PREFACE. 



from one of our Members, on account of the great benefit and help 

 he had received in his work from the Papers of this Institute. 



Tlie scheme has been long thought out, and has at last matured 

 in a first instalment of these six booklets. 



We pray that they may be very usefid and we trust that all 

 Members and Associates will assist in their circulation. 



We regret much that the state of our Honorary Secretary's (Mr. 

 Sewell*s) health has obliged him to resign the post he has so con- 

 scientiously filled in a time of considerable difficulty. He has. 

 however, been able jointly to edit this volume. 



We are glad to say that Air. W. Hoste, B.A.. has accepted the 

 |K)st of Honorary General Secretary to the Victoria Institute. The 

 Papers read during the past year seem to embrace the varied 

 outlook in the worlds of Science. Philosophy and Christianity that 

 the Victoria Institute has ever sought to maintain. 



The opening Paper was on " Christian Sanity. ' and the debate 

 was vigorons and intere^*::._. 



The next Paper., by ra. First Principal of Westfield 



College (London University something of an epoch in our 



procedure : in endeavouring to get fuller and heartier co-operation 

 from women in our work. The Paper was of a high quality and 

 many well-known women-workers were present. 



A paper by the Head-3Iaster of Winchester excited great interest. 

 Its lofty and noble ethics should be carefully studied. Professor 

 Langhorne Orchard's paper was most welcome. It introduced an 

 atmosphere of the Greek Classics that we seldom get now, as well 

 as a subject of perennial interest. Both the paper and discussion 

 win be read with interest. 



Certain new points were brought out in Mr. Maunder's (Greenwich 

 Observatory) paper on " Ancient Calendars," which shed a good 

 deal of Ught on the relation of the Sun and Moon to the Calendar. 



While our President. Lord Halsbury, continues to manifest his 

 interest in the work of the Institute, he was unable to give the 

 Annual Address. Lt.-Col. Mackinlay, however. Chairman of our 

 Council, stepped into the breach and read one of his inimitable essays. 

 He seems to have made the study of the Third Evangelist peculiarly 

 his own ; and certainly he has revealed its structure and order in a 

 wonderful way. 



Generally the Membership and Associateship of the Institute 



