The following books, presented to the Society since the last Meeting, were laid on the table, viz:—
The Way the World went then, by Miss Isabella Barclay, presented by Miss Helen Blackburn; A Dictionary of British Folk-Lore, part i., Traditional Games, vol ii., by Mrs. Gomme, presented by the Publisher; Transactions of the Shropshire Archæological and Natural History Society, 2nd series, vol x., parts 2, 3, and 4, presented by the Society; and L'Ile de Siphnos, a pamphlet, by H. Hauttecœur, presented by the Author.
Mr. Rouse read a paper entitled "Folklore from the Southern Sporades." Mr. Crooke, Mr. Bouverie Pusey, Miss Lucy Broadwood, and the President took part in the discussion which followed.
Mr. Rouse also read a paper entitled "Christmas Mummers at Rugby," and in the discussion which followed Miss Burne, Mr. Ordish, Mr. Bouverie Pusey, Mr. Lowerison, Mr. Gomme, Mr. E. K. Chambers, and the President took part.
The Meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to Mr. Rouse for his two papers.[1]
Thanks were also returned for the gifts of books.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1899.
THE 21ST ANNUAL MEETING.
The President (Mr. Alfred Nutt) in the Chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed.
- ↑ The papers read at the November and December meetings are postponed for want of space.
