sir William J. Farrer £50 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Tempest Anderson, M.D. B.Sc. Four Lectures on Volcanoes. (Tiie 

 Tyndall Lectures,) On Tuesdays, April 27, May 4, 11, 18. 



Ernest Henry Starling, M.D. Three Lectures on The Heart and its 

 Work. On Tuesdays, May 25, June 1, 8. 



Professor Dewar, M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. M.B.I. Three Lectures on Liquid 

 Air as an Agent op Research. On TJmrsdays, April 29, May 6, 13. 



Churton Collins, Esq., M.A. Four Lecture son The French Revolution 

 and English Literature. On Thursdays, May 20, 27, June 3, 10. 



The Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D. Professor of Ancient History in the Uni- 

 versity of Dublin. Three Lectures on The Greek Theatre according to 

 Recent Discoveries. On Saturdays, May 1, 8, 15. 



J. A. Fuller Maitland, Esq., M.A. F.S.A. Four Lectures on Music in 

 England during the Reign of Queen Victoria (with Musical Illustrations). 

 On Saturdays, May 22, 29, June 5, 12. 



The Pkesents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FOB 



The British Museum Trustees — Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the 



Kowyunjik Collection. By C. Bezold. Vol. IV. 4to. 1896. 

 Accademia dei Lmce^, JSea?e, ^oma— Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. Classed! 



Scienze Fisiche, etc. 1° Semestre, Vol. VI. Fasc. 3-5. 8vo. 1897. 

 Agricultural Society of England, Boyal — Journal, Third Series, Vol. Vllf. Part 1. 



8vo. 1897. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XXXII. No. 1. 8vo. 



1896. 

 American Philosophical Society — Proceedings, No. 152. 8vo. 1896. 

 Asiatic Society, Boyal — Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



8vo. 1893. 

 Journal for 1888, 1889 and 1890. 8vo. 



