294 Royal Irish Academy. 



" EoiiE, le29 Mars 1898. 



" MoifSIEUK IE Sr-CEiiTArEE, 



" J'ai re9u la lettre par laquelle totis m'informez que la 

 Eoyal Irish. Academy, dans sa seance annuelle dn 16 courant a bien 

 voulu me confererla qualite de membre honoraire. Je suis trestouclie 

 de I'honneur qui m'est fait par nn corps savant aussi distingue, plus 

 touche encore d' avoir ete elu a la fete de Saint Patrice. 



"Le souvenir de cet homme de Dieu est le plus noble et le plus 

 imposant parmi ceux que nous venerous en commun, vous Celtes 

 d'Irlande et nous, Bretons d'Armorique. 



" Yeuillez bien, Monsieur le Secretaire, transmettre a I'Academie 

 I'expression de ma profonde reconnaissance, et agreez I'hommage de 

 ma haute consideration. 



"Dtjchesxe, 



" Directeur de I'Ecole frauQaise de Eome." 



' ' High Elms, Dotvx, Kext, 



'' March 2\, 1898. 



"SlE, 



" I have cluly received your letter of the l7th, and beg 

 that you "^ill assure the Academy how much I appreciate the honour 

 they have conferred on me in electing me an Honorary Member. 



' ' I am, yours sincerely, 



' ' JoHIf LCBBOCK. 



"Dr. E. P. Weight." 



"Deah Sze, 



" Stockhoiit, March 29, 1898. 



"I have had the great honour to receive your letter with the 

 unexpected information, that I was elected an Honorary Member of tlie 

 Eoyal Irish Academy. I beg you to express before the Academy my 

 most respectful thanks for this election. 



" The liigh civilization of Ireland has exercised a great influence 

 upon the old Scandinavians, and a study of the Irish Antiquities is 



