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NOTES AND NEWS.


The present number of Folk-Lore has been delayed in issue in order to contain as late, as full, and as authentic information of the forthcoming Congress as possible. It is hoped that the details given in these pages may determine those readers of Folk-Lore who have not yet made up their minds to attend and aid the success of the first Folk-lore Congress held in England.


Among the papers to be published in the December number of Folk-Lore will be two important Reports, one long promised, by Mr. Cecil Smith, on Greek Archæology; and one on Recent Research in Institutions, by Mr. G. L. Gomme. Other papers have been previously announced.


Among the announcements of the forthcoming publishing season are several of interest to students of folk-lore, viz.:—

Prof. M. Muller, Anthropological Religion. (Longmans.)
Dr. C. Horstmann, Legenda Angliœ. (Clar. Press.)
Prof. de la Saussaye, Manual of the Science of Religion. (Longmans.)
Prof. Rhys and J. M. Jones, The Elucidarium, Welsh text. (Clar. Press.)
E. Faulkener, Games., Ancient and Oriental. (Longmans.)
G. E. Northall, Descriptive Collection of English Folk-Rhymes. (Kegan Paul, Trübner and Co.)
Joseph Jacobs, Celtic Fairy Tales. (Nutt.)
W. B. Yeats, Irish Fairy Tales. (Unwin.)
Rev. J. C. Atkinson, English Fairy Tales. (Macmillan.)

The revived interest in the folk-tales of the British Isles is a striking characteristic of these announcements.