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next number of will contain a paper by the Hon. J. Abercromby, an "Analysis of the Magic Songs of the Finns"; "South African Legends," by Rev. James Macdonald; "The Value of Old-French Literature in the Study of Folk-lore," by Prof A. Wilmotte; and some "Scraps of Folk-lore," by Prof Rhys.

of the International Folk-lore Council was held on May 11th, under the presidency of the Chairman of the Council, Mr. G. L. Gomme. It was decided to recommend that the next meeting of the International Folk-lore Congress should take place in 1894. Negotiations are now being conducted as to the most suitable place of meeting.

are being made for having a day devoted to Folk-lore at the approaching August meeting of the British Association. Members of the Folk-lore Society desirous of sending papers are requested to communicate their intention to the Secretary of the Folk-lore Society, who will submit the suggestions to a special Committee which is arranging the programme.

important conference is about to be held between delegates of the Anthropological Institute, Folk-lore Society, and Society of Antiquaries, in order to discuss the possibility of making an ethnographic survey of the British Isles, and of ascertaining the anthropometric, archæological, and customary traces of the various races that have inhabited these isles. Messrs. Clodd, Gomme, and Jacobs have been appointed delegates from the Folk-lore Society.