THE JOURNAL OF
AMERICAN FOLK-LORE.
Vol. XI.—January-March, 1898.—No. xl.
NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.
The Ninth Annual Meeting was held in the Donavan Room, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 28 and 29, 1897.
The Society met for business at 11 A.M., December 28. The President, Mr. Stewart Culin, took the chair, and introduced President Daniel C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, who welcomed the Society to the hospitality of the University.
The Permanent Secretary presented the report of the Council, which was read and accepted.
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.
The Annual Meeting of 1897 marks the completion of the tenth year of the Society’s existence, organization having been effected at Cambridge, Mass., January 4, 1888. The proposal for the formation of the Society, dated May 5, 1887, designated as its principal object the establishment of a Journal of a scientific character, designed primarily for the collection of the fast-vanishing remains of folk-lore in America, including relics of old English lore, lore of negroes in the Southern States of the Union, lore of the Indian tribes of North America, and lore of French Canada, Mexico, etc. As a secondary object was indicated the study of the general subject, and publication of the special results of students in this department. The Journal of American Folk-Lore, established in accordance with this design, has reached its tenth volume,
In reviewing the work accomplished during the decade, members of the Society have much to regard with satisfaction. The Journal has been able to present a body of material universally acknowledged to contain valuable additions to knowledge, and frequently cited by writers who are concerned with the various departments of investigation which find part of their subject-matter in oral tradition. Beyond such contribution, the Journal has been instrumental in
