SECRETARIES' REPORT. 
1863 — 64. 
The Session just closed lias been marked by some novel 
features as regards tlie character of tlie Lectures which have 
been delivered. 
In those relating to Literature some subjects before un- 
touched have been introduced to the notice of the Members; 
and^ in the second part of the Session_, a period of English 
History of extraordinary interest — the Elizabethan era^ — was 
taken up in a series of five consecutive Lectures^ in which its 
Art_, Commerce,, Poetry^ Drama^ and Politics were discussed ; 
these were followed^ a fortnight after, by a lecture descrip- 
tive of the Euphuisms of the age. 
The Lecture on the Sinai Manuscript by the Rev. F. H. 
Scrivener, and that on the Sclavonian question by a new mem- 
ber — himself a descendant of the race of which he treated — 
were the subjects of considerable attention. The Scientific 
Lectures of the Session were likewise very attractive, having 
been on matters of recent, or local interest. That on Ancient 
Music will, it is hoped, be followed up by others, on a 
department of science which has not hitherto met with the 
attention at our hands which it deserves. 
The Session may be therefore considered a very successful 
one, the attendance has been good, and many animated 
debates have taken place. 
