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minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Miss Musson as a member of the Society was announced.

The resignation of Mr. J. L. Freeborough was also announced.

Dr. Hildburgh exhibited the following objects: three hanging lamps with (a) earthenware oil holder, (b) toothed bar for adjusting height, and (c) a figure of a cock and a head of iron, from Amiens; two hanging lamps with drip pans, from Rouen; a brass object presumably representing Jonah and the whale, and a silver votive offering representing a ship, from Antwerp; two votive offerings of white metal from Corfu; a metal bowl with magical inscription for imparting magical properties to liquids, probably from Persia; an iron candlestick from Ghent; a coil-type adjustable candlestick and a collection of whistles, from Brussels; and a heart-shaped object of copper, said to be a Jewish amulet, from London,

Miss Eleanor Hull read a paper entitled "The Ancient Charm Hymns of Ireland," and Mr. Rolleston read some examples of charm hymns in Latin. Dr. Gaster offered some observations upon the paper, for which a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Miss Hull.

The Secretary read a paper by Mr. Andrew Lang entitled "Method and Minotaur" (pp. 132-46), and in the discussion which followed Dr. A. J. Evans, Dr. Gaster, and the President took part.

The meeting concluded with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Lang for his paper.