NOTES ON MACBETH. 
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POPULAR RECREATION. 
SYLLABUS OP LECTURE BY MR. T. PLUMMER. 
(Read November 17th, 1881.) 
Recreation. Definition. Classes requiring recreation. Their 
tastes and desires. How these tastes are formed. Present pro- 
vision made for their gratification. Suggestions for supplying 
deficiences. The subject was treated specially with a view to 
recreation for the masses. 
NOTES ON MACBETH. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY DR. NEILD. 
(Read November 24th, 1881.) 
Introduction. The play to be treated, as far as possible, from a 
medical standpoint. A knowledge of the play on the part of the 
society taken for granted. The physicians in Macbeth. Elizabethan 
rather than Macbethian. The character of Macbeth, considered 
chiefly in its psychological aspect. Lady Macbeth similarly con- 
sidered. The sleep-walking scene. Relation of somnambulism to 
mesmerism and (so-called) spiritualism. Conclusion. 
