WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th, 1899.
The President (Mr. E. S. Hartland) in the Chair.
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.
The following books, which had been presented to the Society since the last Meeting, were laid upon the table, viz:—
Vol. v., parts i and 2 of Lud: Organ Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego we Lwowie; and Transactions of the Glasgow Archæological Society, vol. iii., part 2, both presented by the respective Societies; and Biblical Antiquities, by Cyrus Adler and I. M. Casanowicz; Chess and Playing Cards, by Stewart Culin; and The Lamp of the Eskimo, by Walter Hough, all presented by the President.
The Secretary read a paper by Dr. Jevons entitled "The Place of Totemism in the Evolution of Religion," and a discussion followed, in which Mr. Andrew Lang, Mr. Clodd, Mr. E. K. Chambers, Dr. Gaster, Mr. Nutt, Lieut.-Col. Temple, Mr. Jacobs, and the President took part.
Mr. Philip Redmond then read a paper entitled "Some Wexford Folklore" (see p. 362), upon which Mr. Crooke, Mr. Nutt, and the President offered some observations.
The Meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to Dr Jevons and Mr, Redmond for their papers.
