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THURSDAY, MARCH 151Tu, 1906. 
Florence. 
BY 
Mr. PAYNE. 
R. PAYNE was a perfect encyclopedia of famous Florentine 
names—and among them are some of the greatest geniuses 
in the world’s history—and his lucid exposition of the marvels of 
Florentine architecture, sculpture, frescoes, and paintings, illus- 
trated as they were by excellent photographic lantern slides, was 
most instructive. 
THURSDAY, MAY 17TH, 1906. 
Seog. 
BY 
DE}. ean er te A Me Dt; D. PH: 

OME illuminative glimpses into the phenomena of sleep were 
offered by Dr. A. Griffith, M.A. (Medical Officer of Health for 
Hove.) ‘The lecture covered a really remarkable range: it was full 
of thought, eminently suggestive, and had been prepared with such 
care and regard for detail that it seemed as if not a single aspect 
of the question had been left untouched. Incidentally the 
paper revealed Dr. Griffith as a diligent student of Shakespeare ; 
and he had evidently found much to inspire him in the late F. W. 
Myers’ remarkable book, Persistence of Human Personality after 
Death. Some frequent flashes of dry humour, moreover, helped 
one to assimilate the purely scientific part of the lecture. 
Ordinary sleep, said the Doctor, depends largely on two 
factors, namely, personal habits and surroundings. There is a 
wonderful difference in persons, both as to the depth of sleep 
and to the amount they need. Some persons could even sleep to 
order,—-‘‘ their own order, that is,” added the Doctor laconically. 
To people who suffer from insomnia this must be a very precious 
faculty. Dr. Griffith counselled, in fact, that the best thing to do 
