president's address. 11 



There are two important books, (one of which is in the 

 press) which I trust will be published shortly, namely, Mr. A. Q-. 

 Langdon's work on the Early Stone Crosses of Cornwall, and the 

 Eev. W. lago's on the Inscribed Stones of Cornwall, both of 

 which are of the highest interest to Cornishmen. Some of the 

 engravings of the crosses in Mr. Langdon's work I have pleasure 

 in submitting for your inspection, and am glad to say they come 

 up to my idea of what such illustrations should be, that is, 

 showing the kind of stone used for the crosses, and faithfully 

 detailing the rude carvings on them. Over 300 of these engrav- 

 ings will appear in Mr. Langdon's book, all of which are reduced 

 to the same scale. 



A work on the Cornish Holy Wells, by Miss Quiller Couch, 

 has recently been published, much of the information for which 

 was collected by Dr. Couch, of Bodmin, some years ago. It is 

 of great value to those of antiquarian tastes, as it not only shows 

 the locality and state of the wells, but also their former conditions 

 and usages. 



Referring to my former address, where I suggested a complete 

 index to the various County Histories, I now give an example of 

 such an index, which I believe would be of great value to Cornish 

 students, and have chosen my own parish of St. Grluvias as an 

 illustration. 



1st edition Carew, 1602 [p. 53 (vol. 2) Faires], p. 150 (vol. 2). 



2nd ,, 1722, p. 250 (vol. 2). 



3rd „ 1759, p. 151 (vol. 2). 



4th „ 1811, p. 364. 



Hals, 1750, p. 144. 



Hals in Gilbert jjgg J 



Tonkin do. 3 '^ ' 



Lysons, 1814, vol. i, p. 118. 



Drew and Hitchens, 1824, p. 289. 



Davies Gilbert, 1838, vol. ii, p. 92. 



Norden, 1728, p. 49. 



Parochial History published by Lake, 1868, vol. ii, p. 78. 



C. S. Gilbert, 1820, vol. ii, p. 785. 



I much regret the delay in the publication of the last number 

 of the Journal, and may state that the following number is being 



