Welsh Journals

The Editor has often wished that such a course were again possible. In particular he had in mind the publication of an interesting group of letters (contained in N.L.W. MS. 476) relating mainly to the publication in 1759 of Blodeugerdd Cymry by Dafydd Jones of Trefriw. Fortunately, although the Society can not publish such a supplement at the present time, it has been possible for the Council of the National Library of Wales to undertake the work as a Supplement to the current number of the Library's Journal. The work, which is edited by Mr. G. J. Williams, Lecturer in Celtic at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, is entitled Llythyrau at Ddafydd Jones o Drefriw. The writers of the Llythyrau are Lewis Morris (' Llewelyn Ddu o Fon '), his brother Richard Morris of the Navy Office, London, Margaret Davies, Coedcaedu, Evan Evans (' Ieuan Brydydd Hir '), and others. The text of the Llythyrau is of great interest and value to all bibliographers particularly as the letters throw much new light on the methods and the difficulties of the publication and distribution of Welsh books in the second half of the eighteenth century. Equally valuable are the .voluminous notes, erudite but withal interesting, which Mr. Williams has written to elucidate the text. III. The mention of Lewis and Richard Morris leads to reference to the subject of the address to be given at this year's annual meeting of the Society. This will be on Morrisiaid Mon,' the life and work of whom has been intensively studied over many years by Mr. Hugh Owen, M.A., F.S.A., of Llangefni and Llanfair Pwll Gwyngyll, who will give the address. Mr. Owen, who has been responsible for the editing of most of the Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society, has included in the 1942 volume of those Transactions his Index of persons who figure in The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William, and John Morris of Anglesey Transcribed from the originals and edited by John H. Davies, M.A. published privately, between 1906 and 1909, by one of the greatest bibliographers Wales has ever known. Mr. Owen's index of persons will be followed by indexes of places and subjects.