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 model which we can keep before our eyes in this connection. I refer to the work done by the Powysland Club. I think we ought to be extremely grateful to and proud of the Club. It did good work and set an example for the rest of Wales. A number of scholars and gentlemen interested in Montgomeryshire antiquities formed themselves into a club and contributed, each in his own way, papers relating to the various forms of activity in Montgomeryshire. Their labour forms a storehouse for the scholars who, in due time, will seek to present a living account of the history of that county. We may not be able to attain the proportions of the work done by the Clarendon Press or by the designers of the Rolls series, but we can strive to produce work equal in kind and of more direct and durable value to Wales.

Among the attractions to be found by anyone taking an interest in and looking into the past life of Wales, the first to arrest our attention is the national poetry of Wales. Efforts are being made in Wales and out of it to set a value on the poetry and literature of