TALBOT9810

British Museum

2^nd October 1871

My dear Sir

Your proposal is excellent and we shall be glad to have the paper on the Assyrian Mythology ¹ in in <sic> the printed form – as it will be easier to have read – and all papers will be very acceptable – the great difficulty being the due supply of good material. Pray send it when ready. The first paper to be read is Ganneaus on the <illegible> ² inscriptions – and if yours would be ready by November or December at the latest it could be read at one of the meetings

Today M^r Cooper ³ called on me by my desire and I told him to make inquiries about the printing off the papers and the number of short copies the authors would require. We still want a few more members to make up the 100 – and if you know any to enlist pray do so. The cards for the next session have been agreed to and ought to be out – in the members hands, As soon as you will let me know when it will be ready, it shall be placed on the list for a November or December Meeting. Smith’s ⁴ book is in William & Norgates hands and will soon be out. Have you seen Lenormants ⁵ last work just out on Cuneiform and the History of the early Medes. There is not much that is new and true in it

Believe me Yours vy truly

S Birch