142 PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



W. Stevens, the skillful architect and civil engineer ; Ex-Governor 

 Moody Currier, and Edward J. Burnham, editor of the Manches- 

 ter Union. 



For a number of years the association has each year held an 

 exhibition of works of art. These exhibitions have been success- 

 fully managed and largely attended by the citizens of Manchester. 



The art collection belonging to the association includes casts 

 from the antique, prints and photographs of famous paintings and 

 a complete collection of the works of John Rogers. The library 

 of the association comprises nearly seven hundred books and 

 pamphlets on art and kindred subjects. 



At the annual meeting of the Manchester Art Association, 

 October nth, 1898, the following officers were elected. (See 

 list, page 139.) 



Upon becoming a Section of the Manchester Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences the Art Association moved its property to the 

 rooms of the Institute and its treasury was at once relieved of 

 the heavy burden of rent under which it had been struggling. 

 The past year has been one of the most prosperous since the 

 early years of its existence, when the enthusiasm of the members 

 of the young organization kept it upon the high tide of popularity 

 and prosperity. 



The following entertainment and lecture course was given un- 

 der the auspices of the association during the winter of 1898-9': 



December 15th, 1898. J. Brodie Smith, " Kinetoscope Exhi- 

 bition." 



January 7th, 1899. Caryl D. Haskins, "The Coast Defences 

 in Our Late War." Illustrated. 



January 26th. Albert L. Clough, " The Automobile, the Ve- 

 hicle of the Future." Illustrated. 



February i6th. Clarence Bancroft, "An Oriental Journey." 

 Illustrated. 



March 2d. Edward J. Burnham, " Some facts in Natural His- 

 tory." Illustrated. 



March i6th. William K. Robbins, "The Chemistry of Food." 



At a special meeting held April 13th, 1899, Mrs. John B. Varick 

 exhibited a large number of skillfully executed wood carvings, 

 specimens of her ability in that art. 



