Sak JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS, 
. After the transaction of business, Mr. H. B. Witton, Sr., read 
his paper, entitled ‘‘ Early Printing, Printers and Books.” After 
giving an account of the different men for whom had been claimed 
the honor of inventing the printer’s art, the essayist gave a full out- 
line of the remarkable work accomplished by our own countryman, 
Caxton. 
Coming down to-more recent times, the paper called attention 
to the enormous growth of literature, and the consequent advance 
given to religion, science and sociology. The paper was supple- 
mented by numerous fac-similes of the work of these early artists. 
A brief discussion followed. 
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1th, 1894. 
Mr. A. T. Neill, Vice-President, in the chair. 
Mr. F. Hansel, D. D. S., was elected an ordinary member of 
the Association. One application for membership was received. 
The Vice-President then called on Mr. W. Lash Miller, B.A., Ph. 
B., of Toronto University, to read a paper entitled, ‘“‘ The Kinetic 
Theory.” Beginning from the time of the discovery of what is 
known as “ Boyle’s Law,” the lecturer traced through its various 
phases the development of the modern theory concerning the com- 
position of matter, and further illustrated the mathematical calcu- 
lations by which scientists have worked out many interesting results 
as to the size, weight and number of the individual molecules. A 
discussion followed. 
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 1894. 
President Alexander in the chair. 
Mr. Wm. Mitchell was elected an ordinary member of the Asso- 
ciation. 
Mr, McCullough then read a short paper contributed by Mr, 
Yates, of Hatchley, in which were given many interesting facts con- 
cerning the amount of game at present obtained in that locality. 
The Chairman next introduced Prof. Maurice Hutton, of 
Toronto University, to read his paper entitled, ‘‘ The Antigone of 
Sophocles.” After giving a brief outline of the dramatic plot, the 
paper next pointed out how this illustrated the poet’s conception of 
the mystery of life. From these data two lessons were learned : 
