Harderin 1-28-52. 77830 PREFACE. We are happy in having it in our power to congratulate our readers upon the continued success of the CAMBRIAN INSTITUTE. Since last Alban Arthan its organization has been improved by the appointment of an effective staff of Local Secretaries, whilst no less than forty-four new Members have joined its ranks. The patriotic principles on which the INSTITUTE is founded, together with the comprehensive character of its constitution, are well calculated to draw together all true lovers of Wales, and to engage their varied services in the elucidation of its History, Antiquities, and General Literature. The results of such labours are transferred to the pages of the JOURNAL, and are thus rendered accessible to all the Members in general; besides that they are preserved for the amusement and instruction of future generations. The contents of the Third Volume, now just completed, will, we trust, clearly show that the national vigour of the INSTITUTE has by no means abated during the past year. Its influence has already been felt by the country at large. It was a suggestion made in the CAMBRIAN JOURNAL that originated the movement in favour of having a national monument to the memory of our brave Llywelyn, which is now in a fair way of being realized. |