The Folk-Lore Society,
FOR COLLECTING AND PRINTING
RELICS OF POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, &c.
ESTABLISHED IN
THE YEAR MDCCCLXXVIII.
Alter et Idem.
PUBLICATIONS
OF
THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.
1888.
XXIII.
List of Officers of the Society.
1887-1888.
PRESIDENT.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF STRAFFORD.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
ANDREW LANG, M.A.
W. R. S. RALSTON, M.A.
EDWARD B. TYLOR, LL.D., F.R.S.
DIRECTOR.
G. L. GOMME, F.S.A., 1, Beverley Villas, Barnes Common, S.W.
COUNCIL.
THE HON. J. ABERCROMBY.
A. MACHADO Y ALVAREZ.
THE EARL BEAUCHAMP, F.S.A.
EDWARD BRABROOK, F.S.A.
DR. G. B. BRINTON.
JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S.
LOYS BRUEYRE.
MISS C. S. BURNE.
EDWARD CLODD.
PROFESSOR D. COMPARETTI.
G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A.
A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A.
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bt., F.R.S.
REV. DR. RICHARD MORRIS.
ALFRED NUTT.
EDWARD PEACOCK, F.S.A.
Z. D. PEDROSO.
PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, M.A.
CAPTAIN R. C. TEMPLE.
HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.
AUDITORS.
G. L. APPERSON.
JOHN TOLHURST, F.S.A.
LOCAL SECRETARIES.
Ireland: G. H. KINAHAN, R.I.A.
South Scotland: WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK, Esq.
North Scotland: Rev. WALTER GREGOR.
India: Captain R. C. TEMPLE.
China: J. STEWART LOCKHART.
HONORARY SECRETARIES.
A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A., 8, Oxford Road, Kilburn, N.W.
J. J. FOSTER, 36, Alma Square, St. John’s Wood, N.W.
STUDIES ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL.
Works by the same Author.
The Aryan Expulsion and Return Formula among the Celts.—Folk-LoreRecord, Vol. IV. 10s. 6d.
“Interessante étude de mythographie comparée.”—Revue Celtique.
Mabinogion Studies, I. The Mabinogi of Branwen, daughter ofLlyr.—Folk-Lore Record, Vol. V. 10s. 6d.
“Eingehendes und sehr beachtenswerthes Studium.”—Prof. ErnstWindisch, in Ersch und Gruber.
“These careful and searching studies deserve to be honourablymentioned.”—Mons. Henri Gaidoz, in the Academy.
STUDIES
ON THE
Legend of the Holy Grail
WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO