EARLY HISTORY OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



THE his- 

 t o r y, 

 and the 



great work, past 

 and present, of 

 the Royal Soc- 

 iety form the 

 chief burden of 

 the Addresses 

 for 1903 and 1904. 

 Sufficient infor- 

 mation will be 

 found there, 

 it is believed, 

 to furnish the 

 reader with a 

 not altogether 

 inadequate c o n- 

 ception of the circumstances of the foundation, two and 



a half centuries ago, of the subsequent progress, and of 

 A 



