90 Proceedings of the Boyal Society 
The following Gentlemen were elected Fellows of the 
Society : — 
John Young, M.D., Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey 
of Great Britain. 
David Page, Esq., F.G.S. 
The following Donations to the Library were announced : — 
Essays from the “ Quarterly Eeview.” By James Hannay, Esq., 
F.K.S.E., Author of “ Satire and Satirists,” &c. 8vo. — From 
the Author. 
Sitzungsberichte der konigl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften 
zu Miinchen. 1862. I. Heft 4, und II. Heft 1. 8vo. — From 
the Academy. 
Bulletin de la Socle te Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Annee 
1861. Nos. I., II., III., et IV. 8vo. — From the Society. 
The Journal of the Eoyal Dublin Society, Nos. 26, 27, 28. 8vo. — 
From the Society. 
Historical Sketch of Popular Literature, and its Influence on So- 
ciety. By Wm. Chambers, Esq. of Glenormiston. — From the 
Author. 
Monday, IQtli February 1863. 
Dr CHHISTISON, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Sketch of the Kecent Progress of Sanskrit Literature. 
By John Muir, D.C.L., LL.D. (This Paper was given at 
the request of the Council.) 
After giving a sketch of the first beginnings of these studies in 
India, and their further prosecution in Europe, the author adverted 
to the relations of Sanskrit with the Greek, Latin, and Teutonic 
languages, and showed how this affinity established the common 
origin of the nations by which these languages have been spoken. 
He then proceeded to give an account of Indian literature, com- 
mencing with the hymns and other constituent parts of the Vedas, 
and then proceeding to the principal systems of Indian philosophy, 
