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TWENTY-THIRD MEETING. 



Twenty-third Meeting, 19th April, 1890, Dr. Kennedy in the chair. 



Donations and Exchanges since last meeting, 44. 



A letter was read from the President of La Societe pour 1' etude des 

 Langues Romanes, announcing that on the occasion of the sixth centenary 

 of the foundation of the University of Montpellier, the Society will hold 

 a congress, and inviting the Institute to take part ; when on motion by 

 Mr. VanderSmissen, seconded by Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Arthur Harvey 

 was appointed delegate to attend on behalf of the Institute. 



Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C.M.G., H. D. Weaver and Jackson L. 

 Little, were elected members. 



On motion of Mr: VanderSmissen, seconded by Mr. Chamberlain it 

 was resolved " That this Institute has learned with profound regret of 

 the death of General Sir J. Henry Lefroy, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., one of its 

 earliest Presidents, and a most zealous supporter during his residence in 

 Toronto, and that the members desire to express their sense of the loss 

 which the cause of Science has suffered through his decease ; and that the 

 Secretary be instructed to forward to his son, Mr. A. H. Eraser Lefroy, 

 Barrister, Toronto, a copy of this resolution together with a request that he 

 will furnish the Institute a memoir of his late distinguished father suitable 

 for publication in the "Proceedings of the Institute." 



Mr. J. W. L. Forster read a paper on "Gleanings from European Art 

 Fields." 



He said there is little that is artistic in the Londoner or his city, yet 

 the whole make-up is picturesque. Through smoke and haze in fine 

 weather, or through fog and sleet in foul weather, a murky scrambling 

 over the gables and street scenes gives a softening touch — a touch of 

 mystery that is very fascinating to an artistic eye. He alluded to five 

 great historic centres in the city of Paris. A pleasing pen picture was 

 sketched of the old windmill on Montmartre, and of the Arc de I'Etoile 

 as the centre of Napoleonic Paris, and the centre of that city's beauty as 

 well. The four great relievo groups on this arc are worthy an essay in 

 themselves. Special interest, of course, centres around the Champ dc 

 Mars. A high tribute is paid to the organizing genius of the Directciiy 



