The Athenaeum 1896-11-28: Iss 3605

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THE ATHEN AKU M No. 3605. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1896. REGISTERED AS A NEWSPAP: ae CO ——h CHRISTMAS LECTURES. OYAL INSTI TUTION of GREAT BRITAIN, bemarle-street, Piccadilly, W. lessor siemens P. THOMPSON, DSc. F.R.S., will deliver a Course of SIX LECTURES (adapted to a Tuvenile Auditory) on ‘ Visible and Invisible Light’ 1 parr ee a), on TUESDAY, December 1896, at 3 o'clock; be continued on December 31; and uate 2, 5, 7, 9. 1897 ag F.., (for Non- Peembers) to this Course, One Guinea (Children under Sixteen, Half-a- Guinea); to all the Courses in the Season, ‘Two Guineas. Tickets may now be obtained at the Institution. Baise ARCHAZOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,— The THIRD MEETING of the SESSION will be held at 32, cenkyillo-strect, Fi Piccadilly, on WEDNESDAY, December 2. de taken eaitioe ‘wil be exhibited, and the following Paper rea ‘Notes on | Romanesque Architecture,’ by J. PARK J HARRI- SON, Bsq., M W. DE GRAY BIRCH, LL.D. GEO. 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