PEOCBEDINGS FOE 1894. LXXI 



1. The Greek Anthology'. By George Murray, M.A. 



What it is. Different opinions as to its merits. Tlie history of its growth. Moloager, J'liilijjpus, 

 Strato, Cepiialas and Planudos, its compiler.^. The seven sections into whicli the Anthology may be 

 divided, viz.: 1. Amatory pieces. 2. Dedicatory. 3. Sepulchral. 4. Epigrams written as poetical 

 exercises or show-pieces, literary and artistic; the longest and most miscellaneous section. 5. Didactic 

 pieces on life and death, the 'criticism of life.' 6. Convivial, witty and satiric pieces. 7. The ^Euse 

 of Strato. Specimens from each section translated in prose and verse, the u»e that has been made of 

 the Anthology by numerous English poets ; and, finally, a select list of its most successful translators. 



8. Notes on the Folk Songs of Canada. ]iy William Wood, Quebec. Communicated by Dr. George 



Stewart, F.R.G.S. 



1. Now-popular songs. 2. Folk songs proper. 3. Characteristics of Canadian folk songs. 4. The 

 chivalrous element. 5. The warlike element. 6. The survivals of mythology. 7. The influences of 

 religion. 8. Manners and customs in folk songs. 9. Songs of the voyageurs. 10. Love songs. 11. 

 Variants — local, French and foreign. 12. Poetry in Canadian folk song. 



9. The Tablet of the Cross at Palenque and other Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Central America 



deciphered. By Rev. John Campbell, LL.D. 

 This essaj' is an original deciiiherraent of four monumental insci'iptions in the hieroglyphics of 

 the Huastec-Mayaguiche peoples of Yucatan, (uiatemala, and the neighbouring countries. The well 

 known tablet of the Cross was found in a palace among the elaborate ruins of the citj' of Palenque on 

 the borders of Yucatan, and the Mexican province of Chiapas. In the.-e memoirs, the author fully 

 states his process of decipherment, not only of the long Palenque inscription, but also of those of the 

 Copan altar tablet and the tablets of Chichanchob and Akatzeeb in Y'^ucatan. lie provides ample 

 material for the interpretation of other Central American documents, whether in the shape of monu- 

 ments or of codices. 



10. Teclinical Education for the People in Untechnical Phraseologj'. By C. Baillairgé, CE. 



11. Documents lllustiative of the French Occupation of He St. .lean, now Prince Edward Island, 



Edited with Notes by Dr. Bourinot, C.M.G. 

 During the past year the editor has had collected and copied in the Paris Archives for the Eoyal 

 Society a laige number of valuable documents relating to the early history of Prince Edward Island 

 when it was in the jjossession of the French. One of the most valuable and interesting documents is 

 the Report of Sieur Franquet, the French Government Engineer, on the voyage of inspection he 

 made in 1751 to the ports and settlements of St. Jean, to Forts Beauséjour and Gaspareaux in Acadia, 

 and to Poi t Toulouse in Isle Royale. This report is accompanied by valuable sketches and plans of 

 projected forts in the Island of St. Jean, as well as of maps of the harbours and settlements. M. 

 Franquet's report is very full in details, showing thoroughly the condition of the island at the time 

 of his visit, just seven years before it fell into the possession of the French after the fall of Louisbourg. 

 In addition to this report, extracts are given from other documents showing the trade and {population 

 of the island at other times, from 1732 to 1758. The editor purposes to give these documents, both 

 in the original and in a translation, and to add such notes as will make them more intelligible to the 

 modern reader. lie also gives an introduction on the discovery and settlement of the island, when it 

 became an appendage of lie Royale. The most interesting maps and plans will illustrate the text. 

 These documents and illustrations will appear for the first time in print in this complete shape. 



12. The Jamaica Maroons. By Douglas Bi-ymner, LL.D., Dominion Archivist. 



The following comprises subject-matter : Authorities. Derivation of the name. Early history of 

 Jamaica. The first Maroon war, 1738-39. The treaties with Cudjol and Quaco. Character of the 

 Maroons. The final conflict, 1795-96. Eomoval to Nova Scotia. Transfer to Siena Leone. 



13. A few Notes on the Dialect and Folk-lore of the Peojile of Newfoundland. By Rev. Dr. Pat- 



terson. 



