PREFACE 



rilHE Members and Associates of the Victoria Institute will 

 ^ be glad to learn that the seven months of last Session 

 have been more than usually successful, both in the interest 

 and effectiveness of the papers read and the discussions which 

 followed, and also for the additions made to the list of sup- 

 porters of the Society. Fifty-five new names have been added 

 during that period. Eeaders of this Volume will be able to 

 judge of the truth of the former statement for themselves, while 

 the balance sheet for the year 1911, which will be issued in the 

 next Volume, will show the effect of the latter upon the 

 Society's finance. 



There is no other society in this country that does the same 

 work or meets the same need, and the papers already promised 

 for next session show that serious controversies of the day will 

 again be dealt with by high authorities, and the opportunities 

 afforded for discussing them from different points of view will 

 be valued as much as at any previous time. 



In issuing this Volume attention is drawn to the fulness of 

 the discussions following each paper. All the speakers have 

 had the opportunity of revising their remarks, and I hope very 

 few mistakes have been left undetected. In this, as in all 

 the Secretarial work, I have again enjoyed the benefit of 

 Mr. Montague's experience and devoted attention to the in- 

 terests of the Institute, which owes him much. My work has 



