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.     

Folk-Tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales

THE WITCH-CULT IN WESTERN EUROPE. A STUDY IN ANTHROPOLOGY. MARGARET ALICE MURRAY. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. 1921. Pp. 303. Price 16s. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

THE SEMA NAGAS. By J. H. HUTTON, C.I. E., M.A., I.C.S. Published by direction of the Assam Administration. London : Macmillan &; Co. 1921. Price 40s. net. Reviewed by A. C. Haddon.

ANCIENT TALES FROM MANY LANDS : A COLLECTION OF FOLK STORIES. By R. M. FLEMING. With an Introduction by H. J. FLEURE, D.Sc. London: Benn Bros. 1922. Price 10s. 6d. Reviewed by A. Hingston Quiggin.

ASPECTS OF ANCIENT INDIAN POLITY. By NARENDRA NATH LAW, M.A., B.L. ; with a Foreword by ARTHUR BERRIEDALE KEITH, D.C.L., D.Litt. Oxford University Press. London: Milford. Reviewed by H. A. Rose.     

The Disposal of the Dead in Australia

PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. By T. M. WILLIAMS. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1922. $5.00 net. Reviewed by R. R Marett.

DANMARKS TRYLLEFORMLER. Ved F. OHRT. Vol. I. Indlsdning og Text. Copenhagen &; Christiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1917. Pp. 516. Reviewed by W.A. Craigie.

JOHANNES PAULI, SCHIMPF UND ERNST, herausgegeben von JOHANNES BOLTE. Erster Teil. Berlin: Herbert Stubenrauch Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1924. Pp. 30 + 418. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

THE HISTORY OF THE YORUBAS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE. By REV. SAMUEL JOHNSON, Ed. by Dr. O. JOHNSON. George Routledge &; Sons, 1921. 8vo. Pp. 684. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

SPECIMENS OF BANTU FOLK-LORE FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA. By J. TORREND, S.J. Pp. 187. ios. 6d. net. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

ARAB MEDICINE AND SURGERY : A STUDY OF THE HEALING ART IN ALGERIA. By M. W. HILTON-SIMPSON, B.Sc. Ill. Oxford Univ. Press, 1922. Pp. 96. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.

THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN : A STUDY IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION. By W. J. PERRY, M.A. Methuen &; Co. 1923, 16 maps. Pp. xvi, 551. 18s. net. Reviewed by E. N. Fallaize.

THE ORIGIN OF MAGIC AND RELIGION. By W. J. PERRY, M.A. Methuen &; Co., 1923. Pp. viii, 212. 6s. net. Reviewed by E. N. Fallaize.

STUDIES IN RELIGION, FOLK-LORE, AND CUSTOM IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. By IVOR H. N. EVANS, M.A. Cambridge University Press, 1923. Pp. vii + 296. 20s. n. Reviewed by H. A. Rose.     

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.     

Manx Folk-Lore and Superstitions

Mythes, Cultes et Religion, par A. Lang, traduit par Léon Marillier. Bibliothèque de Philosophic contemporaine, Paris: F. Alcan. 1896. By A. C. H.

Bahama Songs and Stories. A contribution to Folklore. By Charles L. Edwards, Ph. D., Professor of Biology in the University of Cincinnati. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin &; Co., 1895.

Studies in Ancient History : The Second Series, comprising an Inquiry into the Origin of Exogamy. By the late John Ferguson M'Lennan. Edited by his Widow and Arthur Platt. London : Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1896.

Henry Callaway, M. D., D. D., First Bishop of Kaffraria. His Life-History, and Work. A Memoir by Marian S. Benham. Edited by the Rev. Canon Benham. London: Macmillan &; Co., Limited. 1896.

Horde und Familie in ihrer urgeschichtlichen Entwickelung. Eine neue Theorie auf statistischer Grundlage von Dr. Joh. Richard Mucke. Stuttgart, Enke: 1895, 8vo.     

Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars.—Part II

The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. Translated from the Pali by various hands under the Editorship of Professor E. B. Cowell. Vol. II. translated by W. H. D. Rouse, M.A., 1895. Vol. III. translated by H. T. Francis, M.A., and R. A. Neil, M.A., 1897. Cambridge: University Press. By Joseph Jacobs.

The Cults of the Greek States. By L. R. Farnell. In Three Volumes. Clarendon Press. Vols. I. and II. 1896.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by W. G. Aston, C.M.G. Vol. II. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, &; Co., Limited. 1896.

The Book of Wonder Voyages. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by John D. Batten. London: D. Nutt, 1896.

The North-Western Provinces of India, their History, Ethnology, and Administration. By W. Crooke. London : Methuen &; Co., 1897.

The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. By W. Crooke, B.A. 2 vols. New Edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable &; Co., 1896.

Greek Folk-Poesy. Annotated Translations from the whole Cycle of Romaic Folk-Verse and Folk-Prose. By Lucy M. J. Garnett. Edited, with Essays on the Science of Folklore, Greek Folkspeech, and the Survival of Paganism, by J. S. Stuart-Glennie, M.A. 2 vols. London : David Nutt, 1896.     

Legends of the Caucasus

Irish Texts Society, Vol. X.— The Story of the Crop-Eared Dog. The Story of Eagle-Boy. Two Irish Arthurian Romances. Edited and Translated By R. A. Stewart MacAlister. Nutt, 1908. 8vo., pp. ix + 207. By Jessie Weston.

Royal Irish Academy Todd Lecture Series, Vol. xv. The Instructions of King Cormac Mac Airt. K. Meyer. Dublin, 1909. 8vo, pp. xii+ 64. By Alfred Nutt.

Voluspa: done into English out of the Icelandic of the Elder Edda. By Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Nutt, 1909. 8vo, pp. 29. By Albany F. Major.

The Zonal-Belt Hypothesis. A New Explanation of the Cause of the Ice Ages. By Joseph T. Wheeler. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1908. 8vo, pp. 401. By M. Gaster.

The Primary Causes of Social Inequality. By Gunnar Landtman, Ph.D. Helsingfors, Finland, 1909. 8vo, pp. 159. By W. Crooke.

Maltesische Volkslieder im Urtext mit Deutscher Übersetzung. Von B. Ilg und H. Stumme. Leipzig, 1909. Pp. 77. By Hans H. Spoer.

Hausa Stories and Riddles, with Notes on the Language etc., and a concise Hausa dictionary. By Hermann G. Harris, B.A. Weston-super-Mare: Mendip Press, 1908. 8vo, pp. xv + iii + 33. By G. Merrick.

The People of the Polar North. A Record by Knud Rasmussen. Compiled from the Danish originals and edited by G. Herring. Kegan Paul, 1908. Royal 8vo, pp. xvii+ 358. Map and 150 ill. By A. R. Wright.

Semitic Magic. Its Origins and Development. By R. Campbell thompson, M.A. Luzac &; Co., 1908. 8vo, pp. lxviii + 386. By M. Gaster.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society. VII, Part I.—Article on Japanese Household Magic. By W. L. Hildburgh, M.A., Ph.D. Kegan Paul, 1908. By A. C. Haddon.     

Customs and Ceremonies Observed tt Betrothal,or "Mangavah," and at a Wedding,or "Viah" (also called "Shadhee"), by Moderately Well-Off Mohammedans of the Farmer Class,in and about the District near Ghazi,in the Punjab

ISLANDS FAR AWAY. By AGNES GARDNER KING. With an Introduction by SIR EVERARD IM THURN, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B. Sifton, Praed &; Co. London, 1920. 18s. net. Reviewed by C. Jenkinson.

FOLKLORE IN BENGAL. Reviewed by W. CROOKE.

THE NORTHERN D'ENTRECASTEAUX. By D. JENNESS, M.A., and the late REV. A. BALLANTYNE. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1920. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE ELDER EDDA AND ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN DRAMA. By BERTHA S. PHILLPOTTS, O.B.E., Litt.D. Cambridge University Press. 1920. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.     

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.     

Books received

The Lake‐Dwellings of Europe : being the Rhind Lectures in Arch?ology for 1888. By Robert Munro, M.A., M.D. Cassell and Co., 1890. Pp. xl. and 600.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs. By Mrs. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird). Two volumes. London : John Murray, 1891. Price 24s.

My Mission to Abyssinia. By Gerald H. Portal, C.B., H.B.M. Agent and Consul‐General at Zanzibar. With Map and Illustrations. London : Edward Arnold, 1892. Pp. 261.

A Transatlantic Holiday; or, Notes of a Visit to the Eastern States of America. By T. Fitzpatrick, M.A. London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1891. Pp. viii + 210. Price 10s. 6d.

A Winter Cruise in Summer Seas. By Charles C. Atchison. London : Sampson Low and Co., 1891. Pp. 369. Price 16s.

Aus dem Kaukasus. Von C. Hahn. Leipzig : Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1892. Pp. 299. Price M. 6.

The New Era in Russia. By Charles A. de Arnaud. London : Gay and Bird. N.D. Pp. 166. Price 2s. 6d.

The Australian at Home. By Edward Kinglake. London : The Leadenhall Press. Pp. 159.

Illahun, Kahun, and Gurob, 1889–90. By W. M. Flinders‐Petrie, with Chapters by Professor Sayce, D.D., Professor Mahafft, Canon Hicks, F. Ll. Griffith, B.A., and F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. London : David Nutt, 1891. Pp. 59, and Plates xxxiii.

Africa Rediviva, or the Occupation of Africa by Christian Missionaries of Europe and America. By Robert Needham Cust, LL.D. London : Elliot Stock, Pp. 118.

The Negro Question; or, Hints for the Physical Improvement of the Negro Race, with special reference to West Africa. By Joseph Benner Maxwell, M.A., B.C.L. (of Merton College, Oxford). London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Pp.188.

Oliver &; Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository for the year 1892. Edinburgh : Oliver &; Boyd. Pp. 1195. Price 6s. 6d.

An Almanack for the year of Our Lord 1892. By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A. London. Pp. 728.

Hazell's Annual for 1892 : A Cyclop?dic Record of Men and Topics of the Day. London : Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld., 1892. Pp. 726. Price 3s. 6d.

Barker's Facts and Figures for the Year 1892. Edited by Thomas P. Whittaker. London and New York : Frederick Warne and Co. Pp. 384. Price 1s.

North Wales. Part II. By M. J. Baddeley, B.A. and C. S. Ward, M.A. Third Edition, revised. “Thorough Guide Series.” London : Dulau and Co., 1891. Pp. xvi+147. Price 2s. 6d.

Lochnagar. By Alex. Inkson M'Connochie. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie &; Son. 1891. Price 1s.

Handbook to the Geology of Derbyshire. By Rev. J. Mageno Mello, M.A., F.G.S. 2d Edition. London : Bemrose and Sons, 1891. Pp. 89.     

Some Notes from North-Western India

The Aborigines of Tasmania. By H. Ling Roth. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Halifax: F. King &; Sons. 1899. 21s. nett. By A. C. Haddon.

Archæological Report, 1898: being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario. Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. Toronto: Warwick Brothers &; Rutter, 1898. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Archæological Report, 1899: being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario. Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. Toronto: Warwick Brothers &; Rutter, 1900. By. Sidney Hartland.

The Saga of King Sverri of Norway. Translated by J. Sephton, M.A. London: D. Nutt. 1899. (Northern Library, Vol. IV.). By W. A. Craigie.

Studies on Biblical Subjects, No. II. Jacob at Bethel : The Vision—The Stone—The Anointing. By A. Smythe Palmer, D.D. London: David Nutt. 1899. By A. H. Sayce.

The Homeric Hymns. A New Prose Translation, and Essays, Literary and Mythological. By Andrew Lang. With illustrations. George Allen.

Dr. M. Rosenfeld : Der Midrasch Deuteronomium Rabba, Par. IX. und XI. 2-10, ueber den Tod Moses. Berlin, 1899. By M. Gaster.

Die Krankheit im Volksglauben des Simmenthals. Ein Beitrag zur Ethnogrâphie des Berner Oberlandes. Von Dr. Hans Zahler. Bern: Hallersche Buchdruckerei. 1898. (Arbeiten aus dem Geographischem Institut der Universität Bern. Heft IV.)

Rügensche Skizzen. Herausgegeben von Dr. A. Haas. Greifswald, Julius Abel, 1898. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Naturgeschichtliche Volksmaerchen aus nah und fern. Gesammelt von Oskar Daenhardt. Leipzig, 1898.By Mabel Peacock.

Literatura Kulturne-historická a ethnografická. 1897-8. I. By Cenke Zibrt. (Reprinted from the “Cesky Lid.”)

Merry Suffolk, Master Archie, and other Tales : a Book of Folklore. By Lois A. Fison. With which is included “Tom Tit Tot” and Sequel, by Mrs. Walter Thomas. London: Jarrold &; Sons. 1899. By E. Sidney Hartland.

American Indians. By Frederick Starr. Boston: D. C Heath &; Co. 1899. By E. Sidney Hartland.

The Races of Man : an Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography. By J. Deniker, Sc D. (Paris). London : Walter Scott, Limited. 1900. By. Sidney Hartland.     

Some Personal Experiences

HOMER AND MYCENAE. By M. P. NILSSON. Pp. xii x 283. 52 ill., 2 maps. London : Methuen, 1933. 21s. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

RAGGLE-TAGGLE. By WALTER STARKIE. Adventures with a Fiddle in Hungary and Roumania. London: John Murray, 1933. 8vo. Pp. xvi. + 399. 8½″ x 5½″ 10s. 6d. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

OSTTUERKISCHE TEXTE. By GUNNAR JARRING. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

NIKOLAUSKULT UND NIKOLAUSBRAUCH IM ABENDLANDE : Eine kultgeographisch-volkskundliche Untersuchung. By KARL MEISEN. Düsseldorf: L. Schwann, 1931. 11½″ x 9″. Pp. xx.+ 558. 217 text illustrations and 2 maps. 36 reichsmarks. Reviewed by W. L. H.

THE FESTIVAL OF ADONIS, BEING THE XVTH IDYLL OF THEOCRITUS ; edited with a revised Greek text, translation and brief notes by E. H. BLAKENEY, M.A.; to which is added a rendering in English Verse of the Lament for Adonis attributed to Bion. London: Eric Partridge Limited, at the Scholartis Press. 1933. Pp. 37; 240 copies printed. Price 7s. 6d. Reviewed by R. M. Dawkins.

FOLKMINNEN OCH FOLKTANKEN. Band XX, häfte 1. 1933. 9¾″ x 6½″. Göteborg. Reviewed by A. K. Cyriax.

THE FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR IN VÄRMLAND (MID-WEST SWEDEN) ABOUT A.D. 1700. Excerpts from ERLAND HOFSTEN'S MS., with notes by HILDING CALANDER. Reviewed by A. K. Cyriax.

LES CINQUANTE JUGEMENTS DE SALOMON. By P. SAINTYVES. Paris, F. Loviton et Cie. 1933. 117 pp. 7″ x 4½″. Price? Reviewed by M. Gaster.

JOHN HENRY. A Folk-Lore Study. By Louis W. CHAPPELL. Jena, Frommannsche Verlag, Walter Biedermann, 1933. Pp. 144. R.M. 6. Reviewed by H. C. L.

THE PROGRESS or MAN : a short Survey of his Evolution, his Customs and his Works. By A. M. HOCART. London : Mcthucn &; Co., Ltd., 1933. 7½″ x 5″, pp. xvi + 316. 7s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Warren R. Dawson.

THE FEAR OF THE DEAD IN PRIMITIVE RELIGION. Lectures delivered on the William Wyse Foundation at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1932–1933. By Sir JAMES GEORGE FRAZER, O.M., F.R.S., F.B.A. 8½″ x 5½″ pp. viii + 204. London : Macmillan &; Co., Ltd. 10s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Warren R. Dawson.     

The problem of runrig

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Continental Drift. By D. H. and M. P. Tarling. 8 1/2 x 6. 112 pp., 43 illustrations. Bibliography. G. Bell, London. £1–50.

Introduction to Geomorphology. By A. F. Pitty. xvi + 526 pp. Numerous illustrations, Bibliography. Index. Methuen, London, 1971. £5.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

The Logic of Unity. By Geoffrey Parker. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, xviii + 178 pp., 36 maps and diagrams. Longmans Geography Paperbacks. Second impression, 1970. £1.15.

Seaports and Seaport Terminals. By James Bird. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 240 pp., 22 maps, diagrams. Hutchison &; Co., London, 1971. 90p (paper).

Seaports and Development in Tropical Africa. Edited by B. S. Hoyle and D. Hilling. 8 3/4 x 6, xvi+271 pp. Macmillan, London. £4.

ISLANDS SERIES. Each volume approximately 13.5 x 21.7 cms., 250 pp., plates and maps, bibliographies. David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970/71. £2.50.

1. Orkney. By Patrick Bailey

2. Arran. By Robert McLellan

3. The Isle of Mull, By P. A. Macnab

4. St. Kilda and Other Hebridean Outliers. By Francis Thompson

The Industrial Archaeology of Galloway. By Ian Donnachie. 8 1/2 x 6. Pp. 271, 32 plates, 39 illustrations. David &; Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971. £3–50.