interesting. He was also untiring in his efforts to obtain just recognition for his fellow workers in the field of authorship. Mr. James Lewis André, also, was more specially devoted to archæology than to folklore in the stricter sense of the word. He was learned in that branch of it which concerns the mediæval legends of saints, and even in that respect his knowledge may have contributed to support the generalisations I have presumed to discuss. I recollect, years ago, having the pleasure of a correspondence with him on the legends of St. Paula and St. Wilgefort, two ladies who were favoured with a miraculous growth of beard upon a sudden emergency:—
"Crevit barba facie, quod obtinuisti
A Christo pro munere, quod sibi voluisti;
Te volentes nubere sibi confudisti."
Would Mr Frazer class that as Magic or as Religion?
I trust that the places of these most worthy members may be filled by others, and that the Folk-Lore Society may flourish and prosper for many generations to come.
