NOTES AND NEWS.
Among forthcoming papers in the next number (March 1891) will be Mr. Gomme's annual address to the Folk-lore Society for the session 1890-91; conclusion of Hon. J. Abercromby's "Magic Songs of the Finns"; Dr. Gaster's paper on the Holy Grail; Mr. Joseph Jacobs on "Childe Rowland", and two Reports on Recent Research; Mr. Cecil Smith on Greek Archaeology, and Mr. E. S. Hartland on Folk-tales.
Mr. E. Sidney Hartland's book on "The Science of Fairy Tales" will be ready by Dec. 10th. It will be eagerly welcomed by old readers of The Folk-Lore Journal and The Archæological Review, who have enjoyed a foretaste of its contents.
There is a distinct interest aroused in the English Folk-tale, the very existence of which has hitherto been doubted. Besides Mr. Hartland's and Mr. Jacobs' books on the subject, Mr. W. N. Newell, the erudite secretary of the American Folk-lore Society, is collecting English Folk-tales found in America.
Professor Rhys's important work on Arthur will be issued by the Clarendon Press before Christmas.
Dr. Douglas Hyde's collection of Irish Tales, with Mr. Alfred Nutt's annotations, will be also issued before the end of the year.
The science of Folk-lore has lost one of its old masters in the last quarter. Felix Liebrecht, born 1812, Professor at Liège between 1849 and 1867 (the former date indicates political sympathies that caused him to leave Germany for a time), and then "privatgelehrte" till his death this summer.
