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experiment should be the forerunner of the more general plan, such as they accomplish so well in France.

M. L. Brueyre, in the last number of the Revue des Traditions Populaires, in discussing the question of Tabulation, advocates strongly the adoption of the system of the Folk-Lore Society in its entirety. While not faultless, he says, it cannot now be altered without spoiling a large amount of valuable work, and for the sake of uniformity, other Societies on the Continent should adopt it and cooperate with the Folk-Lore Society.

Mr. MacInnes’sGaelic Tales”, with Mr. Alfred Nutt’s annotations, forming the volume for 1889, will be in the hands of members of the Folk-Lore Society, who have paid their 1889 subscription, by the middle of March.

Papers and communications for the June number of Folk-Lore should be in the Editor’s hands (address, 270, Strand) by May 1st.