THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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interest in the subject discussed, so that 
the knowledge acquired by means of the 
lecture might be further perfected in the 
class-room and by means of the library. 
After some lectures it had been found 
that the books in the library treating of 
the subject or subjects embraced in the 
lecture were in great demand. This 
he looked upon as a natural and proper 
effect of lectures. The reverend gentle- 
man dwelt at some length on the im- 
portance of rendering lectures simple and 
intelligible, and of selecting subjects cal- 
culated to promote education and to 
elevate the classes for whose advantage 
this Association had been formed. 
“ The Rev. E. Hale offered some re- 
marks on the advantages arising from 
inducing pupils to prepare abstracts of 
lectures. He also dwelt on the difficulty 
of securing courses of lectures, so as 
to concentrate attention on one subject 
until it had been, to a certain extent, 
mastered. He thought that when the 
lectures were weekly varied, it had a 
tendency to induce more miscellaneous 
reading. In noticing the books suc- 
cessively taken out of the library by 
members of institutions, it was not often 
found that a systematic course of study 
was pursued. 
“ The Rev. C. D. Goldie thought that 
the lectures would be more interesting 
if they were simple. Many competent 
gentlemen shrunk from offering their ser- 
vices as lecturers, because they imagined 
that something extraordinary was re- 
quired of them. 
“ Mr. Brown, speaking from his ex- 
perience in the Slough Institution, was 
of opinion that variety in lectures secured 
larger attendances. 
“ The Rev. J. H. Ellison was disposed 
to adopt a view unfavourable to variety. 
The great question was whether these 
lectures were intended for amusement or 
instruction. If the lecture was intended 
to create an interest in the subject, to 
inculcate knowledge, and to diffuse more 
than a smattering acquaintance with the 
subjects treated, he was decidedly of 
opinion that courses of lectures ought to 
be encouraged.” 
OBITUARY. 
Intelligence has just reached us of the 
death of Mr. John S. Ashworth on the 
26th ultimo, aged thirty-six years. We 
had heard that he was suffering from 
consumption, but as late as the 24th ult. 
we received an application from him for 
a ‘ Catalogue of European Coleoptera,’ 
so that the news of his decease, following 
his letter so soon, took us by surprise. 
The name of Ashworth will long be re- 
membered in connexion with Trochilium 
Sculiaforme , Agrolis Ashworlhii, CEco- 
phora grandis, Bucculatrix Hippocasta- 
nella, See., See. 
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Loudon: John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
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