NATURE 



[March 20, 191 



OF 



ROYAL INSTITUTION 

 GREAT BRITAIN. 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 

 LECTURE ARRANGEMENTS AFTER EASTER, 1913. 



AT THREE O'CLOCK AFTERNOON. 



Arthur Smith Woodward, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.— Two Lectures on 

 ••Recent Discoveries of Early Man." On Tuesdays, Apiil 1, 8. 



Professor William Bateson, D.Sc, F.R.S.— Two Lectures on "The 

 Heredity of Sex and some Cognate Problems.'' On Tuesdays, 

 April 15, 22. 



Professor W. Stirling, M.D., LL.D.', D.Sc Three Lectures on 

 " Recent Physiological Inquiries." On Tuesdays, April 29, 

 May 6, 13. 



Professor T. B. Wood, M.A. Three Lectures on " Recent Advances 

 in the Production and Utilization of Wheat in England." On 

 Tuesdays, May 20, 27, June 3. 



E. Frankland Armstrong, Esq., D.Sc. Two Lectures on (1) " The 

 Bridge into Life"; (2) "Colour in Flowers." On Thursdays, 

 April 3 , 10. 



Professor John Garstang, B.Litt., F.S.A. Three Lectures on "The 

 Progress of Hittite Studies." On Thursdays, April 17, 24, May 1. 



Edward Armstrong, Esq., F.B.A. Two Lectures on "Florentine 

 Tragedies." On Thursdays, May 8, 15. 



Professor W. J. Pope, LL.D., F.R.S. Three Lectures on "Recent 

 Chemical Advances." On Thursdays, May 22, 29, June 5. 



Arthur M. Hind, E«q. Two Lecture on (i) " Van Dvck and the 

 Great Etchers and Engravers of Portrait"; (2) "Rembrandt's 

 Etchings." On Saturdays, April 5, 12. 



Professor Sir Walter Raleigh. Three Lectures on (1) " Boccaccio"; 

 <2) " Mediaeval French Novelists " ; (3) " Chaucer.'' On Saturdays, 

 April 19, 26, May 3. 



H. A. Humphrey, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., F.R.G.S. Two Lectures on 

 *' Humphrey Internal Combustion Pumps." On Saturdays. 

 May 10, 17. 



Professor E. Rutherford, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S. Three Lectures 

 on "Radioactivity." (The Tyndall Lectures.) On Saturdays, May 

 24, 31, June 7. 



Subscription (to Non-Members) to all Courses of Lectures (extending 

 from Christmas to Midsummer), Two Guineas. Subscription to a Single 

 Course of Lectures, One Guinea, or Half-a-Guinea, according to the length 

 of the Course. Tickets issued daily at the Institution, or sent by post on 

 receipt of Cheque or Post-Office Order. 



Members may purchase not less than Three Single Lecture Tickets, 

 available for any Afternoon Lecture, for Half-a-Guinea. 



The Friday Evening Meetings will be resumed on April 4, at 9 p.m., 

 when Dr. James J. Dobbie will give a Discourse on "The Spectroscope 

 in Organic Chemistry." Succeeding Discourses will probably be given 

 by Mr. Charles J. P. Cave, Dr. T. Martin Lowry, Professor John 

 Garstang Mr. H. G. Plimmer, Captain C. G. Rawling, Professor 

 Silvanus P. Thompson, Dr. Francis Ward, and other gentlemen. To 

 these Meetings Members and their Friends only are admitted. 



Members are entitled to attend all Lectures delivered in the Institution, 

 the Libraries, and the Friday Evening Meetings, and their Families are 

 admitted to the Lectures at a reduced charge. Payment : First Year, Ten 

 Guineas; afterwards, Five Guineas a Year; or a composition of Sixty 



Persons desirous of becoming Members are requested to apply to the 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 

 AND TECHNOLOGY, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 



Special Courses of Advanced Lectures with practical work will be 

 delivered in the Depaitment of Zoology commencing in April next, as 

 follows : — 



Subject— Conducted by— 



Experimental Embryology Professor E. W. MacBride, D.Sc, 



Entomology— LL.D., F.R.S. 



1. Advanced Entomology ... 1 D f u *, 



2 Economic J Professor H. Maxwell-Lefroy, 



The Protozoa and the other more M - A -> F - L -S. 



important groups of the Protista Mr. Clifford Dobell, M.A. 

 Lectures Free. Fee for practical work for each Course, £2. 

 For further information and for admission to the above Courses, apply 

 to the Secretary of the College. 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 

 AND TECHNOLOGY, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 



Special Couises of Advanced Lectures, commencing in April next, will be 

 given as follows : — 



Subject. Conducted by 



The Physiology of Plants (dealing \ Professor Blackman, M.A 



mainly with Metabolism) / D.Sc. F.L.S. 



Fibres and Fibre-Yielding Plants { ^l^ Groom . M - A -. D -Sc, 

 For further particulars, application should be made to the Secretary. 



UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. 



Chancellor— The Right Hon. A. J. BALFOUR, M.P.. D.C.L., LL.D., &c. 



Rector— The Right Hon. the EARL OF MINTO, 



P.C., G.C.M.G., LL.D. 



Principal and Vice-Chattcellor—Sit WILLIAM TURNER, 



K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., D.Sc, M.B., &c. 



Secretary of Senatus— Professor Sir LUDOV1C J. GRANT, Bart., 

 B.A., LL.D. 



The SUMMER SESSION, except in Law, extends from about the 

 middle of April to the end of June; the WINTER SESSION begins 

 about the beginning of October and closes about the middle of March 



The University embraces SIX FACULTIES, viz. ARTS, SCIENCE 

 DIVINITY. LAW. MEDICINE AND SURGERY, and MUSIC, in 

 all of which full instiuction is given and Degrees are conferred. There are 

 many different avenues to the ARTS DEGREES, the graduation subjects 

 embracing English, History. Modern Languages, Science, &c, besides 

 Ancient Languages, Philosophy, Mathematics, &c The wide scope of the 

 Arts Curriculum permits of the combination of Arts. Science, Medical or 

 Special Studies ; and it has been shown by successes of Edinburgh students 

 in the Civil Service Examinations that it is possible to combine study for 

 Degrees in Arts, Science, or Law with preparation for this and other 

 Special Examinations. In addition to the Ordinary and Honours Degrees 

 in Arts, the Higher Degrees of D.Litt., D.Phil., and D.Sc are conferred. 

 Education in Military subjects is given in connection with the Scheme of 

 allotment of Army Commissions tn Graduates of the llniversity. Degrees 

 in SCIENCE (B.Sc and D.Sc.) may be taken in PURE SCIENCE 

 ENGINEERING, and in PUBLIC HEALTH, and the Degreeof B Sc in 

 AGRICULTURE and FORESTRY and in VETERINARY SCIENCE. 

 There are fully equipped Science Laboratories, and other necessary appli- 

 ances, in all these Departments. The curriculum in DIVINITY affords a 

 thorough training in Theological subjects, and in Hebrew, Arabic, and 

 Syriac. The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) is conferred. The 

 LAW Faculty, besides furnishing the professional equipment necessary for 

 those intending to practise in Scotland, contains Chairs in Jurisprudence 

 and Public International Law, Constitutional Law and Constitutional 

 History, Roman Law, and Political Economy, as also Lectureships in 

 other important branches of the Law, and is thus adapted for students pre- 

 paring for the Civil Service Examinations, and for legal, political, and 

 administrative appointments generally. The Degrees of Bachelor of Laws 

 (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Law (B.L.) are conferred. The Faculty of 

 MEDICINE has a full curriculum in Medicine and Surgery, and is 

 equipped with very extensive Laboratories and all other necessary appli- 

 ances for Practical Teaching. Ample facilities are afforded for Clinical 

 Instruction at the Royal Infirmary, Maternity Hospital, Royal Hospital for 

 Sick Children, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, and Royal Asylum for the 

 Insane. F'our Degrees in Medicine and Surgery are conferred by the 

 University, viz. : Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Bachelor of Surgery 

 (Ch.B.), Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), and Master of Surgery (Ch.M.), and 

 these Degrees qualify for practice throughout His Majesty's dominions, and 

 for admission to the Naval, Military and other Public Medical Services in 

 the United Kingdom. A DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE 

 AND HVGIENElD.T.M. & H.) is conferred on Graduates in Medicine 

 of the University, and a DIPLOMA IN PSYCHIATRY (Dipl. Psych ) 

 A University CERTIFICATE IN TROPICAL DISEASES is also con- 

 ferred on qualified Medical Practitioners who have attended Courses in the 

 University on Praclical Bacteriology and Tropical Diseases. In MUSIC 

 also there is a full course of study for graduation, and the Degrees of 

 Mus.B. and Mus.D. are conferred. 



The University Staff consists of 41 Professors, 66 Lecturers, and over 50 

 Assistants and Demonstrators. The annual amount available for Fellow- 

 ships, Scholarships, Bursaries, Prizes, &c, is about JCi8,7oo. Facilities are 

 afforded for research in scientific and other subjects. 



Women may attend the classes in Arts, Science, Divinity, Law, and 

 Music ; and they are admitted to graduation in Arts, Science, Law, 

 Medicine, and Music, the training for Degrees in Medicine being a'tT rded 

 by well-equipped Extra-academical Schools. 



Information regarding Matriculation, the Curricula of Study for Degrees, 

 &c, the Examinations for Fellowships, Scholarships, &c. may be obtained 

 from the Deans of the Faculties, or from the Clerk of Senatus; 

 and full details are given in the University Calendar, published by James 

 Thin, 55 South Bridge, Edinburgh— price 35. bd. by post. 



The Preliminary and Degree Examination Papers in each of the Faculties 

 are also published by Mr. James Thin, viz.— Arts and Science Preliminary 

 Papers and Bursary Papers. 11. ; Medical Preliminary Papers, id. ; Degree 

 Papers— Arts, is. ; Science, gd. ; Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Music 

 6d. each. 



By Order of the Senatus, 



January, 1913. L. J. GRANT, Sec retary of Senatus. 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



FACULTY OF MEDICINE. 



(Including the Dental, Pharmaceutical and 



Public Health Departments.) 



The SUMMER SESSION will commence on Tuesday, April 15 when 

 the registration of Students will begin at 0.30 a.m. Lectures and Practical 

 Work will begin on Wednesday, the 16th. The Courses of Instruction 

 which are open to Men and Women Students, also meet the requirements 

 of other Universities and Examining Bodies. 



Clinical Instruction.— In association with the University there are 

 Hospitals containing over 1000 beds. 1 he Royal Infirmary, which is in 

 close vicinity to the University, contains 492 beds, and offers unrivalled 

 opportunities for Clinical Study. The Dental Hospital is also adjacent to 

 the University, and provides every modern requirement for the teaching of 

 Dentistry. " 



There are Halls of Residence bolh for Men and Women Students. 



Prospectuses, giving full information as to Courses of Study, Examin- 

 ations, &c, will be forwarded on application to the Registrar. 



