when 
MonTeFiIorE was elected Chairman; Mr. Percy E. 
first meeting of the session was held 2nd April, 
Se » A. ckson, and E. Du Faur, Members of Com- 
mittee. The future meetings of the Section were fixed for the 
last Friday in each month. . 
| FRIDAY, 30 MAY, 1879. 
Pes Mr. MonTerFioreE in the Chair. 
The Chairman read a paper entitled “Art Criticism,” and ex- 
hibited the journal of the explorer Sturt, kept during his last 
journey, A fine work on the hot springs of New Zealand, con- 
taining autotypes of that remarkable scenery, with letter-press by 
Dr. Hochstetter, was laid on the table by the Chairman. 
Amongst other works of art exhibited was a pen and ink drawing 
by Mr. Monreriorg, from the picture by Gabriel Max, known as 
St. Veronica’s pocket-handkerchief. 
FRIDAY, 27 JUNE, 1879. 
. Mr. Monrerrorz in the Chair. 
The Chairman exhited a very rare edition of the Fairie Queen, 
Disposed l into XII Bookes Fashioning Twelve Morall Vertues, 
shed in London, 1609. i 
Mr. L. W. Harr read a paper on “The Black Forest,” descrip- 
Sve of the manners and dress of the peasantry and of the 
Scenery of that country. 
FRIDAY, 25 JULY, 1879. 
Mr. Monrteriore in the Chair. 
1 old engravings were laid on the table by the Chairman, 
ng the “ Jugement de Paris” by Vanderwerf, «« Al Filosofo 
let Of Velasquez, “Dido and Afneas,” and a landscape by 
Pekoy E, Wiitiams called attention to a book published 
and Windus, containing facsimile reproductions of 
ig the more noticeable of the artistic works of the late 
illiam B 
noo e. 
Wiittans read an essay entitled “ Eccentricities of the great 
“ts of the 14th and 15th Centuries,” illustrating the domestic 
, and customs of the early fathers of art in Italy. 
