Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale as Anti-Märchen

The Threshold of Religion. By R. R. Ma rett. Methuen, 1909. Cr. 8vo, Pp. 194. By F. B. Jevons.

Psyche's Task, a Discourse concerning the Influence of Superstition on the Growth of Institutions. By Professor J. G. Frazer, LL.D., Litt.D. Macmillan, 1909. 8vo, Pp. viii + 84. By W. Crooke.

Gaelic Fairy Tales. Edited By Winifred M. Parks. Glasgow: Sinclair, 1908. 8vo, pp. 48. Illus. By Eleanor Hull.

A Biblioographv of Congo Languages. By Frederick Starr. University of Chicago Press, 1908. 4to, pp. 97. By A. E. Scrivener.

Mittellungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten : Ergänzungsheft No. I. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse meiner ethnographischen Forschungsreise in den Südosten Deutsch -Ostafrikas. Von Dr. Karl Weule. Berlin : Mittler, 1908. Pp. x + 150. 63 plates and map. By N. W. Thomas.

The Nandi : their Language and Folklore. By A. C. Hollis. With Introduction By Sir Charles Eliot. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. 8vo, pp. xl + 328. By A. Werner.

Folk -Tales of Hindustan. By Shaikh Chilli. Allahabad: Indian Press, 1908. By M. Longworth Dames.

Ancient Tales and Folk - Lore of Japan. By Richard Gordon Smith. A. &; C. Black, 1908, 410, pp. xv + 361. 62 col. illus. By A. R. Wright.

The Fijians. A Study of the Decay of Custom. By Basil Thomson. Heinemann, 1908. 8vo, pp. xx + 396. By W. H. R. Rivers.

The Origin of Terms of Human Relationship. By A. Lang. From the Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. iii. Froude, 1909. pp. 20. By W. Crooke.     

Minutes of Meeting May 15

STRANGE THINGS. By JOHN L. CAMPBELL and TREVOR H. HALL. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1968. Pp. 350. Plates IX. 55s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

HOUSING NOMENCLATURE IN BRISTOL. By H. C. W. HARRIS. City and County Housing Dept. 1969. n.p. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

THE SEMA NAGAS. By J. H. HUTTON. Oxford University Press, 1968. Pp. 468. Rs 40. Reviewed by E. O. James.

FOLKTALES AND SOCIETY: STORY-TELLING IN A HUNGARIAN PEASANT COMMUNITY. By LINA DEGH. Indiana University Press, 1969. 119s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLER. Australian Children' Play rhymes by IAN TURNER. Heineman Educational Pty. Ltd., 1969. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

HUNGARIAN FOLK SONG AND FOLK INSTRUMENTS. By JANOS MANGAR. Corvina Press. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

DEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE ZWISCHEN GERMANISTIK AND SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN. By I. WEBER-KELLERMANN, Stuttgart (J. B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung) 1969. Pp. x, 113. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

GHOSTLY GOLD AND GOBLIN TUNES. By THEO BROWN AND STEPHEN DEWAR. West Country Folklore, No. 2 (General Editor, Theo Brown). Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, The Toucan Press. Pp. 10, 3 plates. 2s. 6d. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

SKUDDET I DANSK SYGDOMSTRO. By C. C. MATTHIESSEN. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1967. Pp. 207. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

Balochi Folklore

GREEK FOLK SONGS. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

A HISTORY OF MAGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE DURING THE FIRST THIRTEEN CENTURIES OF OUR ERA. By LYNN THORNDIKE, Ph.D. London: Macmillan &; Co. 1923. 42s. net. 2 vols. Reviewed by R. R. Marett.

THE GOLDEN BOUGH : A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION. By Sir J. G. FRAZER. Macmillan &; Co. Ltd. 1923. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AND THE WORSHIP OF THE DEAD : THE BELIEF AMONG THE POLYNESIANS : GIFFORD LECTURES. Vol. ii. The same author and publishers. 1923. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

EARLY CIVILISATION. AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY. By ALEXANDER A. GOLDENWEISER. George G. Harrap &; Co. 1922. Pp. xiv+428. Illustrated. Price 15s. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

MAGICAL JEWELS OF THE RENAISSANCE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE, PARTICULARLY IN ENGLAND. By JOAN EVANS, B.Litt. Oxford Clarendon Press. 1922. 264 pp. 8vo. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

THE HEROIC AGE IN INDIA. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

THE LHOTA NAGAS. By J. P. MILLS. London : Macmillan &; Co. 1922. Price 25s. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

ANCIENT MAN IN BRITAIN. By D. A. MACKENZIE. With a Foreword by G. ELLIOT SMITH. Blackie. 1922. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ROUMANIAN LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES. By M. GASTER. London : Raphael Tuck &; Sons. 1922.     

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THE WHITE GOD OF THE AZTECS. By WILLIAM A. BERG. Pp. 412. Boston, Bruce Humphries, 1961. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

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Tire REALM OF GHOSTS. By ERIC MAPLE. Robert Hale, 21s. Reviewed by Geoffrey Palmer.

THE FOLKTALES OF ISRAEL. Edited by Dov NOY with the assistance of DAN BEN-AMOS. Translated by GENE BAHARAV: Folktales of the World, General Editor Richard M. Dorson. University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ANCIENT FESTIVALS OF ‘SATURNALIA’ TYPE. By PHOTEINE P. BOURBOULIS. Thessaloniki, 1963. Pp. 60. n.p. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WITCHCRAFT: EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN. By GEOFFREY PARRINDER. Faber and Faber, 1963. 25s. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

‘SCHLÄGE’ ALS STRAFE. Ein Bestandteil der heutigen Familiensitte in volkskundlicher Sicht. By WÄLTER HAVERNICK. Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1964. Pp. 164; 12 diagrams and 43 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN SCHÜTZENGILDEN UND IHRE FESTE. 1500–1750. Studien zu ihrer Geschichte. By H. GOJA. Vienna, Verlag Notring der wissenschaftlichen Verbände Österreichs, 1963. Pp. 150; 2 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

ZAUBERPFLANZEN UND HEXENTRÄNKE. BRAUCHTUM UND ABERGLAUBE. By H. MARZELL. Kosmos-Bibliothek, Vol. 241. Stuttgart, Francksche Verlagshandlung, 1963. Pp. 88; 25 text illustrations, 8 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CLARE PRIORY (SEVEN CENTURIES OF A SUFFOLK HOUSE). By K. W. BARNARDISTON. Cambridge, W. Heffer, 1962. 21s. Reviewed by A. A. Waugh.

THE TRADITIONAL TUNES OF THE CHILD BALLADS. With their Texts According to the Extant Records of Great Britain and America. Volume II. By BERNARD HARRIS BRONSON. Princeton University Press, 1962. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ROUND THE WORLD FAIRY TALES. Re-told by AMABEL WILLIAMS-ELLIS. Illustrated by William Stobbs. Blackie. 25s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

FOLK LIFE COLLECTION AND CLASSIFICATION. By J. W. Y. HIGGS, M.A.: Published by the Museums Association, 1963. Pp. 58. 7s. Reviewed by R. U. Sayce.

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS AND OTHER PIECES. By ARTHUR WALEY. George Allen &; Unwin Ltd. Pp. 320. 32s. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

MORE TALES FROM THE FENS. By W. H. BARRETT. Edited by ENID PORTER. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. 25s. Reviewed by Carmen Blacker.

ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE, NEUE FOLGE. Erläuterungen zur 2. Lieferung. Edited by M. ZENDER. Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1963, Pp. 233–528; 6 illustrations, 31 text maps. Maps: NF 13–24. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OESTERREICHISCHER VOLKSKUNDEATLAS. Edited by E. BURGSTALLER and A. HELBOK. 1st issue. Linz, 1959. 13 maps; comments, pp. 95, index of places, pp. 125. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

WITCHES. Investigating an Ancient Religion. By T. C. LETHBRIDGE. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962. 21s. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.     

Folklore Survivals in the Southern “Lake Counties” and in ESSEX: A Comparison and Contrast

LE ROND DES SORCIERS. Par CLAUDE SEIGNOLLE. Éditions des Quatre-Vents. Paris. 1945. Reviewed by Leslie F. Newman.

TRINIDAD VILLAGE. MELVILLE AND FRANCES HERSKOVITS. Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1947. $4.75. Reviewed by Leslie F. Newman.

PAPAGO INDIAN RELIGION. By RUTH M. UNDERHILL. Columbia University Press. New York. 1946. London, Geoffrey Cumberlege. 25s. 6d. net. pp. 359. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

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THE HISTORY OF MELANESIAN SOCIETY. By W. H. R. RIVERS, F.R.S. Two volumes. Cambridge: University Press. 1914. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

ZEUS, A STUDY OF ANCIENT RELIGION. By ARTHUR BERNARD COOK. Vol. I. : Zeus of the Bright Sky. Cambridge, at the University Press. 1914. Medium 8vo, pp. xliii + 885. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

THE ASIATIC DIONYSOS. By GLADYS M. N. DAVIS. Pp. x + 276. London, G. Bell &; Sons, Ltd. 1914. Reviewed by W. Crooke.     

Society Meetings and Folklore Notes

THE ‘DISCIPLINA CLERICALIS’ OF PETRUS ALFONSI. Translated and Edited by EBERHARD HERNES. Translated into English by P. R. QUARRIE. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul) 1977. £5.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

EY UP MI DUCK. By RICHARD SCOLLINS and JOHN TITFORD, Parts 1 and 2. Ilkeston (Schollins and Titford) 1976. Pp. 95p. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE FOLKLORE OF ORKNEY &;SHETLAND. By ERNEST W. MARWIOC. London (B. T. Batsford) 1975. Drawings by GAY JOHN GALSWORTHY. Pp. 215. £4.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

TRADITIONAL ROMANCE &; TALE. How Stories Mean. By ANNE WILSON. Ipswich (D. S. Brewer/Rowman &; Littlefield) 1976. Pp. xii and 116. £5.00. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

WESTCOUNTRY WORDS &; WAYS. By K. C. PHILLIPPS. Newton Abbot (David &; Charles) 1976. Pp. 144. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE ARMED PROLOGUE. A Hamlet Sequence. By WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE. Pp. 5–22. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Ed. KURT RANKE. Vol. 1, issues 3–5. Berlin (Walter de Grǔyter) 1976/77. Cols. 577–1406. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

Haralds Biezais, Lichtgott der alten Letten. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Åboensis VIII. Uppsala, 1976. Pp. 210. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

The English Fairies

FORTY-FIVE STORIES FROM THE DODECANESE. Ed. from the MSS. of J. Zarraftis and trans, by R. M. Dawkins. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1950. £5 5s. Reviewed by E. O. Winstedt.

THE CONCEPT OF DEITY : A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford. By E. O. JAMES, D.Litt., D. D., Ph.D., F.S.A. Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion in the University of London, Fellow of University College. Hutchinson's University Library, London. 1950. Pp. xiii, 200. 18s. Reviewed by S. H. Hooke.

A BOOK OF GYPSY FOLK-TALES, selected by DORA E. YATES, with a frontispiece by AUGUSTUS JOHN and a foreword by RUPERT CROFTCOOKE. London, Phoenix House, 1948. Pp. XVII, 197. Five illustrations. Price 12s. 6d. net. Reviewed by R. M. Dawkins.

THE LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS. By FERNAND WINDELS. Faber &; Faber, 1949. Price 42s. Reviewed by D. A. E. Garrod.

FOLK-SONGS OF CHHATTISGARH. By VERRIER ELWIN. With a comment by W. G. Archer. Oxford University Press (Indian Branch) 1946, LXI-466 pp., Price: Rs. 15. Reviewed by C. Von Fürer-Haimendorf.

NUESTRA GENTE : “NAMUY MISAG” : TIERRA, COSTUMBRES Y CREENCIAS DE LOS INDIOS GUAMBIANOS. Textos de Gregorio Hernández de Alba. Dibujos de Francisco Tumiña Pillimue. Universidad del Cauca, Instituto Etnológico. Popayán, 1949. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

JOSÉ CELESTINO MUTIS. Lufs DE HOYOS SÁINZ. Breviarios de la Vida Española; Editora Nacional : Madrid, 1949. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

CHILDREN'S GAMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. By LESLIE DAIKEN, B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1949. Pp. viii, 216. 18s.net. Reviewed by Iona Opie.

LE FOYER BRETON. By EMILE SOUVESTRE. Jean Vigneau, Paris, 1947. Reviewed by V. A..     

Shorter notices

The City and the Region. By R. Grieve and D. J. Robertson. 8 ½ × 5 ½. Pp. iv + 39. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1964. 5s.

Edinburgh. By George Scott‐Moncrieff. Pp. 135. Illustrations and plans. Oliver and Boyd, 1965. 25s.

Inverewe: a Garden in the North‐West Highlands. By May Cowan. Pp. 152. 31 illustrations. Geoffrey Bles, 1964. 35s.

The Scottish Peaks. By W. A. Poucher. Pp.442. 200 illustrations. 31 maps. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1965. 25s.

On Ski in the Cairngorms. By V. A. Firsoff. Pp.98. 17 illustrations. 4 sketch maps. W. & R. Chambers Ltd., 1965. 8s. 6d.

The Fortified House in Scotland. By Nigel Tranter. Vol.3. South‐West Scotland. Pp.185. Oliver & Boyd, 1965. 30s.

The Coastline of England and Wales. By J. A. Steers. Pp. xxviii + 750. Maps and diagrams. Second edition. Cambridge University Press, 1964. £5 5s.

Europe: a Regional Geography. By M. R. Shackleton. Pp. xvi + 572. Maps and illustrations. 7th edition. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1964. 45s.

Heidelberg und die Rhein—Neckar—Lande. By Gottfried Pfeifer and others. Pp. 292. Published for the 34th German Geographical Congress 1963.

Fundamentals of Economic Geography. By William Van Royen & Nels A. Bengston. Pp. xxv + 613. 5th edition. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1964. 80s.

An Intermediate Commercial Geography: Part 1. Commodities and World Trade. By L. Dudley Stamp. Pp.292. 12th edition. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1965.     

Striped-petticoat Philosophy

THE CASSUBIAN CIVILIZATION. By FR. LORENTZ, Ph.D., ADAM FISCHER, Ph.D., and TAFEUSZ LEHR SP?AWI?SKI, Ph.D., with preface by BRONIS?AW MALINOWSKI, D.SC. Faber &; Faber. 9″ x 5½″. Pp. xxvi+407. London, 1925. 21s. Reviewed by M. E. Durham.

THE HEAD-HUNTERS OF WESTERN AMAZONAS : THE LIFE AND CULTURE OF THE JIBARO INDIANS OF EASTERN ECUADOR AND PERU. By RAFAEL KARSTEN. (Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Helsingfors). 1935. 9½ x 6½. Pp. 598. Plates, 33 illus. and map. Reviewed by Richard C. E. Long.

ANMERKUNGEN zu DEN KINDER- U. HAUSMAERCHEN DER BRUEDER GRIMM. Neu bearbeitet von JOHANNES BOLTE und GEORG POLIVKA. 5. Band. 1932. Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig, vi, 305 pp. 8^o. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

PURO MEXICANO. Edited by J. FRANK DOBIE. Texas Folk-Lore Society Publications, Number XII. Austin, Texas. 1935. Pp. 261. n.p. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

THE PALESTINE POLICE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 1936; issued by the Criminal Investigation Department, Palestine Police Force. The Central Prison Press, Jerusalem, for Official Use. 9½″ x 6¾″. Pp. 30. Reviewed by H. Coote Lake.

THE MONKS OF ATHOS. By R. M. DAWKINS, M.A., F.B.A. Pp. 408. 1936. Six plates, seven illustrations in the text, and a map of Athos. London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 15s. Reviewed by F. H. Marshall.

ENGLISH FOLK-SONG AND DANCE. By IOLO A. WILLIAMS. With an Introduction by Sir John Squire. London: Longmans, Green &; Co. 1935. Price 3/6 net. Reviewed by Joan Sharp.     

Book Reviews

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Folk Religion in a Calvinist Context: Hungarian Models and Scottish Examples

GEORGES DUMÉZIL. Mythes et Dieux des Germains. Essai d'interprétation comparative. Librairie Ernest Leroux. Paris, 1939. Reviewed by R. A. Williams

HISTORY OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PETERSHAM, SURREY. By CHARLES D. WARREN. Pp. 168 + xii. Sidgwick &; Jackson. 1938. 7s. 6d. Reviewed by M. M. Banks.

MORE WEST HIGHLAND TALES. Vol. I. Transcribed and translated by John G. Mackay. Pp. xxxix + 540. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London. 1940. 25s. Reviewed by Mary Macleod Banks.

ESSAYS IN POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY. By ROBERT W. WILLIAMSON. Edited by Ralph Piddington, with an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian History by the Editor. Cambridge University Press, 1939. 25s. net. Reviewed by Beatrice Blackwood.

LA VIE DE L'ENFANT EN CHINE, Etude de Folklore, par M. et Mme. Yang Kun. No. 4, Petite Collection “Chine-France” de l'Ami, Revue Mensuelle, Yenching, Pékin, 1939. Reviewed by E. D. Edwards.

FOLK-SONGS OF ROANOKE AND THE ALBEMARLE. By Louis W. CHAPPELL. The Ballad Press, Morgantown, W. Va. 1939. Reviewed by A. G. Gilchrist.     

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LES FONCTIONS MENTALES DANS LES SOCIÉTÉS INFÉRIEURES. Par L. LÉVY-BRUHL. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1910. 8vo, pp. 461. Reviewed by E. A. Hooton.

THE FOLK-LORE OF HEREFORDSHIRE. Collected from Oral and Printed Sources. By ELLA MARY LEATHER. Intro, by EDWIN SIDNEY HARTLAND. Sidgwick &; Jackson, 1912. Large 8vo, pp. xxviii + 288. Ill. Reviewed by Charlotte S. Burne.

JOURNAL OF THE FOLK-SONG SOCIETY. NO. 16 (Vol. IV., Part iii., December 1911). A Collection of one hundred and five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland. Compiled by Miss FRANCES TOLMIE. 19 Berners Street, W., 1911. 4to, xiv, 143–278 + ix. Reviewed by K. W. Grant.

LA RELIGIONE PRIMITIVA IN SARDEGNA. By RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI. Piacenza: Societá Editrice Pontremolese, 1912. 8vo, pp. xxiii + 253. Reviewed by R. R. Marett.

LA CHANSON POPULAIRE DE L'ILE DE CORSE. Par AUSTIN DE CROZE. Avec conclusion de M. PAUL FONTANA. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, 1911. 16mo, pp. xv + 188. Reviewed by A. M. Spoer.

LE LÉGENDAIRE DU MONT SAINT-MICHEL. Par ÉTIENNE DUPONT. Paris: Robert Duval, 1911. Sm. 8vo, pp. xlvii + 173.

THEMIS. A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion. By JANE ELLEN HARRISON. With an Excursus on the Ritual Forms preserved in Greek Tragedy by Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, and a Chapter on the Origin of the Olympic Games by Mr. F. M. CORNFORD. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1912. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 559. Ill. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

LA SOCIÉTÉ MUSULMANE DU MAGHRIB. MAGIE ET RELIGION DANS L'AFRIQUE DU NORD. Par EDMOND DOUTTÉ. Alger: Typographie Adolphe Jourdan, 1909. 8vo, pp. vi + 617. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE SUK : THEIR LANGUAGE AND FOLKLORE. By MERVYN W. H. BEECH. With Intro, by Sir Charles Eliot. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 152. Maps and ill. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.

THE LAND OF UZ. By ABDULLAH MANSÛR (G. Wyman Bury). Macmillan, 1911. 8vo, pp. xxvii + 354. Ill. Reviewed by Hans H. Spoer.

MATERINSKAYA FILIACIYA v VOSTOCHNOY 1 CENTRALNOY AZII. [Mother-right in Eastern and Central Asia]. V?p. 1. Materinskaya Filiaciya u Kitaycev, Koreycev i Yaponcev [Mother-right in China, Korea, and Japan]. V?p. 2. Materinskaya Filiaciya u Tibetcev, Mongolov, Myaocz?, Lolo i Tai [Mother-right among the Tibetans, Mongols, Miaotzu, Lolos, and Tai]. By NICHOLAS MATSOKIN. Vladivostock, 1910–11. 8vo, pp. 40, iv + 147. Reviewed by M. Trophimoff.