REV. OF THE GORONWY OWEN, (GORONWY DDU O FON), WITH HIS LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE; EDITED, WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY, BY VICAR OF ALL SAINTS, ROTHERHITHE. The Work is illustrated with lithographed facsimiles of the hand-writing of the Bard, and of his friend LEWIS MORRIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fon). In four half volumes, paper covers, 7s. 6d. each; In strong, elegant boards, 2 vols., £1 12s.; Half bound, calf, neat, marble edges, £1 16s. ; whole bound, calf, very neat, marble edges, £2 2s.; whole bound, morocco, elegant, gilt edges, £2 12s. 6d, Prebendary Coleridge, writing to the Editor, on receipt of the last part, says "I have now received the whole of your beautiful and excellent edition of the Works of Goronwy Dhu." DERWENT COLERIDGE. The Celtic Professor at Oxford thus writes of the work:-"I have as yet only seen the first volume, but to judge from that, the success has been such that it would have been a most serious loss to our literature and our reading public if the present edition had not been undertaken. The notes are of all kinds, textual, philological, and critical, as the case may be, and form altogether most interesting and instructive reading.” "I had almost forgotten to say that the first volume closes with an inte resting appendix and a useful vocabulary. It is needless to add that no lover of Welsh literature or student of the Welsh language can do without this elegant and finished edition of Goronwy Owen's Poetical Works." J. RHYS. Writing of this Work, the author of our best English-Welsh Dictionary calls it-"The standard edition of the Works of Goronwy Owen." D. SILVAN EVANS, B.D. In an article upon the work in "Y Traethoddyd" for January 1876, one of the most talented of Welsh critics observes-"Mr. Jones has put us under renewed obligations by bringing out the first part of Goronwy Owen's Works in a form remarkable for its beauty, and, what is of far greater weight, we do not know that we have ever seen a Welsh book printed with so few errors." Again he says "No Welsh author, so far as we can remember, has been so honoured as Goronwy, in having so able an editor to write so large a body of notes to his work." LEWIS EDWARDS, D.D. Oddiwrth y Parchedig Rowland Williams. "Dylai Gwaith Goronwy Owen, yr hwn a olygwyd gan y Parch. Robert Jones, B.A., Rotherhithe, fod yn llaw gwreng a bonheddig: canys y mae yn un o drysorau gwerthfawrocaf yr iaith Gymraeg; ac wedi ei ddwyn allan yn ysblenydd." R. WILLIAMS (Hwfa Mon). One of the editors of the "Greal" writes thus-"Allow me to congratulate you on the appearance of this splendid edition of our great poet." H. CERNYW WILLIAMS. A dignitary of the church in Wales thus writes to the editor-"Had I possessed such a book as this edition of Goronwy Owen in my early days, I should have been a better Welshman now." A vicar in the Diocese of St. Asaph writes-"This is the most interesting Biography that I have ever read." "Llais y Wlad" has-"The notes written by the editor are valuable, and worthy of the poet. The price of the book is nothing if compared with its intrinsic worth." "We are indebted, as a people, to the learned and enterprising editor for bringing out that which the nation may well be proud of." IOLO TREFALDWYN. Further notices of the Work are given in "Y Traethoddyd" for October 1878. 7, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. The Object of the Society is the encouragement of Literature, Poetry, Music, Science, and Art, as more immediately connected with Wales. President. Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bart., M.P. Vice-Presidents. The Right Hon. Earl POWIS. The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of ST. ASAPH. The Rev. Dr. STEWART PEROWNE, HENRY RICHARD, Esq., M.P. Rhianya. VERNEY, R.N., H. HUSSEY VIVIAN, Esq., M.P. GWILYM WILLIAMS, Esq., Pontypridd Council. STEPHEN EVANS, Esq., Old Change (Chairman). JONES, The Rev. ROBERT, BA, JONES, WILLIAM, Esq. (Gwrgant). THOMAS, JOHN, Esq.,(Pencerdd Gwalia) Editor of Transactions. THOMAS HAMER, Esq. Secretary. HOWEL THOMAS, Esq. C. W. JONES, Esq. The IMPERIAL BANK (Limited), Westminster Branch, Victoria Street. Corresponding Members for North Wales. The Rev. D. SILVAN EVANS, Llanwrin J. CEIRIOG HUGHES, Esq., Caersws, Rectory, Machynlleth. The Rev. DAVID HOWELL, The Vicarage, Wrexham. Mont. TEGERIN HUGHES, Esq., Llanerchyraedd. Report OF THE COUNCIL OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF CYMMRODORION, For the Year ending the 9th of November, 1878. DURING the year ten new members have been admitted. By the lamented death of Mr. John Griffith (Gohebydd), the Society has suffered a loss they can hardly hope to repair. The proposal to revive the Society in 1873 was made by him. He also rendered valuable assistance in organising the revived Society; and ever maintained a deep interest in its welfare and progress. Reference was made in our last Annual Report to a decision to obtain a Medal for the Society, which might be awarded for the encouragement of certain objects coming within the scope of the Society's aim. The Council have the gratification of announcing that one of their Members, Mr. Joseph Edwards, has designed a Medal of singular merit and appropriateness, which the Council have unanimously adopted. A full description of this design will, in due time, be communicated to the Members. Four Papers, of great interest, were read before the Society during the past year, namely: 1. By Professor McKenny Hughes, M.A., "On the Prehistoric Races of Britain." Chairman, J. Ignatius Williams, Esq. 2. By Professor Rudler, F.G.S., "On the Mineral VOL. II. P |