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LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 333
Member who shall present to the Club a work which is sanc-
tioned by the Council shall be ever afterwards exempt from any
annual subscription.
"XII. Any Member of the Club who shall intimate to the
Secretary his desire to withdraw from the same, and who shall
have paid his annual subscription down to the period of said
withdrawal, shall thereupon cease to be a Member.
" XIII. Members shall be admitted by the Council on a vote
by ballot. A majority of the Council present shall be necessary
to the admission of candidates.
" XIV. Persons eminent in literature may be admitted Honor-
ary Members, but these shall have no claim (unless on the usual
annual payment) to receive the publications of the Club.
" XV. A General Meeting of the Club shall be held annually
in London, on a day to be fixed by the Council, and of which
due notice shall be given to the Members.
" XVI. No alteration shall be made in these laws, except at
a General Meeting of the Club, — nor then unless at least one
month's notice of the change to be proposed at such Meeting
shall have been given in writing to the Secretary, and approved
by a majority of the Council."
In the course of a few months sixty members were
enrolled ; and to make a commencement, I offered to
the council a MS. relating to social practices in Scot-
land, partly founded on materials collected during my
travels. My MS. being approved, was sent to the
printer, while I agreed to settle his claim, should the
funds prove inadequate to this purpose. Under the
title of ''Scotland, Social and Domestic," the work
appeared in July 1869 ; though hastily composed, it
was well received ])oth by the members of the Club
and the public generally.
Connected with the appearance of this work, I have