CONTENTS. Vll 



ISSl. Pago 

 Aj)!'. 1.— Sir Henry S. Maine. — The King in his Kclation 



to Early Civil Justice . . . . . . 540 



„ 4.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 544 



8. — Professor Tyndall. — The Conversion of Eadiant 



Heat into Sound (^Abstract clef erred) .. .. 546 



„ 29. — Professor J. Stuart Blackie. — The Language and 



Literature of the Scottish Highlands .. .. 547 



May. 2. — Annual Meeting .. ,. .. ..558 



„ 6. — The Hon. George C. Brodrick. — The Land- 

 Systems of England and of Ireland .. .. 559 



„ 9.— General Monthly Meeting .. 574 



5, 13. — Francis Galton, Esq. — The Visions of Sane Persons 644 



„ 20. — Walter H. Pollock, Esq. — Shakspeare Criti- 

 cism .. .. .. .. .. .. 577 



„ 27. — Professok H. E. Roscoe. — Indigo and its Arti- 

 ficial Production .. .. .. .. .. 580 



June. 3. — Professor W. G. Adams. — Magnetic Disturbance, 



Aurorae, and Earth Currents .. ., .. 656 



„ 6.— General Monthly Meeting 672 



„ 10. — Professor Dewar. — Origin and Identity of 



Spectra 674 



July. 4. — General Monthly Meeting ,. .. .. .. 706 



Nov. 7.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. ..708 



Dec. 5.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 712 



Index to Volume IX. .. .. .. .. .. ..715 



