# PREFACE. # INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. # CHAPTER I. ON THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. # CHAPTER II. OF THE INDUCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE SCIENCE. # SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL IMPULSES. # SECTION 2. OF NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT. # SECTION 3. Of Encouragement from Learned Societies. # CHAPTER III. GENERAL STATE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND. # CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR. # SECTION 1. MODE OF BECOMING A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. # SECTION 2. OF THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCIES. # SECTION 3. OF THE SECRETARISHIPS. # SECTION 4. OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS. # SECTION 5. OF THE UNION OF SEVERAL OFFICES IN ONE PERSON. # SECTION 6. OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY. # SECTION 7. OF THE ROYAL MEDALS. # SECTION 8. OF THE COPLEY MEDALS. # SECTION 9. OF THE FAIRCHILD LECTURE. # SECTION 10. OF THE CROONIAN LECTURE. # SECTION 11. OF THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. # SECTION 12. OF THE PLAN FOR REFORMING THE SOCIETY. # CHAPTER V. OF OBSERVATIONS. # SECTION 1. OF MINUTE PRECISION. # SECTION 2. ON THE ART OF OBSERVING. # CHAPTER VI. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND. # SECTION 1. OF THE NECESSITY THAT MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS. # SECTION 2. OF BIENNIAL PRESIDENTS. # SECTION 3. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN THE ROYAL SOCIETY. # SECTION 4. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY. # SECTION 5. OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. # SECTION 6. ORDER OF MERIT. # SECTION 7. OF THE UNION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. # CONCLUSION. # APPENDIX, No. 1. # APPENDIX, No. 2. # APPENDIX, No. 3,