CONTENTS. 



Page 



List ob' Members ... ... ... ... ... ... v 



Council, Report of Session xliii., 1853-54 ... ... ... 1 



M'Andrew, Robert, " On the Geographical Distribution of 



Testaceous MoUusca in the North-East Atlantic and 



Neighbouring Seas" ... ... ... ... ... 8 



BouLT, Joseph, " The Most Marked Development of the Arts 



Promoted by War" ... ... ... ... ... 58 



TowsoN, J. T., " On Great Circle Sailing" 66 



Hume, Rev. Dr., " On English Dialects" ... ... ...92, 175 



Thne, Dr., " On the Paradise Lost of Milton" 93, 94 



Ferguson, William, " On the Ptaised Beaches of the Frith of 



Clyde ; witli Notices of the Discovery of Numerous 



Ancient Canoes in the Neighbourhood of Glasgow" ... 131 



Bloxam, F. W., " On the Minor Poets of the Day" ... ... 144 



FisciiEL, Rev. A., " On the Life and Writings of Joost Van 



Vondel" 145 



Hume, Rev. Dr., " On Heraldry" ... ... ... ... 158 



Collins, Matthew, "On the Attraction of Ellipsoids considered 



Geometrically" ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 



Moss, Rev. J. J., " On the Chemical Properties of the Torbane 



Hill Mineral" 159 



Ramsay, Rev. A., " On the Life and Character of Hobbes" ... 159 



Donations to the Library ... ... ... ... ... 178 



Treasurer's Accounts ... ... ... ... .. 180 



Index ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 



I^YERLEY, Isaac, " The Fauna of Liverpool" ... ... Appendix. 



