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ORDINARY MEETING, 17th January, 1876. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing election was announced - 
Associate : — E. Beacham, Esq. 
Also the presentation of the following Works to the Library : — 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,” Part 1, Yol. XX. 
From the Society. 
“ Molecules and Atoms.” By J. G. McVicar, D.D. The Author. 
“The London Quarterly Review.” A. McArthur, Esq. M.P. 
The following paper was then read by the author : — 
ON TEE SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS AND THEOLO- 
GICAL INFERENCES OF A WORK ENTITLED 
“THE UNSEEN UNIVERSE, OR PHYSICAL SPECU- 
LATIONS ON A FUTURE STATEN— By the Rev. 
Prebendary Irons, D.D., Bampton Lecturer for 1870, 
Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London. 
OUTLINE OF THE ARGUMENT, &c. 
1. Reception of the Book by the Public: 
2. Unworthy in many quarters. 
3. Its great plainness ; and the method to be adopted respecting it. 
4. Seven-fold division of the volume. 
PART I. OF THE EXAMINATION. 
Chapter I. 
The general belief in Immortality. (Subject.) 
5. History of Religion till the Birth of Christ, illustrating this. 
TABLE OP CONTENTS OP THE "UNSEEN UNIVERSE.” 
Object of the Book, 
lately increased. 
Chapter I. — Introductory Sketch. 
Two classes of speculators. Why doubters of immortality have 
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