THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 297448 ASTOR, LENOX AND DEVIZES: PRINTED BY GEO. SIMPSON. CONTENTS. xiii xiv 14 ... ... Observations on "Owen Rhoscomyl's" Paper, by HUBERT HALL, F.S.A., Director of the Royal His- Illustrations to Mr. Thomas E. Ellis's Paper on Domestic 81 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, For the Year ending November 9th, 1897, PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD ON THURSDAY, 18th OF NOVEMBER, 1897. In reviewing the history of the Society for the past twelve months the Council cannot but mark with the deepest sorrow and regret the irremediable losses sustained through the removal by death of so many of its distinguished members. Rarely indeed has any Society suffered such grievous misfortunes from this cause as have fallen to the lot of the Cymmrodorion during the last year. From the ranks of its Vice-Presidents no less than five have been called away. A year that sees the removal of such distinguished examples of Welsh learning and Welsh patriotism as the Right Rev. Dr. Basil-Jones, the late Lord Bishop of St. David's, the Very Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the scholarly Dean of Llandaff, the Venerable Archdeacon Griffith of Neath, His Honour Judge Lewis, and the Right Hon. Sir George Osborne Morgan, cannot but be sadly memorable in our annals. From amongst our members we have also lost many who have played no mean a part in the development of the national life of Wales, including Mrs. Thomas, Ysguborwen, Mr. Milo Griffith, a sculptor of high merit, once a member of this Council, the Rev. Llewelyn Thomas, M.A., of Jesus College, Oxford, Dr. Gomer Davies, Mr. |