better able to devote his whole energies to it, and to the pre-` paration of the most enduring monument of his fame, his Assyrian Dictionary. Of this most remarkable result of unwearied labour, continued over more than a quarter of a century, three volumes have appeared as far as the letter N, and the MS. of the remainder is nearly complete, and will shortly be published under the care of a competent editor. Mr. Norris, with his accustomed modesty, thought but little of this great work- indeed was wont to speak of it but as a collection of materials for further researches-mere jottings made by him in the course of his attempts at deciphering. Future students will appreciate it more highly. In conclusion, we may add, that Mr. Norris's knowledge of languages was so universal, that he might more truly be said to have known language in every possible form, than to have had merely a sufficient acquaintance with a large number of individual tongues. His knowledge resembled the framework of a house, complete in all its parts, and which merely required filling up whenever it should please the builder to do so. We have all heard tales more or less mythical of Magliabecchi and Mezzofanti, but of Norris we have clear and undoubted evidence, often lacking in the reports of those eminent linguists. It is, perhaps, not too much to say that, as he was unquestionably the greatest linguist which England has produced, so he has not met his equal, still less been surpassed, by any one of the great scholars of Continental Europe. The Council are glad to be able to congratulate the Society on the satisfactory condition of its finances. The Treasurer's Report is as follows:- Dr. Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the Numismatic Society, from June, 1872, to June, 1878. THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY IN ACCOUNT WITH JOHN FREDERICK NECK, TREASURER. Cr. To Messrs. Virtue & Co., for Printing Chronicle, Part 45 d. 24 16 O d. 8. By Balance from last statement 236 3 Ditto ditto ditto Part 46 32 16 6 " Dividends on £305 17s. from July, 1871, to July, 1872, Ditto ditto ditto Part 47 24 7 4 per Mr. Vaux (£4 8s. 9d. returned, see debit) 13 12 4 Mr. Head, for Chronicles 5 11 2 Mr. J. R. Smith, for ditto Purchase of £102 1s. 3d. Three per Cent. Consols, at Entrance Fees Annual Subscriptions, including 88. paid in advance Remittance for Postage Ditto, for Dividends overpaid by him 4 8 9 دو Mr. Head, for Postage, &c. 1 12 0 * The total amount of Consols now held for the benefit of the Society is altogether £407 18s. 3d. The Meeting then proceeded to ballot for the officers of the ensuing year, when the following gentlemen were elected : President. W. S. W. VAUX, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. RT. HON. THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN, Hon. D.C.L., Members of the Council. THOMAS JAMES ARNOLD, Esq., F.S.A. S. BIRCH, Esq., LL.D. PERCY GARDNER, ESQ., M.A. HERBERT A. GRUEBER, ESQ. MAJOR HAY, H.E.I.C.S. H. W. HENFREY, ESQ. THOMAS JONES, Esq. REV. S. S. LEWIS, M.A. R. W. COCHRAN PATRICK, Esq., F.S.A. Scot. |