The Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., M.P.
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Professor A. H. Sayce, M.A.
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Hon. Treasurer—Edward Clodd, 19, Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, London, N.
Hon. Secretary— J. J. Foster, Offa House, Upper Tooting, London, S.W.
From these gentlemen two Special Committees have been selected: the Executive, to concern itself with the practical work of the Congress; the Literary, to supervise its literary side, and especially the papers read. These two bodies are formed of the following gentlemen, with power to add to their numbers:
Executive Committee.
Chairman—G. L. Gomme, F.S.A.
Hon. John Abercromby.
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Joseph Jacobs, B.A.
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Hon. Secretary—J. J. Foster.
Literary Committee.
Chairman—Joseph Jacobs, B.A.
Hon. JOHN ABERCROMBY.
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EDWARD CLODD.
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Hon. Secretary—Alfred Nutt.
Later on, as the Congress approaches nearer, it is proposed to form a Reception Committee, which will make arrangements for the convenience of members staying in London for the Congress, negotiating with special hotels for that purpose. This Committee will also make arrangements for a limited number of receptions and excursions during the course of the Congress.
The preliminary arrangements are now sufficiently far advanced to enable the Committee to indicate roughly the order of business during the Congress. This will perhaps be sufficiently indicated by the following Report of the Literary Committee, containing suggestions for the character of the papers which that Committee would like to see read at the