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OUR COLUMNS. 



June 20, 1891. 



lReport0 of S@eetmg0 of tbt Council 



CorxciL Meeting held April 2, 1891. — Present: Rev. Dr. Poole, president (in the 

 chair). Mr. Bates, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. J. E. Cutclifi'e, JMr. Elger, Mr. Dyniock, Mr. T. 

 Henderson, Mr. J. W. HiU, Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. W. H. Jackson, Mr. G. Mayes, Mr. J. S. 

 Phillpotts, Dr. Steinnietz, Mr. W. Steward, Mr. C. Wells, Rev. P. W. Wyatt. 



A cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. Seebohm for his lecture " Adventures in 

 Siberia," on the proposition of Mr. Phillpotts, seconded by Mr. E. Ransom. 



A vote of thanks, pro|)osed by Dr. Poole and seconded by Mr. Phillpotts, was also 

 unanimously accorded the Editors of " Our Columns " for the able manner in which they 

 had brought out the first number. 



Mr. Elger read the minutes of the Archicologicai and Natural ^History Section. 



Dr. Steinmetz proposed, and Mr. Elger seconded, that the insurance on the books, coins, 

 and other property of the Society, be raised from £2,500 to £3,000. The matter was 

 subsequently referred to the Einance Committee. 



A letter from Mr. W. H. Lloyd, pointing out the desirability of providing a 

 thermometer in order to regulate the temperature for the Reading Room, having been 

 read, the matter was referred to the Finance Com.mittee. 



It was ordered that a notice relating to subscribers having more than one newspajDcr at 

 a time be placed over the fire-place in the Reading Room. 



Mr. Elger introduced the subject of Technical Education in connection with the grant 

 to be made through the County Council for that purpose. In the discussion that followed 

 Mr. Bates, Capt. Glubb, Mr. W. Steward, Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. C. Wells, Mr. Phillpotts, 

 Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Rowland Hill, and Rev. Dr. Poole took part. 



The following books were presented to th^ Library by Miss Louisa Bigg, of Luton. 

 " Pansies and Asphodel" by Miss L. Bigg, "The Gods of Men" by Miss L. Bigg, and 

 " Prince Nushiyad " by Miss L. Bigg. An unanimous vote of thanks was accorded Miss 

 Bio;cT for her g-ift. 



Books ordered : — 

 Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of the Book 



of Common Prayer, a.d. 1661. 

 Bagehot's Literary [Studies. 

 Selections from Berkeley. 



Crepet, Les Poctes Fran(,'aises, with introduction by 



Ste. Beuvc. 

 Tycho Brahe, by Dr. Dreyer. 

 A. de Musset, Comedies et Proverbes, 3 vols. 

 Marshall's Principles of Economics, Yol. 1. 

 Men and Women of the Time, new edition. 



Howell's Trade Lnions, Old and New. 

 Baker s Wild Beasts and their ways. 

 Trelawney's Adventures of a Younger Son. 

 Thursfield's Life of Sir R. Peel. 

 Hamley's War in the Crimea. 

 Harcourt's Achievements of Engineering. 

 Walpole's History of England, from 1815, 3 vols. 

 Abney's Instructions in Photography. 

 Hermathena. 



Gibbon's Industrial History of England. 



CouxciL Meeting held May 7, 1891. — Present: Mr. G. Hurst (in the chair), Mr. 

 Bates, Dr. Coombs, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Cutcliffe, Mr. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Mr. T. 

 Henderson, Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. RoAvland Hill, Mr. Mayes, Mr. E. Ransom, Dr. Steinmetz, 

 Mr. Steward. 



Mr. J. W. Hill presented the report of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Elger the 

 report of the Archeeological and Natural History Section, both of which were adopted. 



Mr. E. Ransom read the report of the Catalogue and Guide Book Committee, which was 

 received. The purchase of the Guide Books was deferred for further consideration. 



