Session, has been obliged, through severe illness, to resign. The senior Vice-President was requested by the Council to take up the duties of the office until the Annual Meeting. The Treasurer's Report was adopted.* The Society then proceeded to elect a President in the place of Rev. E. N. Hoare, M.A., resigned. Dr. J. Murray Moore was unanimously elected. The following were elected Vice-Presidents:-Mr. J. Hampden Jackson, F.R.G.S., Mr. A. Theodore Brown, Rev. E. A. Wesley, M.A. Five new Members of Council in place of those retiring, and one in place of the late Mr. W. H. Picton, were then elected as follows;:-Mr. T. L. Dodds, Rev. W. E. Sims, Mr. W. W. Jones, Mr. James Mellor, Mr. Victor E. E. Nevins, Mr. J. Maxwell McMaster. After the re-election of the Honorary Members of the Society, the President read his Address on "The Birth of New Nations in the Reign of Queen Victoria." + ORDINARY MEETINGS. I. 15th October, 1900. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Dr. J. Birkbeck Nevins read a communication on the Separation of the Leaf from the stalk. Rev. W. E. Sims read his paper on "Charles Lamb" Mr. W. W. Jones read an unpublished letter of Charles Lamb's, of great interest. II. 29th October. Mr. J. Hampden Jackson, F.R.G.S., Vice-President, in the chair. The Hon. Treasurer shewed some curios from Ladysmith. The Hon. Secretary read a communication on Recent Excavations and Discoveries at Abydos. Mr. T. L. Dodds read a paper on "Casaubon, Huguenot and Scholar." III. 12th November. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Dr. Newton shewed to the Society an interesting book on the Copernican System. Mr. R. C. Johnson, F.R.A.S., read a paper entitled "Notes on Observations of Total Solar Eclipses (1851 to 1900)."* IV. 26th November. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Mr. G. H. Ball read a communication on certain Archæological Discoveries in Crete. Mr. William Wortley read a paper entitled "Elfred the Great."+ V. 10th December. Mr. A. Theodore Brown, VicePresident, in the chair. Rev. Canon Armour, D.D., read a paper on "The Theory of Determinism in its relation to Human Nature." VI. 7th January, 1901. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Dr. J. Birkbeck Nevins exhibited to the Society a Grammar of the Ojibway Indians. Mr. R. F. Green read a paper entitled "The Problem of Consciousness."§ VII. 21st January. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. The President spoke on the anxiety present in all minds with regard to the health of Her Majesty the Queen. Mr. J. L. Ratcliffe read an essay "On Plato's Communistic Theory," to which had been awarded the Prize offered by the Society to students of University College. VIII. 4th February. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. A Sub-Committee was formed to assist in drawing up an address of condolence, and an assurance of loyalty, to be presented to King Edward VII in conjunction with the Liverpool Philomathic Society. The paper which was to have been read was postponed. IX. 18th February. The President, Dr. J. Murray * See p. 103. † See p. 79. See p. 65. § See p. 133. || See p. 115. Moore, in the chair. The President read the text of the Address to be presented to King Edward VII. Mr. J. Hampden Jackson read a paper entitled "The Public Revenues of the Ancient World." This was illustrated by 150 lantern slides. X. 4th March. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Mr. R. C. Johnson, F.R.A.S., read a communication on Nova Persei, with especial regard to its spectroscopic examination. Mr. R. H. Case read a paper on "Some Seventeenth Century Memoirs." XI. 18th March. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. Rev. E. A. Wesley read a note on the production of artistic books in France. Mr. John Lee read a paper on "The Ethics of Common Life."* XII. 1st April. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. The President communicated to the Society the reply of His Majesty to the Address presented by the Society. Dr. J. Birkbeck Nevins read a communication on the tameness of South African animals. The chair was then taken by Mr. A. Theodore Brown, and the President read a paper on "Longevity and Centenarianism." XIII. 15th April. The President, Dr. J. Murray Moore, in the chair. The election of President for the ensuing session took place, and Rev. E. A. Wesley, M.A., was unanimously chosen. A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. J. Murray Moore for his services. Dr. Newton read a paper on "The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Books." A large number of interesting and valuable volumes were exhibited. Rev. W. E. Sims read a paper entitled "Concerning Books and Readers." Dr. J. B. Nevins read a paper on "The Shape and Weight of the Earth." ORDINARY MEMBERS ELECTED DURING THE SESSION. Mr. G. G. Gilchrist, Rev. H. J. Chaytor, M.A., Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool, Mr. E. G. Narramore, L.D.S., Rev. R. B. Tollinton, M.A., Mrs. Blackledge, Dr. C. G. Lee, M.R.C.S., Rev. T. B. Lancelot, M.A., Ven. Archdeacon Madden, M.A., Miss E. A. Twigge, Miss M. F. Twigge, Prof. L. R. Wilberforce. Attendances at the meetings of the Society were as follows: 56, 62, 47, 60, 49, 76, 36, 50, 87, 31, 37, 43, 46. THE FOLLOWING WERE ELECTED HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY DURING THE SESSION : Richard Garnett, LL.D., C.B. Rev. W. W. Skeat, Litt.D. |