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obscure questions connected with Cornish history and topography. 

 Part I of a new volume will soon be in the hands of the mem- 

 bers. It is the largest and most important number of the 

 Journal ever published, containing more than three hundred 



Mr. W. P. Courtney's "Parliamentary Bepresentation 

 of Cornwall to 1832," a copy of which he kindly forwarded to 

 this Institution, is a very valuable contribution to Cornish litera- 

 ture, and probably the most important book on Cornwall 

 published during the year. 



Very valuable material has been made available to the 

 student of ecclesiastical history, by the recent publication of the 

 two closely-printed volumes, containing abstracts of the ancient 

 registers of the diocese of Exeter, ably edited by the Eev. Pre- 

 bendary F. C. Hingeston-Eandolph. These registers commence 

 in the year 1257, with the Acts of Bishop Bronescombe, and 

 they are continued in a nearly unbroken series to the present 

 time. The two volumes already issued comprise an index, or 

 rather an abstract, of the registers of Bishops Bronescombe, 

 Quivil, and Stafford, and they are full of details illustrating the 

 manners and habits of the period to which they refer. Probably, 

 there is not a parish in Cornwall which is not referred to with 

 more or less fulness. Mr, Hingeston-Eandolph has nearly com- 

 pleted a third volume, containing an abstract of the register of 

 Bishop de Stapeldon, and he certainly deserves the hearty sup- 

 port of all who are interested in historical research. 



As a Cornishman, it has given me much pleasure to hear 

 that our member, Mr. Q-. C. Boase, has nearly completed his 

 laborious compilation of Cornish notes, entitled " Collectanea 

 Cornubiensia," the whole of the text, and a large part of the 

 index, filling about 900 pages, being in type. It is anticipated 

 that the work will be out of the printer's hands soon after the 

 close of the present year. I have been informed that no existing 

 work on Cornwall contains so much personal information as will 

 be found in its pages. The index, which contains much additional 

 matter, not included in the text, will be one of the longest list of 

 persons and places connected with the county ever given. 

 Besides the numerous biographical and topographical notes, the 



