34 MUSEUMS. 



Liverpool: J. Frieman, Warsaw; Prof. Valdemar Schmidt, Copen- 

 liagen : Prof. Richnow, Bucharest; J. Allen, Natural History 

 Museum, New York : and Percy E. Newberry. 



III. — Lectures. 



Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on 

 Monday evenings, in the Theatre of the Museums. They were 

 illustrated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. 

 The total attendance at the Lectures was 2,136, a large increase on 

 the last year's attendance. 



The following is a list of the subjects : — 



A course of six Lectures on " Life on the Sea-shore *' was given by 

 the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum. Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, 

 M.Sc. : — 



• Ian. 14th. — " Rock-pools and their Inhabitants.*' I. 

 •Jan. 21st. — " Rock-pools and their Inhabitants." II. 

 •Jan. 28th. — " Some strange Life Histories. - ' I. 

 Feb. 4th. — "Some strange Life Histories." II. 

 Feb. 11th.—" The Mussel and the Cockle." 

 Feb. 18th.—" Sea Squirts.'' 



A course of five Lectures on " Plants that eat Animals " was given 

 by the Assistant in the Derby Museum, Mr. Win. S. Laverock, M.A., 

 B.Sc.: — 



Feb. 25th. — " The Sun-dews or Nature's Fly-papers." 

 Mar. 4th. - -" Venus Fly-trap and Aldrovanda." 

 Mar. 11th. — " The Butter-worts and the Bladder-worts." 

 Mar. 18th.- " The North American Pitcher-plants." 

 Mar. 25th.—" The Oriental Pitcher-plants." 



A course of five Lectures on " Man of Pre-historic Times " was 

 given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. 

 Kntwistle : — ■ 



Oct. 14th. — " Man of the earliest Stone Age." 

 Oct, 21st, -" Cave Man." 

 Oct. 28th. — " Man of the New Stone Age." 

 Nov. 4th. " Cromlechs and Stone Circles." 

 Nov. 11th. — " European Lake Dwellings." 



