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TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1918.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of the following new members was announced, viz.:—Mr. George Whale, Mr. H. Weld Blundell, Miss Margaret C. Waites, Mr. R. Hugh Mellor, Mr. Ikbal Ali Shah, the Rev. E. G. Collocott, Mrs. Huddart, and Miss F. J. Olcott.

The enrolment of the Royal National Library, Milan, and the Indiana University Library as subscribers; the death in action of Colonel Bryan Jones, and the resignations of Miss Pollard and Mrs. Stow were also announced.

Miss Blackman read a paper entitled "The Rosary in Magic and Religion," which was profusely illustrated by lantern slides; and in the discussion which followed, the Chairman, Dr. Gaster and Mr. Wright took part.

Mr. Wright exhibited a collection of Rosaries, and Miss Burne a Rosary picked up on the battlefield of Tel-el-Kebir by a soldier.