194 Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society 



Resolved,— That the following books be ordered out from England, 



for the Society. 



Diary and Correspondence of James Harris, first Earl of Malmsbury. 



The Popular Member, by Mrs. Gore. 



Home Scenes and Recollections, by Lady Chatterton. 



Fanny Kemble's Poems. 



Roman Traitor, by the author of " Oliver Cromwell." 



Memoirs of Conquesbed a Berual Deaz, translated by J. L. Lockhart. 



The Dark Ages, by the Rev. S. R. Maitland. 



Correspondence of Edmund Burke, by E. Fitzwilliam, 4 vols. 



Hyde Marston, by Craven. 



Tarlton's Jests out of Purgatory, by J. O. Hallewell. 

 Life of W. Beckford. 



Adventures of an Officer in the service of Runjeet Sing, Edited by 



Major Lawrence, Assistant to Political Agent at Luknow. 

 Mrs. Abell's Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon. 

 History of Partisan Corps, under Colonel Simcoe. 

 The Life and Times of Richard the 3d, by Miss Halstead. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society, 

 and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, on Wednesday Evening, the 

 20th November, 1844. 



Read a letter from Messrs. Wm. H. Allen and Co., dated London, 

 26th June, 1844 — stating that they can procure for the Society a complete 

 set, as far as 19 volumes, of the Linnsean Transactions, for £ 18 0 0. 



Read a letter from the Secretary to Government, dated 1st November, 

 1844 — transmitting a printed list of Desiderata of Medicinal Plants ex- 

 tracted from the Flora Medica of Dr. Lindley. 



Resolved, — That the thanks of the Society be communicated to Govern- 

 ment for the same. 



That with reference to Captain Gill's Mission to proceed to Adjunta, 

 under the orders of Government at the recommendation of the Parent 

 Society, that the aid and assistance of the Society be offered to him, and. 

 that he be requested to communicate to the Society such observations on 

 the Temples of the Hindoos, as may in his judgment be deemed worthy 

 of notice in the Society's Journal. 



