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WINTER FREE LECTURES. 

 The Eighteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures, forty in number, was 

 delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall, in Januarj^ February, and 

 March, 1883. 



Total number of persons who attended the Lectures '. 45,045 



Average per Lecture 1,126 



Against 41,295 in 1882. Average attendance, 1,032. 



List. 



The Great Buildings of the World ; , illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen 

 Light; by Sir J. A. Picton, F.S.A. 



Periodic Comets ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Mr. R. 

 C. Johnson, F.R.A.S. 



The History of an Apple ; illustrated by Sketches and Diagrams ; by 

 the Rev. John Gerard, S.J. 



The Interstellar ^ther, and its functions ; illustrated by experiments, 

 and by the Electric Light ; by Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, Professor of Physics, 

 University College, Liverpool. 



" Recent Arctic Explorations ; " with illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen 

 Light of the Voyages of Her Majesty's Ships "Alert " and " Discovery," 

 and the Steam Yacht " Fox " ; by Captain Edward Stubbs, R.N. 



From Atlantic to Pacific — the Isthmus of Panama, and its Canal : 

 with dioramic effects ; by Mr. W. H. Golding, Lecturer to the late Royal 

 Polytechnic Institution, London. 



A Naturalist's Experiences on the Coast of Brittany ; with diagrams 

 and illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Dr. W. A. Herdman, 

 F.L.S., F.R.S.E., Professor of Natural History, University College, 

 Liverpool. 



Local Geology, and What it Teaches ; by Mr. T. Mellard Reade, F.G.S. 



Character Created by Art ; by Mr. E. R. Russell. 



Sir Francis Drake, the first English Captain who Sailed Rouad the 

 World ; by Mr. J. MacCunn, M.A., Professor of Philosophy and Political 



Economy, University College, Liverpool. 



Readings and Recitals from Shakespeare, Aytoun, and others; by Mr. 

 Alexander Tough. 



Old English Towns ; illustrated with pictures, shown by the Oxy- 

 hydrogen Light ; by Mr. James Birchall. 



