XXI. 



Jan. 20.— T. N. Hetheeington, Esq. — " Chaucer, the first English 



Humorist." 

 Jan. 27.— J. Thompson, Esq. — "Something about English Pronunciation.'' 



Part I. 

 Feb. 3. — J. Thompson, Esq. — "Something about English Pronunciation." 



Part II. 

 Feb. 10.— Rev. J. Shaepe Ostle, M.A. — "C.S.C." 

 Feb. 24.— T. G. Benn, Esq., F.R.M.S. — " Meteorology ; or Weather 



Knowledge : Its Progress and Modern Aspects." 

 Mar. 10.— E. H. Keed, Esq., M.A.— "Matthew Arnold." 

 Mar. 24.— Rev. J. J. STOCKLEr, B.A.— "George Eliot." 



WINDERMERE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCIETY. 



5th SESSION, 1886-87. 



President 



E. P. Stock. 



W. C. MacDougall 

 Treasurer ... 



G. Healey. 



Vice- Presiden ts. 



Secretaries. 



Delegates. 



H. W. Schneider 



B. A. Irving 



Frank Barton 



... John Holland 



T. Thompson 



The following MEETINGS were held during the Session : — 

 1886. 

 Oct. 25. — Mr. Frederick Gale. ^" The Writings of Dickens and 



Thackeray. " 



Nov. 8. — Mr. John Btjtterworth, F.R.M.S. — "On the Structure of 

 Fossil Plants in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Coal Measures." 



Nov. 22. — Mr. W. D. Crewdson. — "The Norman Conquest : its Influence 

 on Modem England." 



Dec. 6. — Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. — "The Need of Preserving our Foot- 

 paths and Roadside Wastes. " 



Dec. 20.— Rev. G. E. P. Reade.— "Lord Bacon." 



1887. 

 Jan. 9. — Professor Frank Clowes. — "The Germ Theory." 



Jan. 21.— Rev. J. G. Wood. — "The Whale." 



Feb. 14. — Miss Mackereth. — Dramatic Recitals. 



Feb. 28.— Mr. B. A. Ira^ng. — "Some Natural Phenomena." 



Mch. 14. — Rev. G. Crewdson. — "Some Modification of the Organs of the 



Mouth in Insects." 



