XV1. 
1890. 
Jan. 20—Rev. H. A. Macpuerson, M.A.—‘‘ Our Feathered Friends.” 
Feb. 3—Mr. J. H. Mipcerry—‘‘ The Locomotion of Animals,” illustrated 
by diagrams. 
Feb. 17—Mr. W. R. Frrzparrick—“ Frederick the Great.” 
Mar. 3—Rev. Canon Barpstry, M.A.—‘‘The History of Christian 
Names.” 
Mar. 3—Rev. S. R. Crockerr, M.A.—‘‘Over Central Europe with a 
Knapsack.” 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
LECTURES, 
1889. 
Nov. 18—Mr. J. R. Anprrson, B.A.—‘‘ Our Norseman Forefathers ; their 
Feats and their Faith.” 
Dec. 2—Mr. Irvine Montacu—‘‘Scuffles and Sketches, being Wanderings 
of a War Artist at the Front,” with lime-light illustrations. 
Dec. 16—Professor BALDWIN Brown, M.A.—‘‘The Architecture of our 
great Cathedrals,” with lime-light illustrations. 
1890. 
A course of Six Special Fortnightly Lectures on ‘‘The Age of Elizabeth,” 
by the Rev. W. Hupson Suaw, M.A., Oxford University 
Extension Lecturer. 
CommITTre’s Report.—Your Committee have much pleasure 
in reporting the progress of the Society, which now consists of 
one hundred and fifty-two members, as against one hundred and 
thirty last Session. ‘The programme consisted of eight ordinary 
- meetings and three lectures, in addition to which there was a 
course of six University Lectures delivered under the Oxford 
University Extension Scheme, by the Rev. W. Hupson Suaw, M A., 
his subject being the ‘‘Age of Elizabeth.” The ordinary papers 
and lectures may be classified as follows:—Literary, one; scientific, 
one ; biographical, two; natural history, two; architecture, one ; 
miscellaneous, four. The attendance at the lectures and meetings 
has been above the average, and the Committee feel that the work 
done by the Society is generally appreciated in the town. 
At the suggestion of the President a lantern has been purchased 
by the Society, the cost being borne in great measure by a small 
subscription. The lantern has proved a most valuable acquisition 
to the Society, as a means of illustrating the lectures and thus 
