376 General Monthly/ Meeting. [Dec. 3, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 3, 1888. 



Sir James Crichton-Buowne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Yicc-Presulent, 

 in the Chair. 



William Dunsmore Bohm, Es*^. 



Rev. Henry Thomas Cart, M.A. 



Mrs. Charles Daniell, 



Josiah Goodall, Esq. 



Miss C. Naden, 



Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.D. F.R.S. 



Colonel T. E. Teuuant, 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations to the Fund for the promotion of Experimental 

 Research : 



Mrs. R. J. Mann (for the late Dr. R. J. Mann, i\I.R.L) .. £20 



Mrs. Bloomfield Moore £50 



Warren De la Rue, Esq £100 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Professor Dewar, INI. A. F.R.S. M.R.I. Fullerian Professor of Chemistrj^ R.I. 

 Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) on Clouds and Cloudland. 

 On Dec. 27 (nursday), Dec. 29, 1888; Jan. 1, 3, 5, 8, 1889. 



George John Romanes, Esq. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S, M.E.I. Fullerian Professor 

 of Physiology, R.L Twelve Lectures, constituting the second part of a Course 

 on Before and After Darwin (The Evidences of Organic Evolution, and the 

 Theory of Natural Selection). On Tuesdays, Jan. 22 to April 9. 



Professor J. W. Judd, F.R.S. Four Lectures on The Metamorphoses of 

 Minerals. On Thursdays, Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14. 



Sidney Martin, M.D. F.R.C.S.E. B.Sc. Four Lectures on The Venom of 

 Serpents and Allied Poisons, including those used in the Middle Ages. 

 On Tlinrsdays, Feb. 21, 28, March 7, 14. 



J. Henry Middleton, Esq. M.A. Slade Professor of Fine Art in the 

 University of Cambridge. Four Lectures on Houses and their Decoration 

 from the Classical to the Medleyal Period. On Thursdays, March 21, 28, 

 April 4, 11. 



Professor Ernst Pauer. Four Lectures on The Character of the Great 

 Composers and the Characteristics of their Works (with Illustratiuns on the 

 Pianoforte). On Saturdays, Jan. 2i3, Feb. 2, 9. 16. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. M.B.I. Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Piiilosophy, R.L Eight Lectures on Experimental Optics 

 (Polarization; Wave Theory). On Saturdays, Feb. 23 to April 13. 



