The annual election of Office Bearers and Members of the Council, and the re-election of Associates, took place. The President delivered his Inaugural Address, entitled "The Four Georges: Some glimpses of Life and Manners in their times." Illustrated. ORDINARY MEETINGS. I. Oct. 19, 1896. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Paper by Mr. Robert McLintock, entitled "A New Key to Goethe's Faust." II. Nov. 2. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Mr. Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., D.Sc., was elected an Honorary Member of the Society on the recommendation of the Council. A Paper in three parts was read on "William Morris." (1) His Poetry, by Richard J. Lloyd, M.A., D.Lit., F.R.S.E. 2) His Art, by H. Longuet Higgins. (3) His Social Theories, by R. Gladstone, Jun., B.C.L., M.A. III. Nov. 16. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. Nevins read a Paper entitled "Historical Events accompanying and following the preaching of Jonah in Nineveh." IV. Nov. 30. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Mr. A. Theodore Brown read a Paper entitled "Bologna." V. Dec. 14. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Mr. Hugh Farrie read a Paper entitled "The Fourth Estate." VI. Jan. 4, 1897. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. Nevins exhibited some Crocus Bulbs under special treatment. Mr. John Lee, B.A., read a Paper on "The Sixteenth Century Anabaptists and their relation to the modern Religious-social movement." VII. Jan. 18. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. Ellis read a Paper entitled "Personal and Photographic Impressions of Brittany." Illustrated. VIII. Feb. 1. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Mr. A. Theodore Brown announced the formation of a Committee to promote a Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Ernest Nevins gave an account of the Plague then raging in Bombay, and of the sanitary conditions prevailing there. Mr. W. H. Picton read a Paper entitled "Felicia Hemans." IX. Feb. 15. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. Ernest Nevins read a Paper entitled "Hindu Mythology." Illustrated. X. Mar. 1. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. The Rev. E. N. Hoare, M.A., read a Paper entitled "Consciousness." XI. Mar. 15. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. Nevins exhibited and described a design of his for a medallic coin to commemorate the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign. Mr. Robert Gladstone, Jun., B.C.L., M.A., read a Paper entitled "Some Communistic Experiments.” XII. Mar. 29. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. The Rev. Harold D. Ford, M.A., read a Paper entitled "The Roman Wall." Illustrated. XIII. April 12. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Dr. J. Murray Moore read a Paper entitled "The Nature-Studies of Alfred, Lord Tennyson." XIV. April 26. The President, Mr. John Newton, M.R.C.S., in the chair. Mr. Richard J. Lloyd, M.A., D.Lit., F.R.S.E., was elected President for the ensuing year. Mr. H. Longuet Higgins was elected an Honorary Member of the Society. Mr. Edward H. Parker read a Paper entitled "Some Account of the Life, Labours and Doctrines of Confucius." Illustrated. Ordinary Members elected during the Session: Mr. Benjamin Cookson, Mr. F. C. Dopson, Mr. George Gilbert, Rev. Harold D. Ford, M.A., Mr. John E. Lee, Mr. Alfred William Newton, M.A., Rev. William Goodman Edwards Rees, M.A. (Glas.), B.A. (Oxon.), Mr. Thomas Roberts, Mr. I. Silverberg, Rev. Edmund Alfred Wesley, M.A., A.S.C. Numbers present at the Annual and the Fourteen Ordinary Meetings: 129, 61, 96, 155, 64, 74, 80, 118, 67, 188, 63, 80, 120, 54, 56. Average attendance, 94. |