xxxiv Proceedings. \Febriiary 2^th, igo2. 



Special Meeting, February 25th, 1902. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Wilde Lecture, " On the Evolution of the Mental 

 Faculties in relation to some Fundamental Principles 

 of Motion," was delivered by Dr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S. 



General Meeting, March 4th, 1902. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. G. C. Mandleberg, India-rubber Manufacturer, 

 Manchester, was elected an ordinary member of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 4th, 1902. 

 Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



The recent accessions to the Society's Library included 

 the following : — W. Black's " Narrative of Cruises in 

 the Mediterranean in H.M.S. '■ Euryahis'' and ''Chanticleer^ 

 during the Greek War of Independence (1822-1826) " (8vo., 

 Edinburgh, 1900), presented by Dr, W. G. Black; and Miss 

 Winifred Faraday's " The Edda: I. The Divine Mythology of 

 the North" (i6mo., London, 1902), presented by the author. 



Dr. Arthur Dendy (Professor of Biology, Canterbury 

 College, New Zealand) gave a lecture on "The Chatham 

 Islands; a Study in Biology." 



The lecture was illustrated by a large series of photographic 

 lantern slides, and several objects of ethnographical interest 

 were also exhibited. 



