Folk-Lore.'
TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1897
In the unavoidable absence of the President (Mr. Alfred
Nutt), the Chair was taken by Mr. Edward Clodd.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The deaths of Sir E. McCulloch, Mr. T. Barwell, and Mr. A. M. Williams were announced. The election of the following new Members was also announced, viz.: Mr. J. W. Barwell, Mrs. J. Langloh Parker, Messrs. J. Max and Co., the Rev. E. Wrangles Clarke, Major McNair, Mr. F. O. Harvey, Sir Alfred Lyall, and the Signet Library, Edinburgh.
The following resignations were also reported, viz.: Mr. A. W. Johnston, the Rev. S. A. Brenan, Mrs. Bennett (née Fulcher), the Rev. A. Lowy, Professor Kuno Meyer, Mr. A. W. Moore, Mr. Ernest Clodd, Mrs. Chaworth Musters, and Mrs. E. F. Andrews.
The following books, which had been presented to the Society since the last meeting, were laid upon the table, viz.: "Golspie, contributions to its Folklore," edited by E. W. B. Nicholson, presented by the Editor; "Introduction to Folklore" (New Edition), by Miss M. Roalfe Cox, presented by the Author; "The Transactions of the Shropshire Archæological Society" (series II., vol. ix., part 3),
