The attendance at the evening meetings has been good. No meeting has been crowded, but the room has been often quite full. The papers illustrated by lantern slides have, as usual, proved the most attractive.
A list of additions to the library will be found appended to the minutes of the June meeting (Folk-Lore, 1909, p. 386).
The Society has issued during the year the 20th volume of Folk-Lore. In their last report the Council were unable to announce who would succeed Miss Burne as Editor of the journal. They have been so fortunate as to secure the services of Mr. A. R. Wright, under whose able editorship in collaboration with Mr. Crooke this volume has been produced. The Council have also to thank Mr. Wright for the service he has so ungrudgingly rendered to the Society in compiling the Index.
The Annual Bibliography for the year 1908, compiled in accordance with the arrangement made with the Council of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 1907, is in course of preparation, and will be issued during the coming year.
The additional volume for 1908, the collection of Lincolnshire Folklore from Printed Sources, by Miss M. Peacock and Mrs. Gutch, has been issued. The additional volumes for 1909 and 1910 will be Primitive Paternity, Parts I. and II., by Mr. E. S. Hartland. Part I. is nearly ready, and Part II. will, it is expected, be issued before June.
For many years past there has been a growing demand for another edition of The Handbook of Folklore, the first edition of which has long been out of print. The Council are glad to be able to announce that the President has undertaken to prepare a revised edition of the book, and that substantial progress has already been made with the work. The Council have not yet decided upon what terms the book will be issued to members and subscribers.
