MUSEUMS. 9 



F.R.S., Manchester ; E. M. Janion, Sumatra ; Dr. Huxley ; Dr. 

 Wiglesworth, Rainhill ; Dr. Munro, Edinburgh ; Miss Holt, Liverpool ; 

 Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson, F.R.S., Aberdeen ; Frank Russel, 

 Peabody Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. ; Dr. Goldschmidt, Berlin ; 

 B. P. Lascelles, M.A., Harrow ; E. Hartert, Zoological Museum, 

 Tring ; Graf von Berlepsch, Schloss Berlepsch, Gertenbach ; Professor 

 Revillout, the Louvre, Paris ; Mde. and Mile. Revillout ; Dr. Percy 

 Rendall ; C. H. Read, British Museum ; J. L. Myres, Oxford ; 

 W. H. Seton-Karr ; J. Edge Partington ; W. E. Cram, British 

 Museum ; Rev. J. Chalmers, D.D., New Guinea; Dr. Gregory, British 

 Museum ; Dr. Hans Graeven, Berlin ; C. M. Pleyte, Leyden ; 

 A. Trapnell, Bristol ; Professor George P. Merrill, Curator, Department 

 of Geology, U. S. National Museum ; Edward Bidwell, Twickenham ; 

 Coutts Trotter, Edinburgh. 



III. — Lectures. 



Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the staff on Monday 

 evenings in the Theatre of the Museum. They were illustrated by 

 specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The total attendance 

 at the Lectures was 3,292. 



The following is a list of the subjects : — 



A course of six Lectures on "Eskimo Life" was given by the Assistant 

 Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. Entwistle : — 

 Jan. 11th.— "The Greenland Eskimo." I. 

 Jan. 18th.—" The Greenland Eskimo." II. 

 Jan. 25th.—" The Arts and Crafts of the Eskimo." I. 

 Feb. 1st.—" The Arts and Crafts of the Eskimo." II. 

 Feb. 8th.—" The Kayak and its Furnishing." 

 Feb. 15th.—" The American Eskimo." 



A course of six Lectures was given by the Assistant in the Derby 

 Museum, Mr. W. S. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc. :— 

 Feb. 22nd. — " The Frog and its Relations at Home and Abroad." 

 Mar. 1st.—" The Tadpole." 

 Mar. 8th. — " Tree Frogs and other forms." 

 Mar. 15th.—" The Toad." 

 Mar. 22nd. — " Newts and Salamanders." 

 Mar. 2Dth. — " Gill-bearing Amphibians and Fossil Forme." 



