nth April, igii. 



Sir John W. Bykrs, M.D., President, in the Chair. 



'THE HUNGARIAN SLAVS." 

 Slovaks and Their Art. 



By Dr. Seton-Watson. 



(Abstract.) 



The Chairman .said one of the special features of the 

 Natural History and Philosophical Society was the means it 

 afforded for bringing before the members and the public — from 

 time to time — subjects out of the ordinary course — by those who, 

 from their specialized knowledge, were really authorities upon 

 such topics. That night they would have a unique example of 

 what he had said, for they were to listen to a lecture on "Peasant 

 Art and Costume in North Hungary," as exhibited by the 

 Slovaks, a pastoral and peaceful race of people who lived mostly 

 in the northernmost counties of Hungary. Dr. Seton-Watson, 

 who most kindly came to address them on that occasion, had not 

 only thoroughly studied the Slovaks, but his monograph "Racial 

 Problems in Hungary - a History of the Slovaks," embodying the 

 results of his personal observations, constituted him one of the 

 very highest authorities on their art, poetry, and music ; while, in 

 order to still further educate his fellow-countrymen, he had got up 

 an exhibition of Slovak art — comprising pictures, sculpture, 

 embroidery, and vestments— in the Dore Galleries, London. 

 The lecture was to be fully illustrated, and he would like to call 

 attention to some striking slides which were specially prepared for 

 Dr. Seton-Watson from photographs taken after the three-colour 



