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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL MEETING 
Held on the 15th of January, 1896, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 
the President (A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the Meeting of 18th December last were read and 
confirmed, and were signed by the President. 
The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 
since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given 
to the donors. 
From 
Gosse, P. H., Evenings at the Microscope. New edition, 
revised by F. J. Bell. (8vo, London, &c., 1895) .. .. Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell. 
Report of the British Association, 1895. (8vo, London, 1895) Mr. Frank Crisp. 
Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell said that some time ago the Secretary of the 
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge asked his advice as 
to Gosse’s ‘ Evenings with the Microscope,’ of which the Society had 
the copyright, but which was getting out of print. He replied that had 
he been the happy possessor of this copyright he should certainly keep 
it, for he thought that, with all respect to those who had followed, no 
more charming book on the subject had ever been written. Some time 
after, the Council asked him to prepare a new edition of this work, 
and the volume presented to the Society that evening was the result. 
The attitude he had adopted was that expressed in the preface, his en- 
deavour being to destroy none of the charm of the author’s style, and, 
whilst he had corrected such things as more recent observations required, 
he had altered the original work as little as possible. With regard to 
the other donation to the Society — the £ Report of the Meetings of the 
British Association at Ipswich, 1895,’ presented by Mr. Crisp — he 
thought the Association was to be congratulated, not only upon the con- 
tents of the Report, but also upon the promptitude with which it had 
been issued. 
The President, in moving a vote of thanks to the donors of these 
books, remarked that all, no doubt, knew the former edition of Gosse’s 
‘ Evenings with the Microscope,’ and a more delightful book upon the 
subject had perhaps never been written. 
Prof. Bell said that since their last meeting Prof. Golgi had written 
a letter expressing his appreciation, and returning thanks for the honour 
done him by his election as an Honorary Fellow of the Society. 
The business of the annual meeting was then proceeded with. 
The Report of the Council for the year 1S95 was read by the 
Secretary : — 
