CONTENTS. V 



1880. rage 



Feb. 2.— General Monthly Meeting 283 



„ 6. — William Huggins, Esq. — Photographic Spectra of 



Stars 285 



„ 13. — W. H. Pkeece, Esq. — Wheatstone's Telegraphic 



Achievements .. .. .. .. .. 297 



20.— Rev. H. R. Haweis.— Old Violins 305 



„ 27. — Frederick J. Bramwell, Esq.— Sequel to the 



" Thunderer " Gun Explosion 309 



March 1.— General Monthly Meeting .. 328 



„ 5.— H. N. Moseley, Esq. — Deep-Sea Dredging, and 



Life in the Deep Sea .. .. .. .. 331 



„ 12. — C. William Siemens, Esq. — The Dynamo-Electric 



Current and some of its Applications .. .. 334 



„ 19. — Professor Ttndall. — Goethe's " Farbenlehre " 



(" Theory of Colours ") 340 



Ajn-il 5. — General Monthly Meeting ..359 



„ 9. — Professor Huxley. — The Coming of Age of the 



' Origin of Species.' .. .. .. .. 361 



„ 16. — M. Ernest Renan. — Marcus Aurelius. (In French) 369 



„ 23. — Walter H. Pollock, Esq. — Dumas Pere .. .. 383 



„ 30. — G. J. Romanes, Esq. — Mental Evolution (Abstract 



deferred) 386 



May 1.— Annual Meeting .. .. .. .. .. 387 



^^ ^ 3.— General Monthly Meetiug 388 



„ 7. — Professor W. H. Flower. — Fashion in Deformity 390 



„ 14. — The Lord Reay. — Certain Aspects of Social Demo- 

 cracy in Germany .. .. .. .. 412 



„ 21. — W. Spottiswoode, Esq. — Electricity in Transitu .. 427 



„ 28. — Francis Hueffer, Esq. — Musical Criticism .. 437 



June 4.-11. H. Statham, Esq. — Ornament .. .. .. 440 



