CONTENTS 



Report of Retiring Council 5 



Officers for Session 1848—9 7 



PAPERS READ : 



A Sketch of that Branch of Literature called Books of 

 Emblems, as it flourished during the 16th and 17th 

 centuries, by J. B. Yates, Esq., F.S.A 8 



Sir Hugh of Lincoln, by the Rev. A. Hume, LL.D., E.S.A. 40 



On the Education of the Mercantile Classes, by W. J. 



Lamport, Esq 72 



On the Eugitive Poetry of the Present Day, by E. ~W. 



Bloxam, Esq 76 



On the Characteristics of the English School of Painting, 



by C. Barber, Esq 87 



Sanitary Reflections, especially on the Ventilation of the 



Chimney, by W. Nisbet, Esq 101 



On the Changes of Sea Levels during the Historic Period, 



by J. A. Picton, Esq., E.S.A 113 



Hints towards Local Improvements, by J. Boult, Esq. ... 117 



On the Structure and Character of the Mosses, by Thomas 



Sansom, Esq 126 



The Reef of Pernambuco, by J. P. G. Smith, Esq 134 



Street Architecture, by Samuel Huggins, Esq 144 



On the Trachinus Draco, or Otter-pike, Sting Fish, or 



Weever, by Isaac Byerley, Esq 156 



