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Minutes of Meetings.
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Chow Leung; As Old as the Moon: Cuban Legends and Folklore of the Antilles, by F. J. Stoddard; Wynad: its Peoples and Traditions, by C. Gopalan Nair; Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales, by J. Ceredig Davies; and South Pembrokeshire, by M. B. Mirehouse; all presented by the reviewers.

The Original Garden of Eden discovered, by J. M. Woolsey; presented by the author.

Shinto (The Way of the Gods), by W. G. Aston; and Folk-Tales from Tibet, by Capt. W. F. O'Connor; presented by Mr. A. R. Wright; and

Some Zulu Customs and Folk-Lore, by L. H. Samuelson; presented by Miss C. S. Burne.




WEDNESDAY, MAY 15th, 1912.

The President (Mr. W. Crooke) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Dr. Macdonald and Capt. G. P. Porter as members of the Society, and the withdrawal of the subscription of the General Theological Seminary of New York, were announced.

Miss J. B. Partridge read a paper entitled "Some Cotswold Folklore," and in the discussion which followed the Chairman, Miss Burne, Miss Moutray Read, Mr. S. Casson, and Miss Canziani took part.

Mr. A. R. Wright exhibited and explained lantern slides descriptive of Japanese Shinto Mythology.

The meeting terminated with hearty votes of thanks to Miss Partridge for her paper, and to Mr. Wright for his exhibition.