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being an *' Account of ' the opening of Veryan Beacon." 

 " Clironicles of the Cornish Saints " appeared from time to time 

 in our Journal, that of St. Ouby in 1867, St. Petrock in 1868, St. 

 Constantino and St. SamjDson, in two separate notices in 1869, St. 

 David, 1870, and St. Burian, in 1873. He was also the author 

 of a " Greological sketch of the valley of the Kennet," Wilts, in 

 1869, and of a paper on "Pauperism and its causes," read at New- 

 bury, in 1871 ; also of an article in the Gentleman's Magazine in 

 1873, '' On the sarsen stones of Berkshire and Wilts. For some 

 time he acted as secretary to the Oxfordshire Poor Curates' Aug- 

 mentation Fund. 



Some of us may remember that in the early edition of the life 

 of the late Eev. E. S. Hawker, of Morwenstow, by the E,ev. S. 

 Baring Grould, there were some extracts from Mr. Hawker's papers 

 reflecting unfavourably on Mr. Adams. These were at once re- 

 pudiated as unjust and untrue by those who knew Mr. Adams, 

 and consequently several of Mr. Adams' friends wrote to contra- 

 dict the statements, and the result was a corrected edition in 

 which the objectionable passages were withdrawn. Partly in 

 consequence of these reflections, and to vindicate his character, 

 Mr. Adams published in 1876 a volume with the title "St. Malo's 

 Quest, and other Poems." 



Sometime ago he started on a tour in America, with one of his 

 parishioners, Mr. Edward Sutton. On April 10, only last month, 

 they arrived at the town of St. Louis, on the Mississippi river, 

 and stayed at the Southern Hotel, which was built to accommo- 

 date 700 persons. During that night a fixe broke out in the 

 basement, and the building, built of slight materials;^ was rapidly 

 enveloped in flames, and among the many who*(perished, one 

 unhappily was the Eev. John Adams. 



Literary ivorhs. 



Following the order which I observed in my last address, I 

 will now call your attention to some of the chief literary works 

 in connexion with this county which have appeared, or are in the 

 press, since our last spring meeting, and the list contains no less 

 than 24 publications. 



You may remember that I pressed upon your notice the great 

 want of an Index to our Eeports and Journals, and I am glad to 

 be able to announce that the Index, which has been undertaken 



