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LITERATURE. 



Sommer, H* Oskar, "Astolat," Camberley, Surrey, England. Grant No. 

 347. Preparation of res^dts of researches on Arthicrian romatices. $2,000. 



Abstract oj Report. — The manuscript of the first two parts of this work, 

 the history of Joseph of Arimathea or the Holy Grail and the Merlin or the 

 early history of King Arthur, have already been received from Dr. Sommer, 

 and preparations are being made for appropriate publication. 



The Merlin, which Dr. Sommer formerly transcribed and printed privately, 

 has been improved upon as far as possible by the addition of reference num- 

 bers to the English prose version edited by H. B. Wheatley and the metrical 

 version edited by Dr. K. A. Kock (E. E. T. S.). 



Dr. Sommer has two contributions to the criticism of the Arthurian cycle, 

 one dealing with the Tristan manuscripts, the Questeof the Grail, contained 

 therein, and a fragment of a lost Suite de Eancelot. This has been sent to 

 Professor Kittredge, of Harvard, for publication in Modern Philology. The 

 other contribution is a criticism of the remarks of Dr. Douglas Bruce on the 

 English version of Mort Arthur in the Harl. manuscript 2252. This is in 

 the hands of Professor Bright, of Johns Hopkins University, for publication 

 in one of the American journals of philology. 



MATHEMATICS. 



Lehmeft D* N*t Berkeley, California. Grant No. 374. Comparison of factor 



table of first ten million mimbers ivith mamiscript tables of Kulik. (For a 



previous report see Year Book No. 3, p. 121.) $400. 



A preliminary count has been made of the primes in the tenth million 



from Kulik' s manuscript. This manuscript has, however, not yet been 



checked against any other tables and the count will have to be modified 



later. 



