PUBLIC LECTURES. 

 1883. 

 Oct. 19. — Rev. H. D. Rawnsley, B.A. John Ruskin and his Teaching. 



Nov. 16.— W. H. GOLDING, Esq., Lecturer to the late Royal Polytechnic 

 Institution. The Stars and their Story. (Illustrated with 

 Diagrams by the Oxy-Hydrogen Light. ) 



Nov. 30.— Archibald Hamilton, Esq., M.D. Popular Lecture on the 



Germ Theory of Disease. 



1884. 

 Jan. 4. — John E. Marr, Esq., E.G. S. Biology and Anthropology. 



Jan. 11. — J. Newby Hetherington, Esq., F.R.C.S. English Prose 

 Fiction of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, or The 

 Novels and Romances of the Olden Times. 



Feb. 8. — Frank Curzon, Esq. Rags and Boues, or Humanity and its 

 Clothing. (Illustrated on the black board.) 



Mch. 7.— B. A. Irving, Esq., M.A. The "Valley of the Jordan. 



ORDINARY MEETINGS. 

 1883. 

 Nov. 2.— George Gatet, Esq. Debate : That a Vegetarian Diet is not 



the proper Food for Man. 



Dec. 14.— W. D. CRE^vDSON, Esq. Notes on Scandinavian History and 



Literature. 



1884. 

 Jan. 25. — W. Hopes Heelis, Esq. Furness Fells. 



Feb. 22. — Rev. George Alton. The Three Pleasures — Hope, Memory, 



and Imagination. 

 Mch. 21. — Rev. T. Ellwoou, B.A. The Poets and Poetry of Cumberland 



and the Lake District. 

 Mch. 28.— J. G. Goodchild, Esq., F.G.S. The Landfolk of Westmorland 



and Cumberland. 

 April 4. — Annual Meeting for the Election of Officers. 



The following are the Officers for 1884-85: — President — Rev. 

 E. M. Reynolds. Vice-Presidents — F. M. T. Jones, Esq.; George 

 Gatey, Esq. Secretary — Mr. C. W. Smith. Treasurer— Mr. W. 

 Lister. Delegates— Rev. C. H. Chase and Mr. C. W. Smith. 

 Committee — Mr. T. Bell, Mr. J. Bentley, A. J. Brodie, Esq., Rev. 

 H. S. Callender, J. Fleming, Esq., Mr. J. Hird, Mr. W. E. Percival, 

 Hugh Redmayne, Esq., Mr. J. Russell, Mr. W. Stalker, senr. 



