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10 book is well on its way to completion, and the Council are confident that the volume will prove of immense value to collectors of Folklore in every quarter of the globe. The thanks of the Society are due to Miss Burne for the great care and labour she has bestowed on its preparation.

A considerable number of workers has accepted the invitation given in the last Annual Report to assist in the compilation of a new edition of the Calendar volume of Brand's Antiquities. About a hundred volumes have been examined, among them eleven numbers of the Early English Text Society's Publications, and a large number of extracts have been sent in. Several collectors are searching their private notes and the local records of their districts. Salvage copies of County Folk-Lore have been cut-up for relevant matter, and important series, such as Notes and Queries, are in competent hands. But more readers are required, as there remain many valuable works waiting to be read; and the Secretary will be glad to hear from any member or friend of the Society willing to take even a very small share in the undertaking. The Council desire to thank Mrs. Banks very heartily for the work she has done as corresponding member of the committee who have the work in hand.

The committee formed in Dublin last year for the purpose of stimulating the collecting of Folklore in Ireland has not been idle, and several contributions of value have been sent in, some of which have already appeared in Folk-Lore. Others it is proposed to print simultaneously therein and in some Irish Archæological Record. The publication of contributions in Ireland itself is important, as it serves to draw attention to the subject on the spot, and to encourage others to aid in the work in their own part of the country.

Under the additional rules confirmed at the Special Meeting of the Society held in January, provision is made for the affiliation of Anthropological Societies connected with any of the Universities and for the admission of