A LONG VACATION. 
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A LONG VACATION. 
SYLLABUS OP LECTURE BY MR. ROBERT COLLIER. 
(Read October 19th, 1882.) 
On board the Celtic. The American language. New York Custom 
House ; the " Check " system ; the Central Park ; New York omni- 
buses ; road and rail. Chicago ; a domestic bookseller. Eailways 
in the Far West. The book-man. The Prairie. The Rocky 
Mountains ; ascent of Pike's Peak ; a sunrise party ; the highest 
inhabited house in the world. The Chipmunk, Denver. Salt 
Lake City ; a Mormon sermon ; a little mistake. Ogden. San 
Francisco. The Seal Rocks. On the way to the Yo-Semite Valley. 
Acorn-larded firs. The woodpecker and the bluejay. The Yo- 
Semite Valley ; a Scotchman on the Valley. Divorce in California. 
Indians. Fort Yuma. Tucson. Worship of beauty. Santa Fe. 
St. Louis. Production of food in the United States. Boston ; the 
Autocrat of the Breakfast-table. On board the Britannic; a storm 
on the Atlantic. Home. 
THE VENTILATION OF BUILDINGS. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. C. W. DYMOND, F.S.A., M.Inst.CE. 
(Read October 26th, 1882.) 
1. Importance of the Subject. — The question concerns especially 
civilized societies in the colder climates. Too much ignored, and 
too little understood. Causes of apathy and ignorance. Dangers 
of neglecting atmospheric conditions of health. Certain general 
and characteristic national resources. Illustrations of mistaken 
practice in building, and of the effects of good ventilation. 
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