304 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
NOTES ON EDUCATION. 
SYLLABUS OF PAPER BY REV. W. DICKSON, LL.D. 
(Read 4th February, 1886.) 
Opsect and aims of Education in (1) Discipline ; (2) Instruction ; 
(3) Use of reasoning powers; (4) In using leisure time; 
(5) In formation of character. Grounds of conduct, wide 
divergence, leading to the religious difficulty. Various solutions 
thereof. Attitude of the State as to education. Various courses 
open. . Free education: what it really is. Opinions of eminent 
men. Summary of arguments for and against free education. 
SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY W. J. SQUARE, F.R.C.S. 
(Read llth February, 1886.) 
Intropuction. The ghost scene. Hamlet’s oath to avenge his 
father’s murder. His reflections on suicide, death, and immor- 
tality. His soliloquies. His assumed lunacy. His character-— 
noble, intellectual, moral, but weak in action. His irresolution 
and procrastination. His failure to accomplish his sworn act of 
vengeance. Observations on the character of Polonius, Ophelia, 
and other personages in the drama. Final scene of death and 
desolation. General remarks on the drama and on Shakespeare 
himself. 
THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN 
AND IRELAND. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY CAPT. R. THOMPSON, R.E. 
(Read 18th February, 1886.) 
History of the Survey. Present organization and members of staff. 
Annual expense. Nature of information supplied on the plans. 
Public advantages derived from their issue. Reasons for the 
selection of the various scales. Outline of the various processes 
necessary from commencement to completion. Present state of 
progress. Anticipated date of completion. Average cost per acre 
of some of the processes. 
