The Council again desire to draw the attention of their Members to the great importance of this branch of the Society's work—a work that will furnish materials for the scientific study of Folk-Lore, as a branch of anthropology. Volunteers for the collections not yet taken up are still required, and the Council urgently invite Members to co-operate. Beside the list of works drawn up by the Committee and printed in the Folk-Lore Journal as mentioned above, there are doubtless others, beside scattered stories, and the Committee will be glad to receive any information concerning these unnoticed collections. The Folk-tale Committee hope to print in the Folk-Lore Journal from time to time the tabulations received, each tabulation being first examined and approved by the Committee.
The Council have to congratulate the Society upon the amount of material already received for printing, and promises to be fulfilled at no distant date are not lacking. The Council must particularly mention the Zulu Nursery Literature contributed by Dr. Callaway. The value of these collections has long been recognised, and to continue and supplement the already printed stories is a work to which the Council look forward with more than ordinary pleasure.
The Bibliography of Folk-Lore is being proceeded with Letters A. B. (author's names) are printed and C. is nearly ready for the press. Suggestions, corrections, or additions will be very gladly welcomed, so that when the sections are published as a whole they may be as nearly complete as possible
The work before the Society can best be understood by the Members, and the need for renewed assistance both in money and labour can best be shown by the following statement of the MS. in hand waiting to be printed:
- Sutherland Stories and Folk-Lore. By Miss Dempster.
- Malagasy Proverbs. By Rev. H. E. Houlder.
- The Denham Tracts. Edited by James Hardy.
- Scottish Proverbs and Local Rhymes.
- Magyar Folk-Tales. By Rev. W. H. Jones.
