THE SECOND WINTER MEETING. xlvii. 



SECOND WINTER MEETING. 



Tuesday, 2Sth January, 1913. 



Mr. N. M. Richardson presided, and among those who 

 attended were the Rev. Herbert Pentin, Canon Mansel- 

 Pleydell, Captain Elwes, Mr. E. R. Sykes, F.Z.S., and Mr. 

 Alfred Pope, F.S.A. Three candidates for membership were 

 elected by ballot, and the Hon. Secretary read a list of eight 

 additional nominations. 



Exhibits. 



The President exhibited " The Paraphrase of Erasmus on 

 the New Testament, 1548 — 9," — a translation of the original 

 work in Latin written by Erasmus chiefly in 1523 and 1524, 

 one portion as early as 1519. In the earlier version the 

 paraphrase is continuous, with no text ; but in the transla- 

 tion the Bible text is split up into small portions, each of 

 which is followed by a dissertation, with prefaces, prologues, 

 and arguments before most of the different books. It seemed 

 that Queen Catherine Parr had much to do with the initiation 

 and carrying out of this work, and the first five dedications 

 were to her. Perfect copies were rare, as the book was much 

 used, and few Church copies were likely to have survived 

 Mary's reign, as all English Church Bibles were then ordered 

 to be destroyed. 



Lieut. -Colonel Mainwaring brought the larva and pupa^ of 

 the Cicada, or singing grasshopper, found in Central America. 

 The male insect possesses considerable vocal powers, but the 

 female is mute. Specimens of the smaller English Cicada 

 were also exhibited by the President. 



Captain Acland, F.S.A., produced a series of photographs of 

 the excavations carried out at Maumbury during August and 

 September, 1912 ; these plates will accompany IMr. Gray's 

 report printed in this volume. Captain Acland then drew 

 attention to a model of the earthwork lent by the Brighton 



