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Nov. 29th Mh. J. Richardson,—" The Cumberland Dialect and the Bards who 



have written in it." 

 Jan. 17th. — Captain Jno. Jackson,^" Incidental Reminiscences in a Sea- 



Faring Life." 

 Jan. 31st.— Mb. J. P. Crosthwaite,— " Celebrated Lake "Visitors." 

 Feb. 7th. — Mk. P. Harrison, — " Personal Names." 

 Feb. 14th. — Discussion on "Our Lake District," introduced by Mr. E. J. 



Geatson. 

 Feb. 28th.— Rev. S. Stbeeten, B.A.,— " Books." 



Mar. 13th.— Eev. W. Colville,— " History, in relation to Human Progress." 

 Mar. 30th. — Mr. P. T. Freeman,— " Elementary Music." 

 LECTURES. 

 Held in the Keswick Lecture Hall at 8 p.m. 



Nov. 8th.— Rev. C. H. Gem, M.A.,— " Life and "Writings of Tom Hood." 



Nov. 22nd. — R. F. Martin, Esq., — " The Great Pyramid." 



Dec. 6th. — Rev. Canon Batteesby, M. A., — " Sites of Ancient Assyria and 



Babylon. " 

 Dec. 20th.— E. J. Hebeet, Esq., B.A, F.G.S., of Her Majesty's Geological 



Survey,— "The Planets." 

 Jan. 24th. — "W. H. Kitchin, Esq., — " Some Curiosities of Plant Life." 

 Feb. 21st. — Rev. J. D. Harrington, M. A., — " A Comparative Sketch of Human 



Languages," 

 Mar. 6th. — Rev. J. Christie, M.A. — "A Tour in Italy." 



Mr. J. Clifton Ward gave the following report of the work of 

 this Society during the past session : — The number of members is now 

 170. During the winter session four kinds of meetings had been held — 

 ordinary meetings, nine in number ; public lectures, eight in number 

 (one failing, there were only seven delivered) ; a chemical class, and a 

 geological class. 



Mr. Townley had conducted a chemical class on the basis of Roscoe's 

 Chemistry Primer. The little book was gone through experimentally but 

 the attendance averaged only six in number. 



