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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 

 Monday, December 5, 1887. 



Wabren de la Rue, Esq. M.A. D.C.L. F.R.S. Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



Victor Horsley, Esq. F.R.S. F.R.C.S. 



Mrs. Victor Horsley, 



George Lindsay Johnson, Esq. M.B. M.A. F.R.C.S. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Sir Henry 

 DouLTON, M.R.I. for his present of Two "Doulton " Fireplaces. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Sir Egbert Stawell Ball, LL.D. F.R.S. Royal Astronomer of Ireland. — 

 Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) on Astronomy: The Sun, 

 Moon, Planets, Comets, and Stars. On Dec. 27 (Tuesday), Dec. 29, 31, 1887; 

 Jan. 3, 5, 7, 1888. 



George John Romanes, Esq. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. M.B.I. — Ten Lectures, 

 "Before and After Darwin." On Tuesdays, Jan. 17 to March 20. 



Hubert Herkomer, Esq. M.A. A.R.A. Slade Professor of Fine Art in the 

 University of Oxford. — Three Lectures on Thursdays, Jan. 19, The Walker 

 School ; Jan. 26, My Visits to America ; Feb. 2, Art Education. 



C. Hubert H. Parry, Esq. M.A. Professor of Musical History and Com- 

 position at the Royal College of Music. — Four Lectures on Early Secular 

 Choral Music, from the Thirteenth Century till the beginning of the Seventeenth. 

 (With Illustrations.) On Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16, 23, March 1. 



The Rev. W. H. Dallinger, LL.D. F.R.S. — Three Lectures on Microscopical 

 Work with recent Lenses on the Least and Simplest Forms of Life. On 

 Thursdays, March 8, 15, 22. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. M.E.J.— Seven 

 Lectures on Experimental Optics (Illustrated by Electric Light). On 

 Saturdays, Jan. 21 to March 3. 



William Archer, Esq. — Three Lectures on The Modern Drama : French, 

 Scandinavian, and English. On Saturdays, March 10, 17, 24. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



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The Governor-General of India— Geological Survey of India : Records, Vol. XX. 



Part 3. 8vo. 1887. 

 The New Zealand Government — Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand, 



28 March, 1886. fol. 1887. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta : Rendiconti. Vol. III. 



2° Semestre, Ease. 4, 5. 8vo. 1887. 

 Agricultural Society of England, Royal — Journal, Second Series, Vol. XXIII. 



Part 2. 8vo. 1887. 

 Antiquaries, Society of — Archaeologia, Vol. L. Part 2. 4to. 1887. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal — Monthly Notices, Vol. XLVII. No, 9. 8vo. 1887. 

 Bankers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. VIII. Part 8. 8vo. 1887. 



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