250 THE PEESIDENT S ADDRESS. 



matter as far as the middle of the letter S, towards the 2nd 

 volume. 



In accepting and thereby acknowledging the value of our 

 collected materials, the bulk of which, I fear, was deceptive 

 from many repetitions, Messrs. Boase and Courtney could hardly 

 have realized at the time that they were also accepting that 

 which entailed a sevenfold addition. 



The work has increased, and increases so much, that I under- 

 stand it is impossible to say when it will be completed, nor 

 whether, when complete, it will form 2 volumes or three ; but it 

 will be a work of which our county may be proud, as recording 

 a list of authors and of works which will bear favou.rable com- 

 parison with any other county in the United Kingdom. 



Maclean's Trigg Minor. 



Within the last 12 months the IX, X, and Xlth parts of Sir 

 John Maclean's elaborate and accurate " Parochial and Family 

 History of Trigg Minor " has appeared, and it is announced that 

 with three more parts the work as originally designed will be 

 completed. The parishes which I believe are stiU remaining to 

 be brought out, are St. Teath and Temple ; Tintagel and 

 Trevalga ; and St. Tudy. I cannot help expressing a wish, 

 which I am sure is a general one, that the author's life may be 

 spared to enable him to extend his laboiirs to other parts of our 

 county ; and that the mass of general and local information 

 which he raust have gathered during his researches will some 

 day be published tinder his auspices. 



Since our last spring meeting some works of much local and 

 general interest have been added to our literature. Among these 

 I may mention 

 The Churches and antiquities of Cury and Gunwalloe in the 



Lizard district, including local traditions, by A. H. Cummings. 

 Mullyon : its history, scenery, and antiquities, by E. Gr. Harvey. 

 Penclennis and St. Mawes : an historical sketch of two Cornish 



castles, by Capt. S. Pasfield Oliver, E,A. 

 The West Country Garland, selected from the writings of the 



poets of Devon and Cornwall, by P. N. Worth. A charming 



collection. 

 History of the parish of Linkinhorne, from the MS. of W. 



