GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



1398. 



Jan. 28. — '^ The Courtier: A Sixteenth Century Ideals By WALTER 

 A. Raleigh, Esq., M.A., Professor of Modern Literature, 

 University College, Liverpool. 



Feb. 4. — " Travel and Adventure in South Africa." Illustrated with 

 Lime-Light Views and Hunting Trophies. By Frederick. 

 CouRTENEY Selous, Esq., Gold Medallist of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, &c. 



„ II. — "Humour in Art." Illustrated with numerous Lantern 

 Pictures. By J. F. O'Hea, Esq. ("Spex.") 



„ 18. — " Gold, and How it is Obtained." With Lime-Light Illustrations. 

 By A. Humboldt Sexton, Esq., F.C.S., F.I.C., &c.. 

 Professor of Metallurgy, Glasgow and West of Scotland 

 Technical College. 



„ 25. — " The American Humorists." By George Middleton, 

 Esq., M.A., LL.B., Glasgow. 



The Committee desire to express the thanks of the Society to 

 Dr. Barrie for his lecture. 



The Watt .Anniversary Lecture for 1898 was very kindly 

 undertaken by Professor T. E. Thorpe, D.Sc, LL.D, F. R.S., 

 Director of the Government Laboratory, London, who has chosen 

 as his subject, "Watt and the Discovery of the Composition of 

 Water." Owing to illness Professor Thorpe was unable to come to 

 Greenock at the customary date in January, but he has arranged to 

 deliver his lecture to the Society on Friday, nth March.* 



The only other alteration in the programme was necessitated by 

 the illness of Mr. A. T. Quiller Couch, whose place was taken by 

 Mr. George Middleton, Glasgow. 



In last Annual Report it was mentioned that an application had 

 been made to the Gilchrist Trustees for. another course of popular 

 Science Lectures in Greenock. The Trustees explained that the 

 applications from different places far exceeded what they could 

 undertake with the funds at their disposal, but offered to provide 

 four lectures, if the Society paid ^^50 towards the lecturers' fees. 

 The Committee considered that this sum might very properly be 



* Note. — Professor Thorpe's Lecture was delivered on the date named, and 

 is to be printed as one of the papers of the Society. 



