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beautiful stall carving, the metal work in general, and the 
embroidery in particular, are rich beyond description, and the 
world has nothing better to shew us. 
The Renaissance (embracing the Plateresque and other styles) 
is well represented in many public buildings, indeed after Italy 
there is a better representation in Spain than in any other 
country in Europe. 
The Lecturer then made reference to the Spanish School of 
Painting, with its two great artists, Velasquez and Murillo. 
The old cities, with Madrid, received attention, and detailed 
mention was made of the three sights of Spain which, to the 
Lecturer’s mind, would justify a special journey. ‘These three 
are the Monastery and Palace of the Escorial, the Mosque of 
Cordova, and the Palace of the Alhambra. 
Spanish life in its different phases was pourtrayed—the 
domestic life, e.g., into which comes those charming patios or 
cloistered courtyard common to most houses in the South, with 
central fountain, gay with flowers and enlivened by every variety 
of singing birds; the religious life and ceremony ; the street life ; 
the life of the market place as at Saragossa, the quaint life of 
the country hotels, on the road and in the train, &e. 
Disappointment was expressed regarding Spanish beauty. The 
National Dances of Spain were described, and the paper closed 
with an account of a great Bullfight, with reflections on its 
various characteristics and accessories. 
FOOD. 
By J. L. SMIRTHWAITE-BLACK, M.B., C.M. 
December Ist, 1891, and March 22nd, 1892. 
(1.) Definition of ‘* Food.” 
(2.) Classification of all foods into Elementary Food Stuffs—the 
classification being based on the chemical composition of 
the various constituents found in Milk. 
(3.) These Elementary Food Stuffs are :-- 
(a) Nitrogenous. 
(bs Hydro-carbons. 
(c) Carbo-Hydrates. 
(Z) Salts. 
(e) Water. 
(4.) Chemical Composition and Physical appearances of the 
Elementary Food Stuffs. 
(5.) Digestion of the above Food Stuffs and the absorption of 
them from the Alimentary Canal into the Blood System. 
(6.) The Functions of the Food Stuffs in the Keonomy. 
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