The Scotch Fisher Child

AN EGG AT EASTER, A FOLKLORE STUDY. By VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge and Kegan Paul. £6. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MYTH, LEGEND AND CUSTOM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. A Comparative Study with Chapters from Sir James G. Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testament. By THEODOR H. GASTER. Harper &; Row, New York, 1969. Pp. 899. $20.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

OUR LIVING TRADITIONS. An Introduction to American Folklore. Edited by TRISTRAM POTTER COFFIN. Basic Books, Inc. 1968. Pp. 301. $6.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE BALLAD AS SONG. By BERTRAND HARRIS BRONSON. University of California Press. Berkeley &; Los Angeles, 1969. Pp. 344. $7.95. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE PLEASANT LAND OF IRELAND. By K. DANAHER. Cork (Mercier Press) 1970. Pp. 88. 55 ills., 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE. By ENID PORTER. With Fenland Material provided by W. H. Barrett. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. 419. Plates 78 and Map. £5.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GREEN HILLS OF MAGIC. WEST VIRGINIA FOLKTALES FROM EUROPE. By RUTH ANN MUSICK. The University Press of Kentucky. $7.50. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXMOOR. Bideford Bay to Bridgwater. By L. V. GRINSELL. David &; Charles, 1970. With 23 plates, 5 drawings in text, and 8 maps in two colours. Pp. 242. £3. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SACHGÜTER UND LEBENSFORMEN. Einführung in die materielle Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. n. By D. W. H. SCHWARZ. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 244; 7 illustrations.Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSLIED-FORSCHUNG. Vol. XV. Edited by R. W. BREDNICH. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 225, 2 plates, 6 tunes and 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL. By William Bottrell. 2nd Edition published by Frank Graham, 1970. Pp. 275 and Index. £2.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

STORIES TOLD BY THE AZTECS BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME. By Carleton Beals. Abelard-Schuman. £1.40. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

STARS IS GOD'S LANTERNS. An Offering of Ozark Tellin' Stories. By Charles Moreau Wilson. University of Oklahoma Press. $4.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

In Memoriam: Lord Avebury (1834–1913).

THE FOLKLORE OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. By MARJORIE ROWLING. B. T. Batsford, 1976. £3.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

JÁNOS HONTI: LEBEN UND WERK. By T. DÖMÖTÖR. Helsinki (FFC vol. xciv No. 221) 1978. Pp. 84, 1 photograph. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSKUNDE: EINE EINFUHRUNG. By G. WIEGELMANN, M. ZENDER, and G. HEILFURTH. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. 12. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1977. Pp. 265.11 text illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SWEDISH LEGENDS AND FOLKTALES. By JOHN LINDOW. University of California Press (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London), 1978.219 pp. £7.75 ($10.95). Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

CHAPBOOKS AND TRADITIONAL DRAMA: PART I, ALEXANDER AND THE KING OF EGYPT CHAPBOOKS. By M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH, and P. S. SMITH, CECTAL Bibliography and Special Series no. 2. University of Sheffield, 1977. 38 pp., illus. £1. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC AND ORAL DATA: A CATALOGUE OF SOUND RECORDINGS, 1893–1976. By DOROTHY SARA LEE. Bloomington &; London: Indiana University Press, 1979. 2 Figs; Index to Culture Groups, Cross-References to Culture Groups, Index, pp. xiv + 463. No price. Reviewed by Paul S. Smith.

CRACKLIN BREAD AND ASFIDITY: FOLK RECIPES AND REMEDIES. Compiled by JACK and OLIVIA SOLOMAN. Alabama: University of Alabama, 1979. Illus.; notes; bibliography; list of contributors; pp. 215. No price. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS' COOKBOOK. By JESSICA KUPER (editor). London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1977. Illus.; pp. ix + 230. £4.75. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE WITCH ON THE WALL: MEDIEVAL EROTIC SCULPTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By JORGEN ANDERSEN. Copenhagen &; London (George Allen &; Unwin) 1977. Pp. 172, figs. 147, 4 distribution maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

ENGLISCHE UND WALISISCHE SAGEN. Edited and translated by C. AGRICOLA. Europäische Sagen vol. 8. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1976. Pp. 507. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

MÄRCHEN DER NIEDERLANDE. Edited and translated by A. M. A. COX-LEICK &; H. L. Cox. 1977. Pp. 271.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM KAUKASUS. Edited by I. LEVIN and translated by G. SCHENKOWITZ. 1978. Pp. 316.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM LIBANON. Edited and translated by U. and Y. ASSAF. 1978. Pp. 264. Düsseldorf, Eugen Diedrichs Verlag. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Reviews of Folklore Scholarship

AN INTERIM CHECKLIST OF CHAPBOOKS CONTAINING TRADITIONAL PLAY TEXTS, by M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH and P. S. SMITH, History of the Book Trade in the North, Newcastle, 1976, £1.50: MORRICE DANCERS AT REVESBY, CECTAL Facsimiles No. 1, University of Sheffield, 1976, 75p: THE PACE EGG : THE MIDGLEY VERSION, Introduction by H. W. HARWOOD and F. H. MARSDEN, 2nd ed., David Bland, Halifax, 1977, 75p. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

FOLKLORE TODAY: A FESTSCHRIFT FOR RICHARD M. DORSON. Edited by LINDA DÉGH, HENRY GLASSIE and FELIX J. OINAS. Bloomington, Indiana University. 1976. xx+537 pp. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE 1206–1370. By JOHN ANDREW BOYLE. Variorum Reprints, London. 1977. 316 pp. Reviewed by C. R. Bawden.

SCOTTISH PLACE-NAMES, THEIR STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE. By W. F. H. NICOLAISEN. Batsford, London. 1976. 8vo, xxix+210 pp. £4.95. Reviewed by John McNeal Dodgson.

AMERICAN FOLK MEDICINE. Edited by WAYLAND D. HAND. University of California Press. Reviewed by Eric Trimmer.

ORAL POETRY. Its nature, significance and social content. By RUTH FINNEGAN. Cambridge University Press. 1977. Pp. 300. £7.50. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge &; Kegan Paul. £2.95. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.

THE OLD SONGS OF SKYE: FRANCES TOLMIE AND HER CIRCLE. By ETHEL BASSIN, ed. by DEREK BOWMAN. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, London. 1977. Pp. 227. £5.95. Reviewed by E. B. Lyle.

PROBLEME DER SAGENFORSCHUNG. VERHANDLUNGEN DER TAGUNG VERANSTALTET VON DER KOMMISSION FUR ERZÄHLUNGSFORSCHUNG DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR VOLKSKUNDE … 1973 IN FREIBURG IM BREISGAU. Ed. by L. RÖHRICH. Freiburg, Forschungsstelle Sage. 1973. Pp. 219, 3 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

B. P. SCHLIEPHACKE, MÄRCHEN, SEELE UND SINNBILD. Ed by E. KRACHT. Vol. 5 of the Schriften der Geselhchaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europaischen Völker. Münster (Verlag Aschendorff). 1974. Pp. 143. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

INDEX OF MEXICAN FOLKTALES. By STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies vol. 26. Berkeley (University of California Press), 1973. Pp. xxiii+276. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Ghost Lights of the West Highlands

THE WITCH FIGURE. Edited by VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1973. Pp. 239. £4.50. Reviewed by Richard Cavendish.

DIE NEUE EVA. Der Sündenfall in Volksglaube und Volkserzählung. By P. SCHWARZ. Arbeiten zur Germanistik, Nr. 77. Verlag Alfred Kümmerle, Göppingen, 1973. Pp. (3), 249, (2). 1 distribution map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OSTJAKISCHE HELDENLIEDER AUS JÓZSEF PÁPAY'S NACHLASS. Edited by ISTVÁN ERDÉLYI. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1972. Pp. 503. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SCOTTISH STUDIES. Vol. 16, Pts. I and II. 1972. Pp. 210. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

HIEDELMEK, VARÁZSLATOK, BOSZORKÁNYOK (Beliefs, witchcraft, witches). By ANDRÁS KRUPA. County Council of Békés, Department of Culture. Békéscsaba, Hungary, 1974. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Bela Gunda.

VON NEUJAHR BIS SILVESTER. VOLKSTÜMLICHE TERMINE IN OBERÖSTERREICH (From New Year to New Year's Eve. Popular Dates in Upper Austria). By RUDOLF FOCHLER. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz, 1971. Pp. 252. Reviewed by Béla Gunda

GHOST HUNTING: A Practical Guide. By ANDREW GREEN. Gamstone Press, 1973. Pp. 168. £2.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE GHOSTS OF BORLEY: Annals of the Haunted Rectory. By PAUL TABORI and PETER UNDERWOOD. David &; Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973. Pp. 240. Plates. £3.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GHOSTS IN THE SOUTH WEST. By JAMES TURNER. David &; Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973. Pp. 165. Plates XIV. £2.95. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

COME DAY, GO DAY, GOD SEND SUNDAY. By ROBIN MORTON. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1973. £2.95. Reviewed by A. C. Percival.     

The Modern Commercial Aspect of an Ancient Superstition

GODS AND FIGHTING MEN. The story of the Tuatha De danaan and the Fianna of Ireland, arranged and put into English by LADY GREGORY, with a Preface by W. B. YEATS and a Foreword by DANIEL MURPHY. Gerards Cross (Colin Smythe) 1970. Pp. 367, 1 plate. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. HINTERGLAS, ZEUGNISSE EINER ALTEN HAUSKUNST. Salzburg (Residenz Verlag) 1972. Pp. 159. 48 coloured plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VILMA MÖNCKEBERG. DAS MÄRCHEN UND UNSERE WELT. ERFAHRUNGEN UND EINSICHTEN. Düsseldorf (Eugen Diederichs Verlag) 1972. Pp. 235. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

NINE NORSE STUDIES. By G. TURVILLE-PETRE. London, 1972. Pp. 180. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

RAGNARQK: AN INVESTIGATION INTO OLD NORSE CONCEPTS OF THE FATE OF THE GODS. By JOHN STANLEY MARTIN. Assen, 1972. Pp. 151. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

GHOSTS AND LEGENDS. By ROY CHRISTIAN. David and Charles, 1972. Pp. 156. Illus. Price: £1.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

WITCHCRAFT IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By JEFFREY BURTON RUSSELL. Cornell University Press, 1972. Pp. 394. £7.15. Reviewed by Richard Cavendish.

VOLKSKUNDE FAKTEN UND ANALYSEN. Festgabe für Leopold Schmidt zum 60. Geburtstag. Ed. by K. BEITL. Vienna (Verein für Volkskunde) 1972. Pp. 524. Plates 77. Text illus. 39. Maps 10. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

February 20th, 1907

A SINGER AND HER SONGS. ALMEIDA RIDDLE'S BOOK OF BALLADS. Edited by ROGER D. ABRAHAMS. Musical Editor, George Foss. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1970. Pp. 191. $8.50. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE STUDY OF GAMES. By E. AVEDON AND B. SUTTON-SMITH. Wiley (New York) 1971. Pp. 530. n.p. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

FOLCLORUL. OBIECT, PRINCIPII, METOD?, CATEGORII. By GHEORGHE VRABIE. Editor: Roumanian Academy of Sciences. Bucharest, 1970. Pp. 327. Price: 32.-Lei. Reviewed by Béla Gunda.

OVAMBO PROVERBS WITH AFRICAN PARALLELS. By MATTI KUUSI. FF Communications No. 208. Academia Scientiarum Fennica. Helsinki, 1970. Pp. 356. Price 35.-mk. Reviewed by Bela Gunda.

STUDIES IN CHINESE FOLKLORE AND RELATED ESSAYS. By WOLFRAM EBERHARD. Indiana Research Center For the Language Sciences, Bloomington. Mouton and Co., The Hague, The Netherlands. (No price indicated). Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

CLOUD-WALKING. By MARIE CAMPBELL. Indiana University Press. Bloomington and London, 1971. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

FRIEDRICH RANKE, KLEINERE SCHRIFTEN. Ed. by H. Rupp &; E. Studer. Bibliotheca Germanica. Bern (Francke Verlag) 1971. Pp. 444, 1 plate. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

KONTAKTE UND GRENZEN, PROBLEME DER VOLKS-, KULTER- UND SOZIALFORSCHUNG. Festschrift für Gerhard Heilfurth zum 60. Geburtstag. Ed. by his colleagues. Göttingen (Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co.) 1969. Pp. xviii, 566. 81 photographs, 66 text illustrations, 1 map. Ellen Ettlinger.

A GAZETTEER OF BRITISH GHOSTS. By PETER UNDERWOOD. Souvenir Press. £2. Reviewed by Katharine M. Briggs.

THE EVIL EYE: THE ORIGINS &; PRACTICES OF SUPERSTITION. By F. T. ELWORTHY. With an Introduction by Louis S. Barron. Collier Books, 1970. Pp. 471. $2.95. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SELECTED LEGENDS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. By SUSAN E. GREEN. Illustrations by Donald E. Green. Leicester Research Services. 1971. Pp. 39. 30p. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

WHAT WITCHES Do: THE MODERN COVEN REVEALED. BY STEWART FARRAR. Pp. 210, 22 photographs, 13 Text figs. Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1971. £2.50. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

GAMLE NORSKE FOLKEVISER. By SOPHUS BUGGE. Norsk Folkeminnelags Skrifter no. 106. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1971. Pp. 155. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

MEXICAN TALES and LEGENDS FROM LOS ALTOS. Introduction, classification, and notes by STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies 20. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970. Pp. 578, 6 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSKULTUR UND GESCHICHTE, FESTGABE FÜR JOSEF DÜNNINGER ZUM 65. GEBURTSTAG. Edited by D. HARMENING, G. LUTZ, B. SCHEMMEL &; E. WIMMER. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. xix, 694. Plates 11, 3 text illustrations and 6 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Minutes of Meeting June 19

ESKIMOS OF THE NUSHAGAK RIVER. By JAMES W. VAN STONE. University of Washington Press, 1967. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

AFTER LIVINGSTONE. By DAVID PICTON JONES, n.p., 1968, 35s. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

DISCOVERING HILL FIGURES. By KATE BERGAMER. Shire Publications, Tring; N.D. Pp. 48. Plates 8.4s. 6d. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD, AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE AND BATTLE. Edited by ANDREW LANG. Illustrated by H. J. Ford. Schocken Books: New York. $1.75. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

CHINESE FAIRY TALES. By ISABELLE C. CHANG. Illustrated by Shirley Errickson. Schocken Books: New York. $2.45. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

Die zweite Sammlung der lettischen Volkslieder von Gustav Bergmann. By H. BIEZAIS. Skrifter utgivna av Religionshistoriska Institutionen i Uppsala, vol. 3. Uppsala (Almquist &; Wiksells Boktryckeri) 1967. Pp. 110. Pls 4. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE HUMAN SKULL. A CULTURAL HISTORY. By FOLKE HENSCHEN. With an introduction by K. P. Oakley. London (Thames &; Hudson) 1965. Pp. 168, 22 text figs, 76 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSSAGEN AUS DEM RIESEN- UND ISER-GEBIRGE. By ROBERT COGHO AND WILL-ERICH PEUCKERT. Denkmäler deutscher Volksdichtung, vol. 8. Göttingen (Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co.) 1967. Pp. ix, 102; plates 10, and 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Folk-Lore Notes and Museum Notes

TALES OF A DARTMOOR VILLAGE. Some Preliminary Notes on the Folklore of Postbridge. By THEO BROWN. Reprinted from Volume XCIII (1961) of The Transactions of the Devonshire Association. Pp. 1–34, with eight plates (photographs). Reviewed by W. F. Jackson Knight.

GHOST AND GHOUL. By T. C. LETHBRIDGE. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1961. Pp. 156, 26 text illustrations by the author. 18s. net. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

FOLK, This is our music. English Folk Dance and Song Society's Publications. No 1. 3s. 6d. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

CATALOGUE OF THE ROMANY COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. Edinburgh, Nelson, 1962. Pp. xiv + 227. Price 21s. Reviewed by A. M. Fraser.

ZEN IN JAPANESE ART … A WAY OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. By TOSHIMITSU HASUMI. Translated from the German. London, Routledge &; Kegan Paul. Pp. 113. 15s. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

KANSAS FOLKLORE. Edited by S. J. SACKETT and WILLIAM E. KOCH. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1961. Pp. 251. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

CROW WORD LISTS: CROW-ENGLISH AND ENGLISH-CROW VOCABULARIES. By ROBERT H. LOWIE. University of California 1960. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

SCHWEDISCHE VOLKSKUNDE. QUELLEN, FORSCHUNG, ERGEBNISSE. Festschrift fur Sigfrid Svensson zum 60. Geburtstag. Stockholm, Almqvist &; Wiksell, 1961. Pp. 511, 41 photographs, maps and diagrams. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

VOLKSMÄRCHEN UND VOLKSSAGE. By MAX LÜTHI. Bern &; Munich, Francke Verlag, 1961. Pp. 203. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TYPEN- UND MOTIFVERZEICHNIS DER FINNISCHEN MYTHISCHEN SAGEN. By LAURI SIMONSUURI. FF Communications No. 182. Helsinki, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1961. Pp. 156. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

KINDERKLEIDUNG UND GRUPPENGEISTIGKEIT IN VOLKSKUNDLICHER SICHT. By W. HÄVERNICK. Beiträge zur deutschen Volks-und Altertumskunde, No. 6 Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1962. Pp. 21–64, 15 photographs. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

THE PLACE-NAMES OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. By A. H. SMITH. Part 7. English Place-Name Society, Vol. 36. Cambridge University Press, 1962. Pp. 355. Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

ES WAR EINMAL … VOM WESEN DES VOLKSMÄRCHENS. By MAX LÜTHI. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht, 1962. Pp. 128. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF REGIONAL ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. Vol. I, ‘General Ethnological Concepts’. By AKE HULTKRANTZ. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde and Bagger. Price about 50s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

A SELECTION OF ENGLISH CAROLS. By R. L. GREEN. Clarendon Press, 1962. Pp. 269. Reviewed by A. C. Percival.

LOKI IN SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. By ANNA BIRGITTA ROOTH. Skrifter utgivna av Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet I Lund, LXI. Lund, 1961. Pp. 248. Price, Kr. 30. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.     

Initiation.

SCHOTTISCHE SAGEN. Europäische Sagen V. By CHRISTIANE AGRICOLA, Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1967. Pp. 325. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

SYLTER SAGEN. In der ursprünglichen Fassung nach C. P. Hansen u. a. Edited by WILLY KROGMANN. Denkmäler deutscher Volksdichtung, Vol. 7, edited by Will-Erich Peuckert. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co., 1966. Pp. vi, 66. With 6 drawings by C. P. Hansen. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

KOSMAS UND DAMIAN. Kultausbreitung und Volksdevotion. By ANNELIESE WITTMANN. With introduction by Mathilde Hain. Berlin Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1967. Pp. 344; 45 plates and text ills. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VERGIL: EPIC AND ANTHROPOLOGY. By W. F. JACKSON KNIGHT. George Allen and Unwin, 1967. Pp. 320. 55s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD. An Historical and Comparative Study of the Idea of a Post-mortem Judgment in the Major Religions. By S. G. F. BRANDON. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1967. Pp. 300. 50s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE DOMAIN OF DEMONS. By ERIC MAPLE. Robert Hale, London, 1966. Pp. 192; plates. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

TYPE AND MOTIF INDEX OF THE FOLKTALES OF ENGLAND AND NORTH AMERICA. By ERNEST W. BAUGHMAN. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

DOG. By PATRICIA DALE-GREEN. Rupert Hart-Davies Ltd., 1966. 63s. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

JAHRBUCH FÜR OSTDEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. 10. Edited by E. RIEMANN. Marburg N. G. Elwert Verlag, 1967. Pp. 200; 21 ills. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FENLAND CHRONICLE. By SIBYL MARSHALL. Drawings by Ewart Oakeshott. Cambridge University Press, 1967. Pp. vii and 280. 45s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.     

Books received

FOLKLORE STUDIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTENARY CONFERENCE OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Ed. VENETIA J. NEWALL. D. S. Brewer, 1980. Pp. 463, ill. £35.00. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NINE LIVES: CATS IN FOLKLORE. By KATHARINE M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul. London and Henley, 1980. Pp. 222. ill. £7.95. Alicia C. Percival.

THE FOLKLORE OF STAFFORDSHIRE. By JON RAVEN. Batsford, London. 1978. Pp. 222. £4.95. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

A GUIDEBOOK TO ARTHURIAN BRITAIN. By GEOFFREY ASHE. Longman, 1980. £7.50. Reviewed by Richard Barber.

ÖSTERREICHS MÄRCHENSCHATZ by KARL HAIDING. Vienna 1980 (Kremayr &; Scheriau) 448 pp. ill. Reviewed by Ruth Michaelis-Jena.

PRIMITIVE RELIGION AND HEALING: A STUDY OF FOLK-MEDICINE IN NORTH EAST BRAZIL. By PAUL V. A. WILLIAMS. Brewer. Cambridge 1979. 212 pp. £12.00. Reviewed by Douglas Gifford.

ITALIAN FOLKTALES. Selected and retold by ITALO CALVINO. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. New York and London, 1980. Pp. 763. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

TOCHER: TALES, SONGS, TRADITIONS 33. School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, 1979. Pp. 71 £0.50. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

DER UNBEKANNTE BRUDER GRIMM. Edited by GERD HOFFMANN &; HEINZ RÖLLEKE. Düsseldorf (Verlag Eugen Diederichs) 1979. Pp. 144. 2 plates and 3 facsimiles. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS ALTE VOLKSSCHAUSPIEL DES BURGENLANDES. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Theatergeschichte Österreichs vol. viii. Burgenland 1. Vienna (Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 1980. Pp. 358. 6 maps, 15 plates (1 coloured). ZUNFTZEICHEN; ZEUGNISSE ALTER HANDWERKSKUNST. Salzburg (Residenz Verlag) 1973. Pp. 160, 54 plates (48coloured). Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

The Problem of Diffusion: Rejoinders

MYTH AND RELIGION OF THE NORTH, The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. By E. O. G. TURVILLE-PETRE. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964. Pp. 340.50s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

HERBERT JENNINGS ROSE, 1883–1961. By W. L. LORIMER, Oxford University Press. 3s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE CULT OF THE CAT. By PATRICIA DALE-GREEN. London, William Heinemann. Pp. 189; 39 plates. Price 30s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

DIE SAGEN DER MONATHLICHEN UNTERREDUNGEN OTTO VON GRABENS ZUM STEIN. Edited by W. E. PEUCKERT. Corpus Fabulorum I. Berlin, W. de Gruyter &; Co., 1961. Pp. xix, 327. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

GÖTTER UND GÖTTERTIERE DER MAYA. By WOLFGANG CORDAN. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1963. Pp. 75; 50 text figs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE REGIONAL VOCABULARY OF TEXAS. By E. Bagby Atwood. University of Texas Press, 1962. Pp. 273, xiii. $5.75. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

LAPP LIFE AND CUSTOMS. By ØRNULF VORREN and ERNST MANKER, (translated by Kathleen McFarlane). London, 1962. Pp. 183.38s. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

FOLK TALES FROM RAJASTHAN. Retold by L. N. BIRLA. Illustrated by PHANI BHUSHAN. London, Asia Publishing House, 1964. Pp. 60. 20s. Reviewed by L. P. Elwell-Sutton.

DRAMA AND IMAGERY IN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL CHURCHES. By M. D. ANDERSON. C.U.P., 1963. Pp. 248. 45s. Reviewed by Alex Helm.

BRETON FOLK DANCES. By JEAN-MICHAEL GUILCHER. Paris, School of Higher Studies, Sorbonne. Reviewed by Douglas Kennedy.

THE LAST DAYS OF THE SIOUX NATION. By ROBERT M. UTLEY. Yale University Press, 1961. Pp. 314; 24 plates. 56s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

STUDIES IN JAPANESE FOLKLORE. By RICHARD M. DORSON. Indiana University Press, 1963. Pp. 247. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF THE COAST OF TANGANYIKA. By G. S. P. FREEMAN-GRENVILLE. Oxford University Press. Pp. 238; maps, plates. 50s. Reviewed by W. H. Whiteley.

DIE VOLKSERZÄHLUNG. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1963. Pp. 448; 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. ix. Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1963. Pp. 468; Pls. 8, xvi; 9 text figs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BRÜDER GRIMM GEDENKEN 1963. Gedenkschrift zur hundertsten Wiederkehr des Todestages von Jacob Grimm. Marburg, N. G. Elwert Verlag, 1963. Pp. ix, 610; 16 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Compiled and edited by IRWIN SILBER, Piano and Guitar Accompaniment by Garry Silverman. Columbia University Press, 1960; Oxford University Press, 1961. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

Stray Notes on Japanese Folklore.

A WORLD REMEMBERED: TALES AND LORE OF THE POLISH LAND. Collected and compiled by MARION MOORE COLEMAN. Cherry Hill Books, 1965. Price 5 dollars. Reviewed by Violet Mason.

ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING. By TUN LI-CH'EN. Trans lated and Annotated by DERK BODDE. Hong Kong University Press; Oxford University Press. Pp. 147. 52s. 6d. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

FOLKLORE BALEAR. Bv ANDRÉS FERRER GINARD. Ed. Cort. 1965. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF REGIONAL EUROPEAN ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. VOL. ii: Folk Literature (Germanic). By LAURITS BØDKER. Published by CIAP with the support of UNESCO. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1965. Pp. 365. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

STRAW PATH. Data on the Spread and the Origin of the Mediterranean Name Type of Via Lactea. By LÁSZLÓ MÁNDOKI. Acta Ethno graphica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Tomus XIV, Fasciculi 1–2. Budapest, 1965. Pp. 21. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MYTH. A Symposium. Edited by THOMAS A. SEBECK. Indiana University Press, 1965. Pp. 180. $2–45 (7s 6d). Reviewed by E. O. James.

SOMERSET FOLKLORE, By R. L. TONGUE, edited by K. M. BRIGGS. County Folklore, Vol. VIII. The Folk-lore Society, 1965. Pp. 243. 40s. Reviewed by Faith Sharp.

HEALTH AND HEALING IN RURAL GREECE. By RICHARD AND EVA BLUM, Stanford University Press. 30s. Reviewed by Eric J. Trimmer.

SAGEN UND HIRE DEUTUNG. By MAX LÜTHI, LUTZ RÖHRICH and GEORG FOHRER. Introduction by W. E. Peuckert. Evangelisches Forum. Heft 5. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht, 1965. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS MÄRCHEN. SEIN ORT IN DER GEISTIGEN ENTWICKXUNG, By HEDWIG VON BEIT. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1965. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

EARLY IRISH POETRY. Edited by JAMES CARNEY. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1965. Pp. 99. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE FIRST BOOK OF IRISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS. With introduction by EOIN NEESON. Cork, The Mercier Press, no year. Pp. 126. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONAL COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN. By J. GERAINT JENKINS. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 45s. Reviewed by D. N. Kennedy.

THE HOGARTH BOOK OF SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES. Collected and edited by NORAH AND WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. London. Hogarth Press, 1964. 15s. Reviewed by W. Bonser.

ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHAEOLOGY. An Introduction to Pleistocene Geography. By KARL W. BUTZER. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 524. 84s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

PATTERNS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. By S. FORD and FRANK A. BEACH. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965. Pp. 330. 30s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

The Mannhardtian Theories about the Last Sheaf and the Fertility Demons from a Modern Critical Point of View

ANIMAL LEGENDS. Retold and pictured by K. NIXON. F. Warne. 15s. Reviewed by E. F. Coote Lake.

RELIGION IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY. By ROBERT T. PARSONS. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1964.Pp. 245. Reviewed by E. O. James

THE PROSE EDDA OF SNORRI STURLUSON: TALES FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY. Selected and Translated by JEAN I. YOUNG. Introduction by Sigurður Nordal. University of California Press and Cambridge University Press, 1966. 28s.; paperback 12s. 6d. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE MAGICAL ARTS A SHORT HISTORY. By C. A. BURLAND. Arthur Barker Ltd. 42. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MAGIC PEOPLE. By BARBARA SOFTLY. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards, Published by Oliver and Boyd (‘The Open Gate Library’ No. 8). 106. 6d. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

AYERS ROCK, ITS PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS, AND THEIR ART. By CHARLES P. MOUNTFORD. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1965. 65s. Pp. xiv, 208; 5 coloured plates, 106 in black and white, 43 figures. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

THE ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE CHUMASH. By CAMPBELL GRANT. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1965. 80s. Pp. xviii, 163. Frontispiece and 31 colour plates, 120 figures. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

THE TRADITIONAL AND NATIONAL MUSIC OF SCOTLAND. By FRANCIS COLLINSON. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. Pp. xvii + 294. Price 63s. Reviewed by Douglas Kennedy.

JAHRBUCH FüR OSTDEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE. Edited by A. PERLICK. Vol. ix. Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1965. Pp. 238; 16 photographs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OESTERREICHISCHER VOLKSKUNDEATLAS. Edited by RICHARD WOLFRAM Vienna, 1965. Commentary, pp. 278; 2 text ills.; maps 14–32. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE NUNAMIUT ESKIMOS: HUNTERS OF CARIBOU. By NICHOLAS J. GUBSER, Yale University Press, 1965. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

ESP: BEYOND TIME AND DISTANCE. By T. C. LETHBRIDGE, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Pp. x, 148. Illustrated by the Author. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SIXTY YEARS A FENMAN. By ARTHUR R. RANDELL. Edited by ENID PORTER. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. ix, 126; illustrated. 13 Plates. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

HEBREW AMULETS, THEIR DECIPHERMENT AND INTERPRETATION. By THEODORE SCHRIRE. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. xii, 180.50s. Reviewed by A. A. Barb.

NEDERLANDSE INCANTATIELITERATUUR. Een gecommentarieerd compendium van Nederlandse bezweringsformules. Door Dr JOZEF VAN HAVER. Gent, Kon. Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letter-kunde (Reeks VI, Nr. 94), 1964. Pp. 506. Reviewed by A. A. Barb.

AMULETT UND TALISMAN, Erscheinungsform und Geschichte. By L. HANSMANN AND L. KRISS-RETTENBECK. Munich, G. D. W. Callwey, 1966. Pp. 270, 844 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKTALES OF GERMANY. Edited by K. RANKE. Translated by L. BAUMANN. Folktales of the World. General Editor: R. M. Dorson. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. xxxiii, 257. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKTALES: The Peoples' Meeting-Place. Unpublished Sources. Vol. ii. Denmark-Germany. Edited by L. BØDKER and G. HÜLLEN. Schloss Bentlage (Gesellschaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europäischen Völker) Jahresgabe 1966. Pp. 199. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TALES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Selected and Annotated by STITH THOMPSON. Indiana University Press. Bloomington and London. Reprint 1966. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

BEITRÄGE ZUR LEHRE AND FORSCHUNG DER LEIBESERZIEHUNG: Band 13: Der Ursprung der olympischen Spiele, by Ludwig Drees; Band 14: Über die menschliche Bewegung als Einheit von Natur und Geist. by Frederik J. J. Buytendijk, Paul Christian, and Herbert Plügge. Schorndorf bei Stuttgart, Karl Hofmann. 1963. Pp. 144 and 80. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

BELMONTE DE LOS CABALLEROS, a Sociological Study of a Spanish Town. By CARMELO LISON-TOLOSANA. Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1966. 75s. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.     

Two Pagan Studies: Pater's ‘Denys L'Auxerrois’ and ‘Apollo in Picardy’

AMAPA STORYTELLERS. By STANLEY L. ROBE. — THE KLABAUTERMANN OF THE NORTHERN SEAS. An Analysis of the protective Spirit of Ships and Sailors in the Context of popular Belief, Christian Legend and Indo-European Mythology. By R. J. Buss, Folklore Studies, Vols. 24 and 25. University of California Press, Berkeley. 1972, 1973. Pp. xiv, 108, 1 plate; pp. x, 138. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKLORE AND THE SEA. By HORACE BECK. Published for the Marine Historical Association, Incorporated, by Western University Press, Middletown, Connecticut, 1973. Pp. 463, 21 plates. Reviewed by J. D. A. WIDDOWSON.

BALTIC LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS. Edited by A. ZIEDONIS, J. PUHVEL, R. SILBAJORIS and M. VALGEMÄE. Publications of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, 4. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 1973. Pp. 252. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

HAMLET'S MILL. By GIORGIO DE SANTILLANA and HERTHA VON DECHEND. Gambit Inc., Boston, 1969. Pp. 506, 1 plate and 40 illustrations and diagrams. $10.00. Reviewed by H. R. ELLIS DAVIDSON.

BÄUERLICHE DENKWEISE IN WIRTSCHAFT UND HAUSHALT. Eine ethnographische Untersuchung über das ungarische Dorf Atány. By E. FÉL and T. HOFER. Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co, Göttingen, 1972. Pp. xviii, 551. Plates 139, 63 text ill. and II statistical tabulations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE JENSEITSBRÜCKE IM MITTELALTER. By PETER DINZELBACHER. Disserationen der Universität Wien vol. 104. Verband der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften Österreichs, Vienna, 1973. Pp. 258. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE GABEN DER BRAUT BEI DEN FINNEN UND ESTEN. Vol. I–II. By MAIJA-LIISA HEIKINMÄKI. Kansatieteellinen Arkisto, Nr. 21, 22. Helsinki, 1970, 1971. Pp. 268, 163. Reviewed by BÉLA GUNDA.     

Pilgrimages to the Holy Well and Ruined Church of St. Conal on the Island Inishkeel,Gweebarra Bay,Co. Donegal

AN UN-ROMANTIC VIEW OF THE MUMMERS' PLAY. By MARGARET DEAN-SMITH. From Theatre Research VIII, 2. (1966). Reviewed by Violet Alford.

THE ICELANDIC FAMILY SAGA. By THEODORE M. ANDERSSON. Harvard University Press, 1967. Pp. x + 315. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE PLACE-NAMES OF WESTMORLAND. By A. H. SMITH, 2 vols., Cambridge University Press, 1967. English Place-Name Society, vols.xlii-iii. Reviewed by Wilfred Bonser.

VOLKSGLAUBE UND VOLKSBRAUCH. Gestalten. Gebilde. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Gebärden Berlin. Erich Schmidt Verlag. 1966. Pp. 420. 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

8AGE. By LUTZ RÖHRICH. Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1966. Pp. 78. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE TREE OF LIFE. An archaeological Study. By E. O. JAMES. Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen), xi. Leiden, E. Brill, 1966. Pp.xviii, 293. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

HAUSLANDSCHAFTEN UND KULTURBEWEGUNGEN IM ÖSTLICHEN MITTELEUROPA. By BRUNO SCHIER. 2nd enlarged edition. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co, 1966. Pp. xx, 451;38 text ills., 46 plates, II maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BEFORE OLYMPOS. A Study of the Aniconic Origins of Poseidon, Hermes and Eros. By ELMER G. SUHR. Illustrated. New York, Helios Books, Pp. 175. $5.05. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

The Little Lady

CREATION AND COSMOLOGY: A HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY. by E. O. JAMES, (Supplement to Numen), Brill, Leiden, 1969. Reviewed by S. G. F. Brandon

DE ZALMOXIS A GENGIS-KHAN. Études comparative sur les religions et le folklore de la Dacie et de l'Europe orientale. By MIRCEA ELIADE. Payot Paris, 1970. Pp. 252. 29.70 Francs. Reviewed by E. O. James.

MYTH. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures. By G. S. KIRK. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 299. £3.25 net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

POSITIVELY BLACK. By ROGER D. ABRAHAMS. Prentice Hall International Inc., New Jersey and London. 30s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE PAGAN CELTS. By ANNE ROSS. London (B. T. Batsford Ltd) 1970. Pp. 224. 100 photographs and drawings by R. W. Feachem. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

HANS I VADESTØVLERNE. By JETTE LINDBO LEVY. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1968. Pp. 151 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

TANGU TRADITIONS. A Study of the Way of Life Mythology, and Developing Experience of a New Guinea People. By KENELM BURRIDGE. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1969. Pp. xxiii + 513. 7 plates of illustrations. 6 figures. 2 maps. 4 tables. £5. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

WITCHCRAFT. Ed. BARBARA ROSEN. The Stratford on Avon Library, Vol. 6. Edward Arnold Ltd 1969. Pp. 407+xii. 21 line blocks. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

THE SONG TRADITION OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA. By PETER A. MUNCH. India University, 1970. Pp. 176. Musical illustrations. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

TRISTAN AND ISEULT IN CORNWALL. By E. M. R. DITMAS. Published by Roberts, Brockworth, Gloucester. Reviewed by B. C. Spooner.

THE CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITIONS, &; LEGENDS OF THE COUNTRY OF SOMERSET. By C. H. POOLE. Toucan Press, 1970. Pp. 147. 428. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MEMOIRS OF A VICTORIAN CABINET MAKER. JAMES HOPKINSON. Edited by Jocelyne Baty Goodman. Routledge &; Kegan Pau1, £1.10.0. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.     

Collectanea

DANSK FOLKE DIGTNING. Edited by ERIK DAL. Copenhagen, Gyldendal, 1967. Pp. 363. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

PEDER LÅLE OG COD. BASIL. A. xi. 67. By IVER KJAER. (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier, nr. 5.) Copenhagen, 1964. Pp. 18 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

DET STORE SKIB OG DEN STORE GARD. By GUSTAV HENNINGSEM, (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier nr. 6.) Copenhagen 1964. Pp. 17 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

AHASVERUS IN DANEMARK. By ERIK DAL. (Nordisk Institut for Folkedigtning, Studier nr. 7.) Copenhagen, 1964. Pp. 26. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

TRIBES AND FORMS IN AFRICAN ART. By WILLIAM FAGG. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 24, plates 122, double spread; End Maps. 6 gns. net. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

RESEARCHES INTO THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF FOLK BALLAD. By LAJOS VARGYAS. Budapest, Academy of Sciences, 1967. Pp. 303. Reviewed by Margaret Dean-Smith.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. 42s. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

GARNERS GAY, Folk Song Today, No. 2; English Folk Songs collected by FRED HAMER. London, E.F.D.S. Publications, 1967. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Margaret Dean-Smith.

SCRIPTA INSTITUTI DONNERIANI ABOENSIS, I: Studies in Shamanism, edited by Carl-Martin Edsman. II: Fatalistic Beliefs in Religion, Folklore and Literature, edited by Helmer Ringgren. Stockholm, 1967. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

PAGAN SCANDINAVIA. By H. R. ELLIS DAVIDSON. Thames and Hudson, 1967. Pp. 214. 42s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WITCHCRAFT IN IRELAND. By PATRICK E. BYRNE. The Mercier Press. 5s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF THE FLATHEAD INDIANS. By ALAN P. MERRIAM. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1967. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology (edited by SOL TAX), no. 45. Pp. xvi + 403. Reviewed by Peter Crossley-Holland.

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE VIKING AGE. By JACQUELINE SIMPSON. London B. T. Batsford Ltd., and New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Pp. 208; 15 plates. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

DEUTSCHE VOLKSMÄRCHEN AUS RUSSLAND UND RUMÄNIEN. By A. CAMMANN. Monographien der Wittheit zu Bremen 6. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co. 1967. Pp. 456; Photos 35; Maps 3. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE WEIHNACHTSSCHÜTZEN DES BERCHTESGADENER LANDES UND IHR BRAUCHTUM. By RUDOLF KRISS. Berchtesgaden, Verlag Berchtesgadener Anzeiger, 1967. Pp. 196; 40 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DANISH BALLADS AND FOLK SONGS. Edited by ERIK DAL. Translated by HENRY MEYER. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1967. Pp. 303, 49, 50 kr. Reviewed by Aage Jørgensen.

THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS. By Roy CHRISTIAN. Country Life. 35s. Reviewed by Mary Hudleston.

THE GIANT OF CERNE ABBAS. By H. S. E. DEWAR. West Country Folklore, No. 1 (General Editor: Theo Brown). Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, the Toucan Press. Pp. 10, 1 plate. Price: 2s. 6d. Reviewed by Hilda R. Ellis Davidson.

FABELDYR OG SAGNFOLK. By BENGT HOLBEK and JØRN PIØ. Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen, 1967. 512; Illus. 200. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

Minutes of Meetings.

EUROPEAN FOLKLORE IN AMERICA. By REIDAR TH. CHRISTIANSEN Universitetsforlaget. Oslo, Scandinavian University Books, 1962. Reviewed by Amabel Williams-Ellis.

RAIN IN INDIAN LIFE AND LORE. Edited by SANKAR SEN GUPTA. Foreworded (sic) by Nirmal Kumar Bose. Calcutta, Indian Publications, 1963. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

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

ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY. Selections edited by SOL TAX from the ‘encyclopedic inventory’ prepared under the Chairmanship of A. L. KROEBER. Phoenix Books, 1963. 21s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

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.