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September last. On the loth, nth, and 12th September will be held a Folklore Congress (Congres des Traditions Populaires). It will be divided into two sections :
I. Oral literature and popular art. II. Traditional ethnography.
Under the former section will be treated the origin, evolution, and transmission of tales and songs ; the folk-theatre and its relations ancient and modern with the literary theatre; the origin and evolution of traditional iconography, and its relations with classic art ; the origin and evolution of popular costume and ornaments.
The latter section will deal with survivals in modern times of birth, marriage, and death customs, and of the worship of animals, stones, trees, and fountains ; vestiges of ancient local cults in the worship of the saints ; popular hagiography ; folk- medicine and magic.
The programme, which also includes a review of the progress of folklore studies since the last Congress at Paris in 1889, has been carefully thought out, and will no doubt prove of very great interest. M. Charles Beauquier will preside, while the eminent scholar, M. Gaston Paris, has been appointed honorary president. Full details of the arrangements can be obtained from the general secretary, M. Paul Sebillot, 80, Boulevard Saint-Marcel, Paris. The subscription is fixed at 1 2 francs.
