Notes from County Correspondents.

In 1503, the canons of Ripon Minster initiated a building campaign to replace the church’s nave. Through a careful study of the documentary evidence, including sources that have not previously been considered, this article investigates how Ripon’s clergy organised and funded the project. It offers a more precise chronology of the works and an assessment of their impact on the use of the church by its parishioners. The article also considers the clergy’s motives for rebuilding, proving that the renovation was not a reaction to the old nave’s deterioration so much as an initiative to create a grander architectural setting for processions and more space for burial within the church.     

Notes and Queries on Totemism.

The Tribal System in Wales, being part of an Inquiry into the Structure and Methods of Tribal Society. By Frederic Seebohm, L. L. D., F. S. A. London: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1895 By Laurence Gomme.

Egyptian Tales Translated from the Papyri. Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty. Edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Hon. D. C. L., LL. D. London: Methuen &; Co., 1895

Kilns, Mills, Millers, Meal, and Bread. By the Rev. Walter Gregor, M. A., LL. D. London: David Nutt, 1894.

Legends of Florence Collected from the People, and retold by C. G. Leland. First Series. D. Nutt, 1895. By W. H. D. R.     

Notes on Treasure Trove.1

Abstract

The rediscovery of an unpublished Survey of Rievaulx Abbey made for the Earl of Rutland, the first lay owner after the Suppression, and a re-evaluation of three other contemporary documents has enabled the writer to reconstruct in general terms the precinct of a major Cistercian abbey at its final stage of development. In particular, it has been possible to identify many of the buildings of the Outer Court which no longer survive and to establish the general layout of the whole precinct, thus placing the surviving ruins in context. From the evidence of the four documents studied, it would seem that a particularly Cistercian form of precinct development can be identified for the first time.     

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.     

Notes on the Stamford Bull-Running.

Publii Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri Sex. Edit with a trans. and commentary by Sir James George Frazer. 5 vols. Macmillan &; Co., 1929. 8¾" x 5?". Pp.xxxi + 357; iii + 512; iii +421; iii + 353; xiii + 212 (index) + 88 (ill.) + plans. £6 6s.

Myths of the Origin of Fire. By Sir James George Frazer. Macmillan &; CO., 1930. 8¾" x 5?". Pp. 238. 12s. 6d.

Man, God and Immortality. Thoughts on Human Progress. By Sir James George Frazer. Macmillan &; Co., 1927. 8¾" x 5?". Pp. xvi. + 437. 15s.     

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.