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MEETING OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
Dr. T. J. Walker, on the Roman Remains of the Neighbourhood ; 
and by W. J. Harrison, Esq., F.G.S., on the Ice Age and the 
Stone Age. At intervals, a selection of Instrumental Music will 
be performed under the directorship of the Rev. F. Wilkinson. 
The charge of admission to the Conversazione will be Two Shillings. 
Doors open at half-past Seven. Morning Dress. Carriages may be 
ordered for half-past Ten. Tickets are now ready, and can be obtained 
by Members for themselves, and for friends not Members of the Union, 
through any of the Secretaries of the Societies in the Union, or direct 
from Mr. J. W. Bodger, 18, Cowgate, Peterborough. On Wednesday 
Afternoon, June 25th, immediately after the Annual Meeting, a part} 7 
will visit the Cathedral. A Botanical Excursion will be made to 
Thorpe Hall (by kind permission of E. J. Strong, Esq.) and Holywell, 
returning by the River Nene. A Geological Excursion will he made to 
the large sections of Oxford Clay exhibited in the brick fields, and to 
the Fluvio-marine Gravels, both at Woodstone and Fletton. 
Luncheon.— A Luncheon will be provided on Wednesday, June 25th, 
at 2 o’clock, for the Council, Members of the Union, and Visitors. 
Tickets, price 2s. 6d. each, to be obtained from Mr. J. W. Bodger, 18, 
Cowgate, Peterborough. Early application should be made for these 
tickets, so that sufficient accommodation may be provided. 
PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY. 
Excursions.— On Thursday, June 26th, there will be two Excursions, 
viz.: an Upland Excursion to Stibbington Hall and the Bedford 
Purlieus, and the other to the Fenland. 
The Upland party will leave Peterborough about Nine o’clock, and 
will proceed to Chesterton and to Stibbington Hall, Wansford, and 
Bedford Purlieus ; lunch will be served here. The return journey will 
be by Sutton Marsh, through Milton to Peterborough, where a Meat 
Tea will be provided. Tickets for this Excursion: Nine Shillings and 
Sixpence each, including Carriage Drive, Luncheon, and Meat Tea. 
The Fenland party will leave Peterborough about Nine o’clock, and 
will proceed to the Decoy in Borough Fen, thence to Croyland Abbey, 
where lunch will be served at the Hotel, after which the Party will pro¬ 
ceed to Thorney Abbey, thence to Peterborough, where a Meat Tea will 
be provided. Tickets for this Excursion : Eight Shillings and Sixpence 
each, including Carriage Drive, Luncheon, and Meat Tea. 
Tickets must be applied for not later than Saturday, June 21st, and 
may be procured from Mr. J. W. Bodger, 18, Cowgate, Peterborough. 
Mr. Herbert Spencer.— The Atlienceum of May 17tli states 
that China appears to be beginning to adopt the idea of Western 
civilisation, for a translation of Mr. Herbert Spencer’s “Education” 
has just reached this country. The translator, Y. K. Yen, says in his 
English preface, “Believing that it will aid in reforming the present 
narrow education in my country, and thus be the means of promoting 
her progress,” he has translated the first of his essays. Mr. Herbert 
Spencer’s “ Education ” has been translated into every living language 
in Europe, into Japanese and Chinese, and it is believed into several 
of the vernacular languages of India. 
