BOOK REVIEWS

THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA By A. W. HOWITT, D.Sc Macmillan &; Co. 1904. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

WEST AFRICAN BELIEFS. Reviewed by A. Lang.

ZWEI JAHRE UNTER DEN KANNIBALEN DER SALOMO-INSELN : Reiseerlebnisse und Schilderunge von Land und Leuten. By CARL RIBBE. 352 pp. 86 figures in the text. 14 plates. 10 diagrams and 3 maps. Dresden-Blasewitz, Elbgau-Buchdruckerei, H. Beyer, 1903. Reviewed by A. C. Haddon.

TRADITIONS OF THE SKIDI PAWNEE. BY GEORGE A. DORSEY (Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, vol. viii.). Boston, 1904, pp. xxvi, 366, with 15 Plates. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.

A PHONETICAL STUDY OF THE ESKIMO LANGUAGE, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS MADE ON A JOURNEY IN NORTH GREENLAND, 1900–1901. By WILLIAM THALBITZER. Reprint from Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. xxxi. Copenhagen, 1904. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

SOCIOLOGICAL PAPERS: 1904. With an INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS by JAMES BRYCE. Published for the Sociological Society. Macmillan. 1905. Reviewed by Charlotte S. Burne.

STUDIES IN ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE. By H. M. CHADWICK. Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by F. M. Stenton.

JOURNAL OF THE FOLK-SONG SOCIETY, Vol. I., Pt. 5. Spottiswoode &; Co., 1904. Reviewed by L. M. Eyre.     

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ABORIGINAL SIBERIA : A STUDY IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. By M. A. CZAPLICKA. With a Preface by R. R. MARETT. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. By SIR HERBERT RISLEY, K.C.I.E., C.S.I. Pp. xxxii + 472. Map, 35 plates. Second Edition. Edited by W. CROOKE, B.A. Thacker &; Co., London, 1915. Reviewed by M. Longworth Dames.

RECENT WORK ON THE FOLKLORE OF INDIA. Reviewed by W. Crooke.     

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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By the Rev. F. W. BUSSELL, D.D. London: Robert Scott. 1918. Reviewed by J. Kennedy.

SIDE-LIGHTS ON THE TAIN AGE AND OTHER STUDIES. By M. E. DOBBS. Price 2s. 6d. net. Dundalk.. 1917. Reviewed by J. Baudi?.

THE MEGALITHIC CULTURE OF INDONESIA, by W. J. PERRY, B.A. Manchester: University Press. Longmans, Green &; Co. 1918 Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.     

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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 Comments

A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF RELIGION. Its Origin, Function, and Future. By JAMES H. LEUBA. New York : Macmillan Co., 1912. Sm. 8vo, pp. xiv + 371. 2S n. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

GEBURT, HOCHZEIT UND TOD. Beitrage zur vergleichenden Volkskunde von ERNST SAMTER. Leipzig: Teubner, 1911. 8vo, pp. vi + 222. 7 Ab. im Text + 3 Tafeln. 6 m. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

RELIGIONS M?URS ET LÉGENDES: ESSAIS D'ETHNOGRAPHIE ET DE LINGUISTIQUE. By ARNOLD VAN GENNEP. Deuxième Série, 1909; Quatrième Série, [1912]. Paris: Mercure de France. 3 f. 50. per vol. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CHURCH AND MANOR. A Study in English Economic History. By S. O. ADDY. George Allen &; Co., 1913. Demy 8vo, pp. xxx+ 473. Ill. 10s. 6d. n. Reviewed by S. A. H. Burne.

CHANTS POPULAIRES DE LA GRANDE-LANDE ET DES REGIONS VOISINES. Recueillis par FÉLIX ARNAUDIN. Musique, texte patois et traduction française. Tome I. Paris: Honoré Champion, 1912. Pp. lxxxvi + 512. 8 fr. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

ALBRECHT DIETERICH. KLEINE SCHRIFTEN. Herausgegeben von RICHARD WUNSCH. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1911. 8vo, pp. xlii + 546. Mit einem Bildnis und 2 Tafeln. Ill. 12 m. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

NATURSAGEN. Eine Sammlung Naturdeutender Sagen Märchen Fabeln und Legenden. Herausgegeben von Oskar Dähnhardt. Band IV. TIERSAGEN, Zweiter Teil. Bearbeitet von O. DÄHNHARDT und A. VON LÖWIS OF MENAR. Leipzig : B. G. Teubner, 1912. Large 8vo, pp. ix + 322. 8 m. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE. By HENRI A. JUNOD. Vol. ii. THE PSYCHIC LIFE. Neuchatel: Attinger Frères, 1913. [Macmillan.] 8vo, pp. 574. Ill. 15s. n. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE COCHIN TRIBES AND CASTES. Vol. ii. By L. K. ANANTHA KRISHNA IYER. Madras: Higginbotham &; Co., 1912. 8vo, pp. xxiii + 504. Ill. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

THE LUSHEI KUKI CLANS. By Lt.-Col. J. SHAKESPEAR. Macmillan and Co., 1912. 8vo, pp. 235. Map + 4 col. pl. + 19 ill. 10s. n. Reviewed by T. C. Hodson.

THE BOOK OK PROTECTION : being a Collection of Charms now edited for the first time from Syriac MSS. With Translation, Introduction, and Notes by HERMANN GOLLANCZ, M.A., D.Litt. Oxford Univ. Press, 1912, 8vo, pp. lxxxvii + vii + 103, 27 ill. 10s. 6d. n. Reviewed by M. Gaster.     

New Year's Day in Scotland, 1909

L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publiée sous la direction de Émile Durkheim, Professeur de Sociologie à la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Bordeaux. Quatrieme Année (1899–1900). Paris: Félix Alcan. 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE LEGEND OF SIR LANCELOT DU LAC By JESSIE L. WESTON. (Grimm Library, vol. xii.) D. NUTT. 1901. Reviewed by Walter W. Greg.

STORIES OF THE HIGH-PRIESTS OF MEMPHIS. By F. Ll. GRIFFITH. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900. Reviewed by A. H. Sayce.

DE DIIS IN LOCIS EDITIS CULTIS APUD GRÆCOS. Casparus Albers. Zutphaniæ, W. J. Thieme &; Cie., 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

FABLES AND FOLKTALES FROM AN EASTERN FOREST. By W. SKEAT. Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d.

INDIAN FABLES. By RAMASWAMI RAJU. Swan Sonnenschein. 5s.

RECORDS OF WOMEN'S CONFERENCE ON THE HOME LIFE OF CHINESE WOMEN. November, 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.     

Sir Francis Drake: The Construction of a Hero

KING ARTHUR IN HISTORY AND LEGEND. By W. LEWIS JONES. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1911. 16mo, pp. vi + 145. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

SIR PERCEVAL OF GALLES. A Study of the Sources of the Legend. By REGINALD HARVEY GRIFFITH. Chicago: University Press, 1911. 8vo, pp. viii + 131. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

THE BLEEDING LANCE. By A.C.I. BROWN. Modern Language Association of America, 1911. 8vo, pp. 59. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

THE TWO KNIGHTS OF THE SWAN, LOHENGRIN AND HELYAS. By ROBERT JAFFRAY. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. 8vo, pp. ix + 123. Ill. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

ANCIENT HUNTERS AND THEIR MODERN REPRESENTATIVES. By W. J. SOLLAS. Macmillan &; Co., 1911. 8vo, pp. xvi + 416. Ill. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

ANTHROPOLOGY. By R. R. MARETT. (Home University Library). Williams &; Norgate, n.d. 16mo, pp. 256. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

PREHISTORIC MAN. By W. L. H. DUCKWORTH. (Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature). Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1912. 16mo, pp. 156. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

THE THUNDERWEAPON IN RELIGION AND FOLKLORE. A Study in Comparative Archaeology. By CHR. BLINKENBERG. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1911. Demy 8vo, pp. xii + 122. Ill. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.

THE WORLD OF DREAMS. By HAVELOCK ELLIS. Constable &; Co., 1911. 8vo, pp. xii + 288.

SURVIVALS IN BELIEF AMONG THE CELTS. By GEORGE HENDERSON. Glasgow: James MacLehose &; Sons. 8vo, pp. xi + 346. 1911. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

COSTUMES, TRADITIONS AND SONGS OF SAVOY. By ESTELLA CANZIANI. Chatto and Windus, 1911. 4to, pp. xiii + 180. Col. pl. and text ill. Reviewed by W. F. Kirby.

VOLKSLIEDER AUS DEM KANTON AARGAU. Gesammelt von SIGMUND GROLIMUND. (Schriften der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, No. 8). Basel: Augustinergasse 8, 1911. 8vo, pp. vi + 279. Reviewed by Lucy E. Broadwood.

THE BAGANDA. An Account of their Native Customs and Beliefs. By the Rev. JOHN ROSCOE. Macmillan &; Co., 1911. 8vo, pp. xix + 547. Ill. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERN INDIA. By E. THURSTON, assisted by K. Rangachari. 7 vols. Madras: Government Press, 1909. 8vo. Ill. Reviewed by M. Longworth Dames.

GRUNDLINIEN EINER VERGLEICHUNG DER RELIGIONEN UND MYTHOLOGIEN DER AUSTRONESISCHEN VÖLKER. Von P. W. SCHMIDT. In Denkschriften d. K. Akademie d. Wissenschaften in Wien, 1910. 4to, pp. viii + 142. Reviewed by B. Malinowski.

DIE MYTHOLOGIE DER AUSTRONESISCHEN VÖLKER. Von P. W. SCHMIDT. (Reprint from Mittteil. d. Anthrop. Ges. in Wien, vol. xxxix.) Reviewed by B. Malinowski.     

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.     

The Ploughman and the Fairies

THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS. By FRANZ BOAS. (Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II. Anthropology, I. The Jesup North Pacific Expedition.) Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

MALAY MAGIC: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FOLKLORE AND POPULAR RELIGION OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. By WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT. With a Preface by CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN. Pp. 685, 28 plates. Macmillan and Co. 1900. Reviewed by John Abercromby.

ARADIA, OR THE GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES. By CHARLES G. LELAND. Nutt. 3s. 6d.

BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS. LIFE AND CUSTOMS. By the Rev. A. H. SAYCE. (The Semitic Series.) Nimmo.

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AND ETHNOLOGY OF EUROPE. By W. L. RIPLEY. Boston (Mass.). 1899

ALLGEMEINE METHODIK DER VOLKSKUNDE. L. SCHERMANN UND F. S. KRAUSS. Berichte ueber Erscheinungen in den Jahren 1890–97. Erlangen : F. Junge. 1899.

NEUE BEITRāGE ZUR KENTNISS DES VOLKRāTHSELS. R. PETSCH. Berlin: Mayer und Müller. 1899. (Palaestra, No. 4.)

FOLKLORE IN ENGLAND UND AMERIKA. C. KLÖPPER. Dresden: C. A. Koch. 1899. (Neusprachlichle Abhandlungen, No. viii.) Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

SEGNIUS IRRITANT, OR EIGHT PRIMITIVE FOLKLORE STORIES. By W. W. STRICKLAND. Robert Forder. 1896. Reviewed by M. G.

NORTH-WEST SLAV LEGENDS AND FAIRY STORIES. By the same. A sequel to “Segnius Irritant.” Forder. 1897. Reviewed by M. G.

SOUTH-SLAVONIC FOLKLORE STORIES. With an Introductory Preface. By the same. Forder. 1899. Reviewed by M. G.

LA VEILLÉE : DOUZE CONTES TRADUITS DU ROUMAIN. Par JULES BRUN. Avec une Introduction par Mdlle. LUCILLE KITZO. Paris. Reviewed by M. G.

FOLK-LORE CATALAN. LÉGENDES DU ROUSSILLON. Par HORACE CHAUVET. Paris: J. Maisonneuve. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE TALKING THRUSH AND OTHER TALES FROM INDIA. Collected by W. CROOKE and retold by W. H. D. ROUSE. Illustrated by W. H. ROBINSON. London : J. M. Dent and Co. 1899. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

SHETLAND FOLK-LORE. By JOHN SPENCE, F.E.I.S. Lerwick: Johnson D. Greig. Reviewed by Florence Peacock.

PEASANT LORE FROM GAELIC IRELAND. Collected by DANIEL DEENEY. David Nutt. 1900.

BLUEBEARD, A CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY AND FOLKLORE. BEING THE HISTORY OF GILLES DE RETZ OF BRITTANY, FRANCE, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT NANTES IN 1440 A.D., AND WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL OF BLUEBEARD IN THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE. By THOMAS WILSON, LL.D. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1899.     

Alan Lomax, 1915-2002

The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life In Australia. By K. Langloh Parker, with an Introduction By Andrew Lang. London: Archibald Constable &; Co., Ld. 1905. By E. Sidney Hartland.

The Negritos of Zambales. By W. A. Reed. Ethnological Survey Publications, vol ii, Pt I. Manila, 1904. By W. Crooks.

Among the Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco : A Story of Missionary Work, in South America. Told by W. Barbrooke Grubb, and his Fellow-Workers in the Chaco Mission of the South American Missionary Society. Edited By Gertrude Wilson, B.Litt London: Charles Murray &; Co., 1904. By E. Sidney Hartland.

L'Origine Des Pouvoirs Magiques dans les Sociétés Australiennes. Par M. Mauss. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1884. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Der Ursprung der Religion und Kunst. Von K. Th. Preuss. Globus, LXXXVI, LXXXVII. Sonderabdruck, pp. 54. By R. R. Marett.     

Short Notices. Sociological Papers. Volume II. Macmillan, 1906. 8vo. pp. xiv, 308.

MAGIC AND RELIGION. By ANDREW LANG. Longmans, 10s. 6d.

THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE. By W. RIDGEWAY, Disney Professor of Archæology in the University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 21s.

MYTHS OF GREECE. By GEORGE ST. CLAIR. 2 vols. Williams and Norgate.

THE REALMS OF THE EGYPTIAN DEAD. By K. A. WIEDEMANN. London: David Nutt. 1901. Reviewed by A. H. Sayce.

THE ETHNO-BOTANY OF THE COAHUILLA INDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. By DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS. Chicago University Press. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

INDIAN STORY AND SONG FROM NORTH AMERICA. By ALICE C. FLETCHER. Boston : Small, Maynard, and Co. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CONTES DES LANDES ET DES GRÈVES. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Rennes: Hyacinthe Caillière. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

LES COQUILLAGES DE MER. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Paris: Maisonneuve. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

LE FOLK-LORE DES PÊCHEURS. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Paris: Maisonneuve. 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

TRADIZIONI POPOLARI PISTOIESI. RACCONTI POPOLARI PISTOIESI IN VERNACOLO PISTOIESI. Raccolti e pubblicati da RUDOLFO NERUCCI, Pistoia. 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE; ITS SOURCES AND ANALOGUES. By G. H. MAYNADIER, Instructor in English at Harvard University. (Grimm's Library. Vol. xiii.) Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

THE JUNIOR TEMPLE READER. By CLARA L. THOMPSON and E. E. SPEIGHT. Horace Marshall, 1s. 6d.

POPULAR STUDIES IN MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. No. 10. THE ROMANCE CYCLE OF CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS PEERS. By JESSIE L. WESTON. D. Nutt. 6d.     

Book reviews

MAGIC AND RELIGION. By ANDREW LANG. Longmans, 10s. 6d.

THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE. By W. RIDGEWAY, Disney Professor of Archæology in the University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 21s.

MYTHS OF GREECE. By GEORGE ST. CLAIR. 2 vols. Williams and Norgate.

THE REALMS OF THE EGYPTIAN DEAD. By K. A. WIEDEMANN. London: David Nutt. 1901. Reviewed by A. H. Sayce.

THE ETHNO-BOTANY OF THE COAHUILLA INDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. By DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS. Chicago University Press. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

INDIAN STORY AND SONG FROM NORTH AMERICA. By ALICE C. FLETCHER. Boston : Small, Maynard, and Co. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CONTES DES LANDES ET DES GRÈVES. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Rennes: Hyacinthe Caillière. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

LES COQUILLAGES DE MER. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Paris: Maisonneuve. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

LE FOLK-LORE DES PÊCHEURS. By PAUL SÉBILLOT. Paris: Maisonneuve. 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

TRADIZIONI POPOLARI PISTOIESI. RACCONTI POPOLARI PISTOIESI IN VERNACOLO PISTOIESI. Raccolti e pubblicati da RUDOLFO NERUCCI, Pistoia. 1901. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE; ITS SOURCES AND ANALOGUES. By G. H. MAYNADIER, Instructor in English at Harvard University. (Grimm's Library. Vol. xiii.) Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

THE JUNIOR TEMPLE READER. By CLARA L. THOMPSON and E. E. SPEIGHT. Horace Marshall, 1s. 6d.

POPULAR STUDIES IN MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. No. 10. THE ROMANCE CYCLE OF CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS PEERS. By JESSIE L. WESTON. D. Nutt. 6d.     

Folktales from the Ægean.

AVEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALES, collected and arranged by W. H. BARKER, B. Sc., and CECILIA SINCLAIR. London: George G. Harrap &; Co. 1917. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE MUSSULMAUNS OF INDIA, DESCRIPTIVE, OF THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, HABITS, AND RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, MADE DURING A TWELVE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THEIR IMMEDIATE SOCIETY. By Mrs. MEER HASSAN ALI. Second Edition, Edited with Notes and an Introduction by W. CROOKE, late of the Indian Civil Service. Oxford University Press, 1917. Pp. xxviii + 442. Price 6s. net or on India paper, 7s. 6d. Reviewed by Vincent A. Smith.     

Weather Folk-Lore of the Sea

L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publiée sous la direction de EMILE DURKHEIM, Professeur de Sociologie à l'Université de Bordeaux. Huitième Année (1903–1904). Paris: Félix Alcan. 1905. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CXTLTES, MYTHES, ET RELIGIONS. Par SAL. REINACH, Membre de l'Institut Vol. I. Paris: E. Leroux 1905. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

DES DIVINITÉS GÉNÉRATRICES, OU DU CULTE DU PHALLUS CHEZ LES ANCIENS ET LES MODERN ES. BY J. A. DULAURE. Paris: Societé du Mercure de France, 1905. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

CRYSTAL-GAZING : ITS HISTORY AND PRACTICE, WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE EVIDENCE FOR TELEPATHIC SCRYING. With an Introduction by ANDREW LANG, M.A., LL.D. By NORTHCOTE W. THOMAS, M.A. Alexander Moring Limited. 1905. Reviewed by Edward Clodd.

VOTIVE WEIHEGABEN DES KATHOLISCHEN VOLKS IN SÜDDEUTSCHLAND. ElN BEITRAG ZUR VOLKSKUNDE. Von RICHARD ANDRES. Mit 38 Abbildungen im Text, 140 Abbildungen auf 32 Tafeln, und 2 Farbendrucktafeln. Braunschweig: Vieweg und Sohn. 1904. 12 marks paper, 13.50 cloth.

DIE MYTHEN UND LEGENDÉN DER SÜDAMERIKANISCHEN URVÖLKER UND IHRE BEZIEHUNGEN ZU DENEN NORDAMERIKAS UND DER ALTEN WELT. Von DR. PAUL EHRENREICH. Berlin: A. Asher &; Co., 1905. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE FAROES AND ICELAND: STUDIES IN ISLAND LIFE. By NELSON ANNANDALE. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. Reviewed by Edward Brabrook.

THE SHADE OF THE BALKANS, being a collection of Bulgarian Folk-songs and Proverbs, here for the first time rendered into English, together with an essay on Bulgarian Popular Poetry, and another on the Origin of the Bulgar. Nutt 1904. 7s. 6d. net.

CONTINENTAL FOLK-LORE SOCIETIES. Volkskundliche Zeitschriftenschau für 1903, herausgegeben im Auftrage der hessischen Vereinigung für Volkskunde. Von Adolf Strack. Leipzig, 1905. 8vo. Pp. 281. Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde. Von Adolf Strack. Bd. IV., Heft I., Leipzig, 1905. 8vo. Pp. 96. Mitteilungen des Verbandes deutscher Vertine für Volkskunde, 1 and 2, Januar und Juli, 1905. Sehweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde, IX. 3. Zürich, 1905. Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, XXXIV., 6 ; XXXV, 1. Sagenschatt der Stadt Weimar. Von Ellen und Paul Mitxschke. Weimar, 1904, 8vo. Pp. xviii., 152. Price 2 M. 40 pf. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.

WEST AFRICA BEFORE EUROPE, AND OTHER ADDRESSES. By E. W. BLTDKN, LL.D. London: C. M. Phillips, 1905. 8vo. Pp. iv, 158. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.     

Book Reviews

THE THOMPSON INDIANS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. By JAMES TEIT. Edited by FRANZ BOAS. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. II., Anthropology. The Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM. BULLETIN, Vol. III., No. 1. Anthropology. Notes on some of the people of Malabar; Mala Védars of Travancore; Miscellanea. With six plates. Madras: Government Press. 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE WELSH PEOPLE. Chapters on their Origin, History, Laws, Language, Literature, and Characteristics, by JOHN RHYS and D. BRYNMÔR-JONES. T. Fisher Unwin. 1900. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

HORNS or HONOUR, AND OTHER STUDIES IN THE BY-WAYS OF ARCHÆOLOGY. By F. T. ELWORTHY. Murray. 10s. 6d. Illustrated.

DAS BLUT IM GLAUBEN UND ABERGLAUBEN DER MENSCHHEIT. MIT BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DER “VOLKSMEDIZIN” UND DES “JÜDISCHEN BLUTRITUS.” HERMANN L. STRACK. Fünfte bis Siebente Auflage. Neubearbeitung der Schrift “Der Blutaberglaube.” München, Beck, 1900. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

DIALOGUES OF THE BUDDHA: Translated from the Pali by T. W. RHYS DAVIDS: (Sacred Books of the Buddhists, translated by various Oriental scholars, arid edited by F. Max Müller, Vol. II.). Frowde, 1899. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

GRETTIS SAGA ASMUNDARSONAR. Ed. R. C. BOER. Pp. Iii. 348. 8vo. Halle, 1900. (Altnordische Saga-bibliothek, 8.) Reviewed by F. Y. P.

ARTUS' KAMPF MIT DEM KATZENUNGETÜM : DIE SAGA UND IHRE LOKALISIERUNG IN SAVOYEN. E. FREYMOND. Halle: Max Niemeyer. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

SHAKSPEARE'S PERICLES AND APOLLONIUS OF TYRE, A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE. By ALBERT H. SMYTH. Philadelphia: MacCalla and Co. 1898.

JOURNAL OF THE FOLK-SONG SOCIETY. Vol. I., No. 1, 1899, pp. viii., 26. No. 2, 1900, pp. viii., 27–62. Printed for the Society by Spottiswoode & Co.

CARMINA GADELICA. Hymns and Incantations, with Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, dying and obsolete: orally collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and translated into English by ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL. 2 vols., 4to. 1900. xxxii. 339, xii. 350 pp. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author by T. & A. Constable, and sold by Norman Macleod. 300 copies printed. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS and ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND, COLLECTED ENTIRELY FROM ORAL SOURCES. By [the late] JOHN GREGORSON CAMPBELL, Minister of Tiree. xx. 318 pp. Glasgow: MacLehose. 1900. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

BEDD GELERT, ITS FACTS, FAIRIES, AND FOLKLORE. By D. E. JENKINS. With an Introduction by Professor RHYS. Portmadoc: Llewelyn Jenkins. 1899.

SHAKESPEARE'S GREENWOOD. By GEORGE MORLEY. D. Nutt, 1900. Square 16mo., xx., 289 pp. Illustrated. Price 5s.

ALL ABOUT THE MERRY TALES OF GOTHAM. By ALFRED STAPLETON. Nottingham: R. N. Pearson. 1900. Illustrated. 190 pp.

CONTES POPULAIRES DE LA BASSE NORMANDIE. Recueillis et Publiés par VICTOR BRUNET. Emile Lechevalier. 1900. 151 pp. Price 3 fr. 50. Only 100 copies printed.     

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GREEK HERO CULTS AND IDEAS or IMMORTALITY: GIFFORD LECTURES, 1920, by LEWIS RICHARD FARNELL. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1921. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

ISLAM IN INDIA, OR THE QāNūN-I-ISLāM : THE CUSTOMS OF THE MUSALMāNS OF INDIA, by JA'FAR SHARīF, translated by G. A. HERKLOTS, M.D.; new edition edited by W. CROOKE. Oxford University Press. 1921. Reviewed by T. C. Hodson.

L'ÉTERNUEMENT ET LE BAILLEMENT DANS LA MAGIE, L'ETHNOGRAPHIE ET LE FOLK-LORE MÉDICAL de P. SAINTYVES. Paris: ÉMILE NOURRY. 1921. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

Tne NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHILD, by DR. COURTENAY DUNN. London and Edinburgh: Marston &; Co., Ltd. 1919. 7s. 6d. net. Reviewed by C. Jenkinson.     

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REPORTS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO TORRES STRAITS. Vol. V. Sociology, Magic, and Religion of the Western Islanders. Cambridge University Press, 1904. 4to. Pp. xii, 378, with 22 plates and 84 figures in the text. Price 25s. net. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.

L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publiée sous la direction de Emile Durkheim, Professeur de Sociologie à l'Université de Bordeaux. Septième Année (1902–1903). Paris: Félix Alcan. 1904. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

OM RAGNAROK. Af AXEL OLRIK. (Saertryk af “Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie”). Kjobenhavn. 1902. Reviewed by L. Winifred Faraday.

THE SHAIKHS OF MOROCCO IN THE XVITH CENTURY. By T. H. Weir, B.D., M.R.A.S. Edinburgh ; G. A. Morton. 1904. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

INDIAN FOLKLORE. By GANESHJI JETHABHAI. Limbdi, 1903. Reviewed by W. Crooke.     

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L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publiée sous la direction de ÉMILE DURKHEIM, Professeur de Sociologie à la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Bordeaux. Cinquième Année (1900–1901). Paris: Félix Alcan, 1902. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

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TRACES OF THE ELDER FAITHS OF IRELAND. A Folklore Sketch. A Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Tradition. By W. G. WOOD-MARTIN, M.R.I.A. With illustrations. Two vols. Longmans.

NOTES ON THE TOGAIL BRUIDNE DÁ DERGA. Edited with Translation by DR. WHITLEY STOKES. Libraire Émile Bouillon, Paris.

THE MABINOGION. (Popular Studies, No. 12.) By IVOR B. JOHN, M.A. D. Nutt. 6d.

CUCHULAINN, THE IRISH ACHILLES. By ALFRED NUTT. (Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore. No. 8.) D. Nutt. 6d. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

CUCHULAIN OF MUIRTHEMNE: THE STORY OF THE MEN OF THE RED BRANCH OF ULSTER, ARRANGED AND PUT INTO ENGLISH BY LADY GREGORY. With a Preface by W. B. YEATS. Demy 8vo. xx. 350 pp. Murray. 1902. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

DONEGAL FAIRY STORIES: collected and told by Seumas Mac Manus, Isbister &; Co.

HISTOIRE DES CROYANCES, SUPERSTITIONS, M?URS, USAGES ET COUTUMES (SELON LE PLAN DU DÉCALOGUE). Par FERNAND NICOLA?. 3 vols. Paris : Retaux. Reviewed by R. R. Marett.