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PROFESSOR MASKELYNE has offered to give a short course of lectures on Crystallography to those members of the Chemical Society who may be desirous of studying this subject. It is proposed, if a sufficient number of members intimate their intention of attending, that the lectures be delivered on Mondays and Fridays, at 8.30 P.M. during the months of November, December, and January, commencing on the 23rd inst. Professor Maskelyne hopes it will be understood that gentlemen attending those lectures will be prepared to devote some of their leisure to working at the subject in the manner to be indicated by the lecturer. Crystallography cannot be studied without geometrical reasoning, but it will be Mr. Maskelyne's endeavour to treat his subject with as small an amount of mathematical detail as is consistent with its due development. The lectures will be open to anyone introduced by a Fellow of the Chemical Society. It is particularly requested that members intending to attend these lectures will communicate their intention, previously to the 20th inst., to Dr. Russell. We congratulate the Chemical Society in having initiated such a movement. We hope the lectures will be largely taken advantage of, and that other societies will soon follow this excellent example.