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volumes from his pen : — " The Visitations of the County of 

 Devon " (in progress), " The Transcripts of the Parish Eegisters 

 of Cornwall," " The Marriage Licences of the Diocese of 

 Exeter." All of great interest to the Cornish Genealogist. 



Another book on kindred subjects has also progressed 

 nearly to its 600th page. It is compiled by Mr. Boase one of 

 the indefatigable editors of the " Bibliotheca Cornubiensis " 

 (3 vols). The sheets at present passing through the press are 

 entitled " Collectanea Cornubiensia, " and will prove to be a 

 most valuable supplement to the earlier work. 



Sir John Maclean and Mr. Dunkin too, the latter the 

 accurate illustrator of our " Bells" and " Monumental Brasses," 

 continue their contributions to historic literature. "The Western 

 Antiquary," " The West of England Magazine," the County 

 and the Plymouth newspapers, also give us important collections 

 of notes from time to time bearing on Cornish matters. Our 

 religious interests are ably served by Canon Du-Boulay and by 

 Mr. Sach in their respective publications. 



Mr. Robert Dennis, a native of Bodmin and an Editor of 

 repute, has written " Industrial Ireland," a book likely to be of 

 great use, —if its wise suggestions are acted on, as they should 

 be. It is non-political and many of its recommendations might 

 profitably be applied to the better development of prosperity in 

 Cornwall as well as in the country to which it primarily refers. 



An "English-Cornish Dictionary" has long been needed in 

 all our libraries. This want has now been met. It is satisfactory 

 to find that Dr. F. W. P. Jago, already known as the author of 

 "The Cornish Glossary," has not shrunk from the toilsome 

 undertaking of supplying what was so strangely lacking in the 

 past. 



Our Institution is fortunate in having active local members 

 who pursue the studies of natural history, &c., in their own 

 immediate neighbourhood. Their Meetings and Excursions are 

 stated to have been very successful under the able management 

 of those who have been chosen to conduct and preside. 



Archseologically, Cornwall is famous for possessing an 

 almost endless variety of antiquities. British and Roman 



