TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

Royal Society of Literature

OF

THE UNITED KINGDOM.

SECOND SERIES.

VOL. X.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
TRÜBNER AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.DCCC.LXXIV.

CONTENTS.

1. On Ancient Galleys, and their mode of Propulsion. By W.

S. LINDSAY, Esq.

II. On the Abyssinian Rivers which give rise to the Nilotic

Inundation. By the late JOHN HOGG, M.A., F.R.S.,

F.R.G.S., Vice-President

III. On the Snows, Rains, and Thermal Springs of Abyssinia.

By JOHN HOGG, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., Vice-President.

IV. Some Observations upon a Greek Tablet bearing the name

of ABANACIOC, found in the Aasaseef near Gourneh,

Thebes, 1828. By W. R. COOPER

V. On various Greek Inscriptions from Telos, Cos, Attalia, and

the Region of the Black Sea, copied by Captain Spratt,

R.N. By the Rev. Professor CHURCHILL BABINGTON,

B.D., F.L.S., etc.

VI. On the Three Great Seals of King Edward the Confessor,

By WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH

VII. On the Great Seals of William the Conqueror. By WALTER

DE GRAY BIRCH

VIII. On the Great Seals of William the Conqueror. By WALTER

DE GRAY BIRCH (Addendum)

IX. Account of Coffins and Mummies discovered in Egypt on

the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in

1868-9. By SAMUEL BIRCH, LL.D.

X. On the Double Personality of the Hamlet of Saxo Gramma-

ticus—the Hamlet of Shakespeare-its Relation to the

German Hamlet. By Dr. R. G. LATHAM, M.A., M.D.,

etc..

XI. On the Life and Writings of William of Malmesbury. By

WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH

XII. On the Extent of Ancient Libraries. By WILLIAM E. A.

AXON, M.R.S.L., F.S.S.

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XIII. On a Thirteenth Century Service Book of Strasbourg, with

Dramatic Representations. By Walter de Gray BIRCH 406