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and poetical address was listened to with rapt attention, and the greatest 
interest. Mrs. Dalton-Taylor read a most thoughtful paper on April 13th, 
on the 6tli and 7tli chapters of “Psychology.” On April 13th, a paper on 
“ Some Spencerian Notes” was read by Mr. Walter E. Collinge, and on April 
27th, Professor Allen, M.A., concluded his introductory address on Mr. 
Herbert Spencer’s “ Psychology.” On May 11th, Miss Byett gave a paper 
on Mr. Herbert Spencer’s “ Data of Psychology,” Chapter 6, entitled “ iEstho- 
Physiologyand on May 25th, Mr. W. H. Sanders gave a paper on the first 
chapter of Mr. Herbert Spencer’s “ Induction of Psychology,” entitled “ The 
Substance of Mind.” Mrs. Browett followed on June 8th with Chapter 2, 
“ The Composition of Mind,” which brought the session to a close. At the 
205th meeting, held April 13th, the following resolution was unanimously 
carried :—“ That the members of the Section desire to offer to Mr. Herbert 
Spencer their warmest congratulations on the occasion of his birthday, and 
to associate with those congratulations their sincere hope that he may com¬ 
plete his ‘ Synthetic Philosophy,’ giving to the world for the benefit of all 
time the fullest measure of ‘ those rules of right conduct on a scientific 
basis ’ to which his life-long labours have been devoted.” The resolution was 
illuminated, and forwarded to Mr. Herbert Spencer, and, in reply, Mr. Phiu. 
H. Levi, the hon. sec., received the following reply:—“64, Avenue Road, 
London, N.W., April 27th, 1893. Dear Sir,—Will you please convey to the 
members of the Sociological Section of the Birmingham Natural History 
Society, at its next meeting, my hearty thanks for their congratulations and 
expression of kind feeling, presented to me in so beautifully illuminated a 
form. In these my declining years, suffering as I do from chronic ill-health, 
it is some compensation to receive marks of appreciation and sympathy. 
They encourage me to struggle on with my task in the hope that I may still 
be able to fill up, if not the whole of the gap which remains, yet a consider¬ 
able part of it. The Section will, I doubt not, join in the satisfaction I 
feel that the second volume of the ‘ Ethics,’ and last volume of the 
‘ Synthetic Philosophy ’ is just issued.—Believe me, faithfully yours, Herbert 
Spencer.—Phin. H. Levi, Esq.” Mr. Spencer has presented to the library a 
copy of his 2nd vol. of “ Ethics,” and also a copy of his recently published 
pamphlet, “ On the Inadequacy of Natural Selection,” reprinted from the 
Contemporary Review. — Microscopical Section, June 6th. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, 
president, in the chair. Mr. S. B. Bolton exhibited Plumatella repens, 
Stephanoceros Eichornii (eight in the field at one time), obtained in the 
excursion to Peddymore Hall. Mr. Clark exhibited Notops ruber from Dundee. 
Mr. T. Y. Hodgson exhibited Cristatella mucedo , and Paludicella repens 
from Barnt Green. —Biological Section, June 13th. Mr. Thomas Clarke 
in the chair. Mr. L. J. Reade was proposed for membership. Mr. T. Y. 
Hodgson exhibited a mountain lizard from Switzerland. Mr. A. H. 
Martineau exhibited the following bees :— Nomada alternata, N. niftcornis, 
N. ochrostoma, N. solidaginis, Andrena full)a , A. cineraria , and A. nitida, all 
from Birmingham district. Mr. S. P. Bolton exhibited, under microscopes, 
Argulus foliaceus, Plumatella repens, Paludicella Ehrenbergii , from Penns Pool. 
Also Stephanoceros Eichornii var. rivularia and Nitella in fruit, from the moat 
of Peddymore Hall ; these were taken at the Society’s excursion on Saturday, 
June 10th.— Geological Section, June 20th. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson (the 
President of the Society) in the chair. Mr. L. J. Reade, Coventry Street, 
Wolverhampton, was unanimously elected a member of the Society. 
Exhibits:—Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, a specimen of Marchantia polymorpha, 
beautifully in fruit, also showing the gemmae or secondary fructification ; 
Mr. T. V. Hodgson exhibited some fossils from the Inferior Oolite of Leck- 
hamptou Hill, including some forty specimens. Some very large ammonites 
were found, but too large to carry away ; Mr. W. B. Grove, Sphagnum 
Umbriatum in fruit, from a pond at Bentley Park. He also referred to the 
finding of Anuraea and Ceratium in Merevale Lake on the previous Saturday 
by Mr. Bolton; Mr. Clarke exhibited gnat of the glass larva ( Corethra 
July, 1893. 
