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interest (and I know I am speaking to many who have shown no 
little consideration towards them) to take no notice of their 
harmless foibles, but to look upon them with a kindly eye. Assist 
to provide them with interesting literature for perusal at sea, and 
pleasant recreation when on shore, and depend upon it you will 
find them to be as gentle as they are strong and courageous. They 
man nearly all the lifeboats around our coast, and their acts of 
courage are a glory to our nation. 

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FINE ARTS. 
SYLLABUS OF PAPER BY GODFREY EVANS. 
(Read 3rd December, 1885.) 
Intropuction. Imagination. Invention. Beauty and Imitation. 
Architecture. Painting. Sculpture. Music and Poetry. Historic 
epochs: Egyptian; Grecian; Roman; Byzantine; Gothic and 
Renaissance. Conclusion. 
