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The refreshments will, as far as possible, be in character with the occasion. A very large number of commemorative cakes have disappeared from local custom in England, but the Entertainment Committee have obtained as many as could be procured, in the hope that attention may be directed to these interesting relics of byegone custom.

It is hoped that any readers of who may have objects likely to be of interest to the students of the science will lend them at the Conversazione, and communicate for that purpose with the Hon. Secretary of the Entertainment Committee, Mrs. G. L. Gomme, 1, Beverley Villas, Barnes Common, S.W. In particular it is desired to have reliable portraits of great foreign folk-lorists of the past and present, and as complete a collection as possible of portraits of English folk-lore worthies who are no longer with us. The Entertainment Committee have drawn up the following provisional list of portraits they would like to have:—

Foreign.—Asbjörnsen, H. Andersen, Madame d'Aulnoy, Benfy, Comparetti, De Gubernat, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Fernan Caballero, von Hahn, K. Krohn, Kulm, Liebrecht, Mannhardt, G. Paris, Perrault, Giuseppe Pitré, Straparola.

British.—Aubrey, Bourne, Brand, Campbell of I slay, Bottrel, W. Chambers, Coote, Sir W. Dasent, Halliwell-Phillipps, Henderson, Hunt, Kennedy, Ralston, Stephens, Sir W. Scott, Thoms, Thorpe.

Any reader of this list who possesses a portrait of any of these worthies is requested to communicate with Mrs. Gomme.

As regards the excursion to Oxford, arrangements have been made with the railway for special facilities to members. When in Oxford the Congress will visit the Museum, with its unrivalled Pitt-Rivers collection. Nor