90 Annual Report and Transactions of the Plymouth Institution 
1869. 
Feb. 25. The Bases of History 
Mar. 4. Fashion : in Art, Furniture, and 
Mr. A. KooKEK. 
Dress 
,, 11. The Air we breathe, in its practical 
bearing on Health 
J. HiNE. 
,, 18. Cranmer and his Times 
,, 25, On Enthusiasm , 
,, G. Jackson. 
Eev. F. H. Scrivener. 
Mr. E. Collier. 
By this list it will be seen that the subjects brought before 
the attention of the Society have been most varied, and that the 
chief departments of Literature and Science have been fairly 
represented; Art, however, being left almost untouched. On 
Literature proper, ancient and modern, there have been three 
lectures ; on Philosophy, one ; on History, two ; on Antiquities 
and Antiquarian Kesearch, four; on Political Economy, one; on 
Mental Philosophy, four ; and on Science, five. 
It is a matter for congratulation that a subject of such interest 
and importance as Mental Philosophy, and which of late years has 
but rarely found a place in the Lecture List, should have been 
so fully represented and so ably discussed this session. The 
introduction of another important branch of study, that of Poli- 
tical Economy, may be hailed with equal satisfaction. The de- 
bates that followed the papers read on these subjects amply proved 
that they are of great interest to the Members, and will always 
furnish unlimited scope for discussion and the interchange of 
opinions as diverse as they are stoutly held. 
The attendance in the hall throughout the session gives an 
average of sixty-eight on each evening. The debates have, for the 
most part, maintained their interest. 
At the Anniversary Meeting, on the 1st of May, papers were 
read to the Society — 
On the popular Dutch Author, Katz, by Dr. Bikkers. 
On a double-spined Eagle Bay, caught by trawlers off Plymouth, by 
Mr. Spence Bate, F.B.S. 
