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discoveries of modern date, and several of great importance made 

 by the author. This digest, which embodies in clear and 

 attractive language the learning and insight of a great master 

 of Cornish archaeology, supplements previous text-books on the 

 subject. For this valuable paper the Council have awarded the 

 Eev. W. Iago the Henwood gold medal for 1890. Mr. Langdon's 

 paper on " The Ornament on the Early Crosses of Cornwall," 

 tabulates and classifies all existing crosses by interlaced work, 

 incised and miscellaneous ornament and figure sculpture. A 

 great advance upon previous writers has been made in the first- 

 named or pattern work. This Celtic ornamentation has been 

 illustrated by similar decorations on Irish, Scotch, and Welsh 

 crosses, and by their aid classified systematically in groups. The 

 Eev. A. H. Malan is the pleasant writer of two papers on Cornish 

 Choughs, and Altarnon Church, of which he is the vicar ; and 

 Mr. Sincock has written on the principal landowners of Cornwall 

 A.D. 1165. Mr. Collins, F.O.S., a former secretary of the 

 Institution, has written " On the origin and development of ore 

 deposits in the West of England"; and "The mineralogy of a 

 portion of the Lizard district" has been thoroughly treated by 

 Mr. T. Clark, A.M.S. Other subjects dealt with, include " The 

 Treasure Ship of Gunwalloe," by Mr. H. Michell Whitley, 

 F.Gr.S., editor of the journal. The scientific contributions are 

 of unusual value. The frontispiece is an excellent wood 

 engraving, the picture being a representation of Anthony 

 Payne, the Cornish giant. The 'cut' was supplied at a cost of 

 ten guineas, the expense being defrayed by Mr. Eobert Harvey. 

 The journal concludes with " A Year's Weather," by Mr. H. 

 Crowther, Curator of the museum ; and some interesting notes 

 and queries. 



The gifts to the Library include the handsome present by 

 Mr. John D. Enys, F.G.S., of seventeen additional volumes of the 

 British Association Eeports, one of which is that issued for the 

 present year. Mr. John Thomas, of Kensington Palace 

 Mansions, has through the forethought of Mr. Silvanus Trevail, 

 presented to our reference library, Part II. of Yol I. of the 

 original MS. copy of Dr. Borlase's Natural History of Cornwall, 

 in the old binding, a valuable acquisition ; to this section of our 



