November i6th,Tgog.'\ Proceedings. vii 



Ordinary Meeting, November i6th, 1909. 



Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., President, 

 in tlie Chair. 



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

 books upon the table. 



The President made reference to the death on November 

 9th of Mr. Thomas Worthington, F.R.I.B.A., who had been a 

 member of the Society from 1S65. 



Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., read a summary of 

 a paper entitled "Some early correspondence between 

 Mrs. Hemans and Mr. Matthew Nicholson, a former 

 member of the Society." The paper will appear in full in 

 the Me77ioirs. 



Mr. Nicholson also exhibited several of Felicia Browne's auto- 

 graph letters, a manuscript collection of her poems in Matthew 

 Nicholson's handwriting, and two volumes of silhouettes made 

 by the same gentleman, all being in his own possession. He 

 also showed a drawing of Bronwhilfa made by Captain Hemans. 



Mr. C. E. Stromever, M.Inst.C.E., read a paper on the 

 " Relative Periods of Revolution of Planets and 

 Satellites. " 



Ordinary Meeting, November 30th, 1909. 



Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., President, 

 in the Chair. 



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

 books upon the tables. The following were amongst the 

 recent donations to the Society's Library : " Chapters from the 

 Evolution of Plants" by F. E. Weiss (8vo, Manchester, 



