great piety and was the first to introduce upon 

 his coins a reputed likeness of our Saviour. The 

 adoption of images and pictures in churches had 

 by this time become almost universal, and after 

 several attempts by succeeding monarchs to sweep 

 them away, and their subsequent reintroduction 

 by others, a compromise upon the subject was 

 made which continues on the Continent to the 

 present time. The Greeks moreover succeeded 

 in establshing many points of doctrine 

 and discipline, but it seems a strange 

 anomaly between them and the Church of 

 Rome, that those who profess a horror at bowing 

 before stone or wood should kneel without scruple 

 to paint and canvas. The division of an Empire 

 into two or more states, even when associated 

 together in the strongest bands of kinship and ties 

 for mutual aid or defence, is always a sign of 

 weakness; and when the reli^'ious worship is in- 

 volved in the departure, a speedy disintegration 

 is bound to follow. The wealth of the Koman 



nation more than their actual skill in war, bad 

 drawn the eyes of the less civilized peoples with 

 longing towards them, and the wondrous tales of 

 their migoificence as told by returning hostages, 

 fired their enemies with military ardour. Almost 

 simultaneously, their more distant colonies 

 revolted or were snatched from their grasp, the 

 Roman territories were invaded and Rome, proud 

 Rome itself, became the prey of the barbarian. 

 Rome fell and with it for a time fell civilization, 

 but with it fell also civilization's vices, that had 

 so long made the first city of the world a byeword 

 and a disgrace (hear, hear). 



The lecture was illustrated with lantern views, 

 with the Nernst lamp, worked by the Hon. Sec. 

 At the conclusion a vote of thanks was accorded 

 the lecturer, on the motion of the President. A 

 number of photographs, made by Mr. Webb, were 

 also thrown on the screen, including scenes in 

 Dover and neighbourhood. 



SIXTH WINTER MEETING— DECEMBER 17th, 1901 



"THE PHOTOGRAPHY OP FLOWEKS." 

 By Mr. H. J. Malby. 



This was one of the affiliation lectures circulated 

 by the Royal Photographic Society. The lecture 

 was read by the Hon. Sec. and the lantern worked 

 by Mr. F. Sage. Those present included the 

 President (S. Harvey, Esq.), Mi^s Sworn, Mrs. 

 Summerville, Mrs. Husbands and Mr. H. W. 

 S. Husbands, Miss Cole. Miss Hurst, Messrs. 

 F. Sa?e, F. C. Sn^ll. W. Surry. C. Bucking- 

 ham, etc. The lecture was well written, and 

 the slides were magnificent specimens of the 

 work that can be done by anyone with such simple 

 objects as the flowers that grow in our gardens, or 

 in our country lanes and meadows. The author 

 described in detail the apparatus used, and said it 

 ■was best to arrange the liglitiug so that most of 

 the light could fall on the flowers from one side, 



and thus make them stand out in relief. This was 

 easily done by the help of a folding screen, or even 

 an ordinary clothes-horse, arranged near a large 

 north window of almost any room. The use of 

 chromatic plates was then described, and six 

 photographs of a bunch of daffodils sho^^'n to 

 illustrate the different results that could be 

 obtained by using various plates both with and 

 without a yellow or other coloured screens. For 

 all flowers with yellow and green it is generally 

 sufficient to use a chromatic plate without any 

 screen, but with reds, orauire, etc., it was best to 

 use also a yellow screen. Many splendid pictures 

 were shown, and it was especially interesting to 

 note the different results chat c->uld be obtained 

 by different methods. 



SEVENTH WINTER MEETING— JANUARY Mth, 1902. 



SOCIAL EVENING WITH EXHIBITS. 



The seventh fortnightly meeting was held 

 in the Reference Library of the Beaney In- 

 stitute on Tuesday evening, January 14-. The 

 President (Mr. IS. Harvey) presided and the 

 attendance included Mrs. Stevens, Miss Phillpotts, 

 Miss Holmes, Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Husbands, 

 Miss Abbott, Miss Cole, Mrs. Bowler, Miss Reakes, 

 Miss Harris, Kev. J. T. Smith, Messrs. J. T. Smith, 

 C. A. Gardener, W. Gard, A. Lander (Hon. Sec ), 

 A. F. Husbands, W. Surry, and F. C. Snell. 



The gathering took the form of asocial evening 

 and exhibition. The exhibits were very numerous 



and interesting, and included twelve pictures from 

 the Rjyal Photographic Society, representing 

 some of the best works which have been hung at 

 the exhibition in London. The photos were as 

 under:—" A Woodland path" by W. T. Great- 

 batch ; " Bach^ilor Life," Howard Esler ; " Wait- 

 ing for the Wind." C. F. Inston ; " Sandhills and 

 Sunset," Hugo Meynell; " A Sunny Glade," W. 

 J. Warren ; '' The Waning of the Day," A. J. 

 Golding; "Chester Cathedral," E. Doekrel;"G. 

 F. Watts. R.A.," F. HoUyer ; "A Windy Day," 

 Percy Lankester; " Hom^j with the Morning 



