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SYLLABUS. 



JANUAEY TO APRIL, 1887. 



Jan. 13 — Lecture, " Laucasbii'e in the Carboniferous Age," — 

 Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S. 



,, 18 — Paper, "May Probyn's Poems," — J. Williamson. 



,, 21 — (Friday,) Dance, (Mechanics' Institution.) 



,, 25 — Paper, " Ventilation as a means of Health in Dwel- 

 Hngs," Illustrated— Thos. N. Dall. 



Feb. 1 — Paper, " Eeview of English Language and Literature 

 from the Conquest to Chaucer" — T. Lloyd, B.A. 



,, 8 — Paper, " Bi-Metallism " — Joshua Rawlinson, J. P. 



„ 15— No Meeting. 



,, 22 — Paper, " The Riviera," Illustrated — James Lancaster. 



March 1 — Paper, " Reminiscences of Local Flora" — 



Henry Houlding. 



,, 8 — Readings from his Father's Works, (Mechanics' Institu- 

 tion) — Charles Dickens. 



„ 15 — Discussion, " The Development of the Cotton Trade 

 since 1875 — can it be maintained ? " — 



James Greenwood, J. P. 



,, 22— Paper, " Types of Sepulchral Urns and Lancashire 

 NeoUthic Remams " — H. CoUey March, M.D. 



,, 29 — Paper, •' Old Halls in the neighbourhood of Burnley," 

 Illustrated — Thomas Bell. 



April 6 — Annual Meeting. 



„ 12— Musical Soiree, " An Evening with the great Tone 



Poets: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven," Director 



G. Crompton. 



