by Dr. ARMSTRONG, has been steadily working, three evenings a week, since February 13. All students attending this class have to be nominated by Proprietors, and sons of Proprietors are received on specially favourable terms. 3. The Managers have increased the staff of the Institution by appointing Mr. JOHN ELLA Professor of Music. They were led to invite Mr. ELLA to accept the office by the consideration of his successful direction of the Musical Union, and other societies established for the study of classical music, and by the recollection of the attractive and instructive lectures delivered by him, in the theatre of this Institution, during the past fifteen years; and they trust that the Proprietors will derive great advantages from the appointment. 4. A systematic revision of the General Library has been commenced. The Librarian reports that important modern text-books are wanting in most of the classes, but that the regular healthy growth of the Library is necessarily checked by the inadequacy of the present shelf-room. Every available space has been occupied by books, and rules of classification have been necessarily neglected for some time past. Additional accommodation seems to be urgently needed, and the Managers think that this could be provided at a comparatively moderate expenditure by roofing-over a piece of waste ground which lies to the west of the present House, and is already partially enclosed by lofty walls. The cost of the building, however, would certainly exceed any sum that could be drawn from the general funds of the Institution, and the Managers do not feel justified in trenching upon invested capital. The improvement indicated might at once be carried out by means of voluntary contributions from Proprietors. 5. The Library has recently been enriched by three distinct collections of books and pamphlets relating respectively to Prison Reform, Slavery, and General Education. These have been placed at the disposal of the Managers by Miss REW, of Finchley, in accordance with the recommendation of her cousin, Mr. CRAWFORD BURKITT, a Proprietor. They are valuable as sources of minute information on important subjects, and constitute an interesting memorial of Mr. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, the collector, a practical philanthropist, who died in 1847, while occupying the position of Government Inspector of Prisons. 6. During the past year the number of volumes in the Permanent Circulating Library has been increased, by purchases and donations, to 450, and the Managers have consequently been able to reduce the amount paid to Messrs. W. H. SMITH and SON. The number of Proprietors making use of the Circulating Library has been increasing steadily throughout the year. 7. The Musical Lectures given during the season now drawing to a close have been well attended; but the other Thursday Evening Lectures, though delivered by gentlemen of acknowledged ability, have failed to attract large audiences. From a comparison of the afternoon and evening attendances, after deducting from the former the admissions by purchased tickets, it would appear that the earlier hour of meeting is generally preferred, and the Managers incline to the opinion that it might be well to restrict evening meetings to Conversazioni and Musical Lectures. 8. The Courses of Educational Lectures by Professors GUTHRIE and BLOXAM, referred to in paragraphs 10 and II of last year's Report, and the Course on Elementary Botany subsequently given by Professor BENTLEY, were followed by Examinations; and through the liberality of your President, THOMAS BARING, Esq., M. P., and two of your Vice-Presidents, Sir WILLIAM TITE, C.B., M.P., and J. P. GASSIOT, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., the Managers were enabled to give prizes to the students who passed with the highest numbers of marks. In Physics, EDMUND STRODE gained the first prize, while T. LYON, Miss ESTHER GREAT BATCH, and Miss ANNIE PIPER, obtained second prizes. In Chemistry, A. J. RICHARDSON gained the first prize; ISIDORE Harris and Miss E. M. HUTTON taking the second prizes. In Botany the first prize fell to Miss EMMA BALL, and second prizes to A. J. WALLIS and Miss ELLEN BENHAM. These prizes were distributed on August 10, 1870, by J. P. GASSIOT, Esq., Vice-President. 9. The Educational programme of the present season has comprised a course of lectures by Dr. ODLING on Chemical Action, another by Professor HUXLEY on the First Principles of Biology, and a third, now in progress, by Mr. PROCTOR, On Astronomy. The first and second Courses, which were delivered to crowded audiences, have been followed by Examinations, and the Principal Librarian, who was requested to examine the written papers of the students, has made the following awards :-In Chemistry, first prize, FREDERICK GARRETT; second prize, A. J. RICHARDSON in Biology, first prize, Miss DORA HARRIS; second prizes, A. PERCY LLOYD and Miss L. F. TOLMÉ. 10. The expenses incurred in rendering the Librarian's rooms habitable, and in removing and providing for the books formerly kept in those rooms, have absorbed so much of the funds at the disposal of the Managers, that the general painting and cleansing of the House, alluded to in paragraph 15 of last year's Report, has been postponed. It is hoped that this work may be accomplished during the current year. April 12, 1871. THOMAS BARING, President. LECTURES OF THE SEASON, 1870-1871. Educational Courses. Eight Lectures On Chemical Action: by Professor ODLING, M. B., F.R.S. Six Lectures On the First Principles of Biology: by Professor HUXLEY, LLD., F.R.S. Eight Lectures On Astronomy: by R. A. PROCTOR, Esq., B.A., F.R.A.S. Evening Courses. Two Lectures On the Acoustics of the Orchestra: by Dr. W. H. STONE, M.A., F.R.C.P. Two Lectures On Precious Metals and Precious Stones: by Professor JOHN MORRIS, F.G.S. Two Lectures On Count Rumford and his Philosophical Work: by W. MATTIEU WILLIAMS, Esq., F.C.S. Three Lectures On Music, Characteristic and Descriptive: by JOHN ELLA, Esq., Director of the Musical Union. Four Lectures On the Action, Nature, and Detection of Poisons: by F. S. BARFF, Esq., M.A., F.C.S., etc. Two Lectures (The Travers' Course) On the Colonial Question: by Professor J. E. THOROLD ROGERS. Six Lectures On Economic Botany, with Reference to Vegetable Substances used for Food: by Professor BENTLEY, F.L.S., etc. Lectures at Conversazioni. January 25.-On Dust and Disease: by Professor TYNDALL, LL.D., F.R.S. February 15.-On Alizarine and other Colouring Matters: by W. H. PERKIN, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. C. S. March 15.-Stained Glass æsthetically considered with Reference to Modern Art: by HENRY HOLIDAY, Esq, April 12.-Edmund Waller, M.P., Poet, Courtier, Wit, Lover, and Sinner: by TOм HOOD, Esq. Short descriptive papers read in the Library: (1) On_the_Ancient Glass in the Church of Long Melford, Suffolk, by C. BAILY, Esq.; (2) On the Works of the late T. H. Nicholson, Painter and Sculptor, by EDWARD DRAPER, Esq. LIST OF PRESENTS. Received for the General Library from April 1870 to 1871. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Second series. Vol. vi. Part 2. 8vo. London, 1870. From the Society. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY'S Proceedings. Vol. xi. 8vo. Philadelphia. From the Society. ANDREWS (THOMAS, M.D., F.R.S.) On the Continuity of the Liquid and Gaseous States of Matter. (Bakerian Lecture.) 4to. London, 1869. From the Author. ARCHEOLOGIA. Vol. xlii. Part 2. 4to. London, 1870. From the Royal Society of Antiquaries. ART UNION OF LONDON. Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Council. 8vo. London, 1870. BENTLEY (ROBERT, F.L.S.) A Manual of Botany: including the Structure, Functions, Classification, Properties, and Uses of Plants. 12mo. London, 1870. From the Author. BIRT (WILLIAM, F.R.A.S.) The Mare Perenitatis: its Craterology and Principal Features. London, 1869. From George Hibbert, Esq., Proprietor, London Institute. BOARD OF TRADE. Catalogue of the Library of the Board of Trade. 8vo. London, 1866. From Charles Pettet, Esq. BRAHMACHARI (VISHNUBAWA.) Essay on Beneficent Government. Translated by Captain A. Phelps. 12mo. Bombay, 1869. BREEN (HUGH.) On the Corrections of Bouvard's Elements of the Orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. London, 1868. CALENDAR of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 8vo. London, July 14, 1870. CHURCH (The) in its Relation to the State. An Address from the Society of Friends to their Fellow Countrymen. London, 1868. CRISPO-BARBARO (The Marquis.) The Nobles of Malta, and the Maltese Gentry holding_Foreign Titles as at present existing. Pamphlet, 8vo. Malta, 1870. From the Author. CRISPO-BARBARO (The Marquis.) The Malta and Gozo Vade Mecum for 1871. Pamphlet. Valetta, 1871. From the Editor. DE TASSY (M. GARCIN.) Histoire de la Littérature Hindouie et Hindoustanie. 2 Vols. Paris, 1870. From the Rev. E. Hoole, D.D. DOBELL (HORACE, M.D.) Medicine in different the Author. Reports on the Progress of Practical and Scientific parts of the World. 8vo. London, 1870. From DYER (Rev. W. H.) The Question of the Irish Church calmly considered: a Book of Facts, Testimonies, and Arguments. London, 1868. From the Author. EDUCATION. Books, Pamphlets, etc., relating to this subject. Collected by the late William Crawford, Esq. From Miss Rew, Finchley. ELLIS (WILLIAM). Combinations and Strikes from the Teacher's Point of View. 8vo. London, 1865. From the Author. FREE LIBRARIES. Borough of Birmingham. The Sixth Annual Report. Birmingham, 1869. HOMERSHAM (SAMUEL COLLETT, C.E.) Review of the Report by the General Board of Health on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis. London, 1860. From the Author. INTERNATIONAL PRONOUNCING TABLE, AN, proposed as a Basis for the Establishment of a Uniform Method of denoting and describing the Pronunciation of many of the Sounds, separate and combined, used in Human Speech. An Introduction by Comyn. London, 1870. From Colonel Clinton. JAMES (T.S.) The History of the Litigation and Legislation respecting Presbyterian Chapels and Charities in England and Ireland, between 1816 and 1849. 8vo. Birmingham, 1867. From G. Hadfield. Esq., M.P. LUBBOCK (Sir JOHN, Bart., F.R.S.) The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man. Mental and Social Condition of Savages. 8vo. London, 1870. From the Author, Manager Lond. Inst. LUNACY COMMISSION. Suggestions and Instructions in reference to Lunatic Asylums. 8vo. London, 1870. MAPS. A Catalogue of Maps of the British Possessions in India and other parts of Asia. Published by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. London, 1870. METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE. Quarterly Weather Report of the Meteorological Minutes of Proceedings of the Metro- Report on his Mission to the Holy Land, MILLER (WILLIAM). London before the Fire, 1666: with an historical account of the Parish, the Ward, and the Church of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate. 12mo. London, 1867. NAUTICAL ALMANAC and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1874. 8vo. London, 1870. From the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. O'NEIL (HENRY, A.R. A.) The Influence of the Fine Arts on Civilisation. Three Lectures. 8vo. London. From the Author. OVERALL (W. H., F.S.A.) Papers relating to the Vintners' Company. London, 1867. POYER (JOHN). On Zöilism: an Essay toward Pathological Analysis. 8vo. London, 1865. From the Author. PRICE (JOHN EDWARD). A Description of the Roman Tessellated Pavement found in Bucklersbury: with observations on analogous discoveries. 4to Westminster, 1870. From the Library Committee of the Corporation of London. PRISON REFORM. Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, etc., relating to this subject; collected by the late William Crawford, Government Inspector of Prisons. From Miss Rew, Finchley. ROGERS (NATHANIEL., M.D.) Bibliography; or, Books and their History. Exeter, 1870. ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vols. xxxvii., xxxviii. 4to. London, 1869-71. A General Index to the first Twenty-nine Volumes of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 8vo. 1870. The Solar Eclipse of August 18, 1868. By Warren De la Rue, Ph.D., F.R.S. 8vo. From the Royal Astronomical Society. ROYAL SOCIETY. Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1868). Compiled and published by the Royal Society of London. 4to. From the Society. SCORESBY (Rev. W., D.D., F.R.S.) Jehovah gloried in His Works. A Sermon. Edinburgh, 1850. The Charters and Letters Patent granted by the Kings and Queens of England to the Town and City of Bristol. Newly translated, and accompanied by the original Latin. 4to. Bristol, 1812. SEVER (Rev. SAMUEL, M.A.) SHAW (Captain EYRE M.) Records of the late London Fire Engine EstaLondon, 1870. From Sir William Tite, C.B., blishment. Folio. Vice Pres. Lond. Inst. SLAVERY. Books, Pamphlets, etc., relating to this Subject. Collected by 1869. 1870. SMYTH (W. H., Admiral, etc.) Addenda to the Edes Hartwellianæ. Printed for Private Circulation. 4to. London, 1864. From Dr. Beke, Manager Lond. Inst. SYMONDS (G. J., F.M.S.) From the Author. British Rainfall, 1869, 1870. 8vo. London. UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART. 2 vols. sm. 4to. London, 1869-70. From the Lords of the Committee of the Council of Education. UNWIN (W. CAWTHORNE, B.Sc.) Wrought-Iron Bridges and Roofs. 8vo. London, 1869. From the Author. VICTORIA. Results of the Magnetic Survey of the Colony of Victoria, executed during the years 1858-1864. Manheim, 1869. By George Neumayer, Ph.D. 4to. WOOL AND WOOLLEN MANUFACtures of GreaT BRITAIN. From Samuel Brothers. London, 1859. WORLD, THE, THE PRESS, AND THE POETS. A Pasquinade. 12mo. London. Received for the Permanent Circulating Library. BEKE (Mrs.) Jacob's Flight; or, A Pilgrimage to ROSCOE (W.) Life and Pontificate of Leo. X. Gosset, Esq., Prop. Lond. Inst. Harran, and thence in the 2 vols., 8vo. From J. J. WILLIAMS (W. MATTIEU). The Fuel of the Sun. 8vo. London, 1870. From the Author. |