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FREE LECTURES. 



The Sixteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures, forty in number, 

 was delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Free Library, in January, 

 February, and March, 1881. 



Total number of persons who attended the Lectures 14,815 



Average per Lecture 370 



List. 

 Primeval Man; with Illustrations from the Mayer Collection; by 



Sir J. A. Picton, F.S.A.' 

 Floral Defences; with Illustrative Drawings; by the Rev. H. H. 



Higgins, M.A. 

 Through Norway to the North Cape and Back; by the Rev. Samuel 



Pearson, M.A. 

 The Sailing Ships of all Ages ; with Illustrations by the Oxy- 



hydrogen Light; by Captain Stubbs, R.N. 

 On the Changes that occur in Plants during the Ripening of Seeds ; 

 , Illustrated by Coloured Drawings; by Dr. J. Birkbeck Nevins. 

 The City of the Lily and the City of the Liver ; an Instructive 



Contrast ; by Mr. P. H. Rathbone, J.P. 

 Miscalculations ; by the Rev. J. Burbidge. 



A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Steam Navigation ; with 



Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Captain Stubbs, R.N. 



The Dimensions of the Stellar Universe ; with Illustrations by the 



Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Mr. R. C. Johnson, F.R.A.S. 

 Zoophytes or Animal Plants of the Mersey ; with Illustrations by 



the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks, F.R.M.S. 

 Work in Pleasure or Toil for Pay ; by Mr. A. H. Mackmurdo. 

 Solar Eclipses ; with Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; by 



the Rev. S. J. Perry, S. J., F.R.S. 

 Solar Eclipses ; with Illustrations by the Oxy-hydrogen Light ; by 



the Rev. S. J. Perry, S.J., F.R.S. 

 The Value of Art and its Relation to Life; by Mr. A. H. 



Mackmurdo. 

 Hiamorous and Dramatic Recitals from English and American 

 Authors ; by Mr. William Bennett. 



