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QUARTERLY MEETING, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1874. 



MEETING this afternoon at three o'clock. The Presi- 

 dent in the chair. 



William S. Vaux, of Philadelphia, was elected a corres- 

 ponding member. 



After the transaction of the ordinary business of the 

 meeting, adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, FEB. 16, 1874. 



The meeting was devoted to a lecture by the Rev. 

 Charles Kingsley, the distinguished canon of Westmin- 

 ster, which was followed by a reception. This was the 

 introductory lecture of the supplementary course of en- 

 tertainments under the auspices of the Institute, and was 

 Mr. Kingsley 's first public lecture in America. He was 

 introduced to the audience by Vice President D. B. 

 HAGAR, who said : 



LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : 



I am sure that it is with no common pleasure that we 

 welcome to our platform, to-night, the distinguished lec- 

 turer. We welcome him not only as one whose works 

 have been read by us with delight, but as our personal 

 friend ; for surely he is a friend to us who has contributed 

 so much to us, and we, from admiring gratitude, certainly 

 are friends of his. I have the honor of introducing to 

 you Charles Kingsley, Canon of Westminster, and Chap- 

 lain in ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 



Mr. KINGSLEY, after a few prefatory remarks, pro- 

 ceeded to discourse of Westminster Abbey, from what he 



