'Folk-Lore.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.
Tuesday, November 19th, 1895.
The President (Mr. E. Clodd) in the Chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The election of the following new members was announced, viz.: Mr. F. C. Conybeare, Mr. T. E. M. Dick, Mr. E. M. Maitland, Miss Grace Grimsey, and the Grand Ducal Library, Weimar.
The deaths of the Earl of Verulam, M. Charles Ploix, Dr. R. Brown, Dr. G. Stephens, Professor Veitch, and Mr. A. H. Hamilton; and the resignations of the Hon. Mrs. Ivor Herbert, Captain Gurdon, Messrs. W. A. Pye, A. E. Crawley, J. Davidson, R. Hope Moncrieff, Elliot Stock, T. F. Crane, W. H. Booker, Miss R. Stephen, and the Haute Ècole, Sophia, were also announced.
The following books and pamphlets presented to the Society by their respective authors since the last meeting were laid on the table, viz.: Language of the Threshing Floor, and Tamil Customs and Notions, by J. P. Lewis; An Omaha Idea, and The Ancient Science of Motion, by N. A. List; The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times, by J. F. Hewitt; An Introduction to Folk-Lore, by M. Roalfe Cox; also Short Cuts for Beginners, &c., by a Trader, presented by Mr. R. E. Dennett; Sinhalese Customs and Cere-
