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Rh to the number of its illustrations. The Council believe that in this way both its interest and usefulness will be increased.

The Council have observed with satisfaction that many Members of the Society have participated in the proceedings of the Anthropological section of the British Association.

During the past year a Folk-Song Society, having for its object the collection, preservation, and illustration of British popular music and poetry, has been founded, and the Council tender to the new Society the expression of their sincere goodwill.

The Council take this opportunity of calling attention to the fact that volume i. of the English Dialect Dictionary has lately been completed under the able editorship of Professor J. Wright, and that negotiations are pending for a list of the articles dealing with matters of interest to folklorists being printed and circulated among Members of the Society.

In the latter part of the year a movement, the initiation of which was due to Miss Grove, a Member of the Society, was set on foot for the purpose of making the Society and its work better known in London. Miss Grove is acting as hon. secretary of the sub-committee to promote meetings of a popular character and open to the general public at suitable centres. The first of these meetings was held in November at Whitelands Training College, Chelsea, by the courtesy of the authorities, when Mrs. Gomme gave a lecture on the significance and value of Children's Games to a large and appreciative audience of pupils and local residents. The Council heartily commend this movement to their successors and to the Society generally.

The Council during the year unanimously elected Mrs. Gomme as the first Honorary Member of the Folk-Lore Society, in recognition of her long, arduous, and invaluable services to the Society and to folklore generally.