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man, and the description supplied with them read. The slides, over 

 a hundred and seventy in number, represented some of the best 

 English lantern slide work for the year in question, and embraced 

 both pictorial and record pictures of all types — landscape, archi- 

 tecture, natural history, archaeology, etc. 



Pictorial On January 25th, 1912, the Chairman delivered 



Composition. in Granville Chambers a lecture on " Pictorial 

 Composition, with special reference to Photo- 

 graphic Work," illustrated by lantern slides. The lecturer dealt 

 first with composition as a canon of art, and then briefly discussed 

 the functions and limitations of art-canons. Coming to the more 

 immediately practical part, the various simple types of com- 

 position, or framework, and afterwards those of greater com- 

 plexity, on which pleasing pictures are built up, were described 

 and illustrated by photographs and line diagrams. Reference 

 was made, in conclusion, to the special relation of composition 

 to photographic work. 



Historic Homes On March 25th, 1912, a combined Sectional 

 of lecture (Archaeological, Historical and Photo- 



Old England. graphical) was given in Trinity Hall, Lome 

 Park, by R. Y. Banks, Esq., the subject being 

 on " The Historic Homes of Old England." The lecture, which 

 was of great interest, dealt chiefly with the half-timbered houses 

 of the 15th Century, though a few other buildings were also 

 included. Many photographs were shown, the examples being 

 selected from all over England. 



A. P. and P.N. On April 20th, 1912, the " Amateur Photo- 

 Prize Lantern grapher and Photographic News " Prize 

 Slides. Lantern Slides for 191 1 were shown, in Granville 



Chambers, and the description read by the 

 Chairman. The meeting was exactly analogous to that of 

 December 14th last, above mentioned, but with the newer set of 

 slides. 



There have been no exclusively photographic excursions 

 during the summer. The portfolio of photographs has continued 

 to circulate. 



Chairman : Hubert Painter, Esq., B.Sc, F.C.S. 

 Secretary : Charles J. P arm iter, Es6. 



During the Session 191 1 — 12 the Physical Section held four 

 meetings at Granville Chambers, and engaged in two excursions. 



