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CORRESPONDENCE.

Notices to Members.

I am desired by the Council to draw attention to the fact that copies of Bishop Callaway's Religious System of the Amazulu may now be obtained by members of the Society from Messrs. Nutt, at the price of los. 6d.

I am further desired to state that gifts of books to the Society's Library will be warmly welcomed. It would, however, be advis- able, in the first instance, to send me lists of any books proposed to be presented, to avoid duplicating with books already in the possession of the Society.

The Library is at present housed in the rooms of the Anthropo- logical Institute, 3 Hanover Square.

F. A. Milne, Secretary.

Folklore of Aristotle.

I am preparing for publication a translation, with notes, of Aristotle's History of Animals, of which, at present, I am chiefly engaged on Books I., IL, and III. It is obvious, from Aristotle's statements, that his information was in part obtained from fisher- men, hunters, and others. Some of this information appears to represent popular beliefs of his time, and I shall feel greatly obliged to any reader of Folk-Lore who will kindly assist me in ascertaining to what extent such beliefs survive among the