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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.     

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.

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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.

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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.     

Playing Dead: Mock Trauma and Folk Drama in Staged High School Drunk Driving Tragedies

LIFE IS LIKE A CHICKEN COOP LADDER; A PORTRAIT OF GERMAN CULTURE THROUGH FOLKLORE. By ALAN DUNDES. Colombia University Press, 1984. Pp. 174. $23.50. 0 231 05494 7. Reviewed by Nicholas Tucker

TRADITIONAL DANCE, vol. 2: Historicál Perspectives: Proceedings of the Second Traditional Dance Conference, March 1982. F.d. THERESA BUCKLAND. Crewe &; Alsager College of Higher Education. Pp. 90. 0 263 9033. Reviewed by Sandra Billington.

FAIRY TALES AND THE ART OF SUBVERSION: THE CLASSICAL GENRE FOR CHILDREN AND THE PROCESS OF CIVILIZATION. By JACK ZIPES. Heinemann, 1983. 214 pp. Reviewed by Ruth Glass.

THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. Versions of the Tale in Sociocultural Context. By JACK ZIPES. Hefnemann, 1983. 300 pp., Ill. Reviewed by Ruth Glass.

MYTH IN AFRICA: A STUDY OF ITS AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE. By Isodore Okpewho. Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp x., 305. £20.00 0 521 24554 0. Reviewed by J. Knappert.

GURAGE FOLKLORE. By WOLF LESLAU. Studien zur Kulturkunde 63. Publ. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1982. Pp. XIV, 327. DM 118. 3 515 03513 3. Reviewed by Jan Knappert.

CELTIC FOLKLORE AND CHRISTIANITY. Ed. by PATRICK K. FORD. McNally and Loftin, Publishers, Santa Barbara, California, 1983. ISBN 0 87461 052 4. 225 pp. $18. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

WEREWOLF AND VAMPIRE IN ROMANIA. By HARRY A. SENN. New York: Columbia University Press (for East European Quarterly), East European Monographs No. XCIC, 1982. 148pp. ISBN 0-914710-93-1. Reviewed by Alby Stone.

THE NIGHT BATTLES: WITCHCRAFT AND AGRARIAN CULTS IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. By CARLO GINZBURG. Translated by JOHN &; ANNE TEDESCHI. Foreword by ERIC HOBSBAWN. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1983. 209 pp. ISBN 0-7100-8507-4. Reviewed by Alby Stone.

STUDIES IN MALTESE FOLKLORE. By J. CASSAR-PULLICINO. University of Malta, 1976. Reviewed by Alan Smith.     

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.     

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.     

The Several Origins of the Ideas of Unseen,Personal Beings

THE NEW COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY, An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dumézil. By C. SCOTT LITTLETON. University of California Press, 1966. Pp. 242. 48s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WESTALPENSAGEN. Europäische Sagen IV. By WILL-ERICH PEUCKERT, Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1965. Pp. 253. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

TALES OF THE WEST OF IRELAND. By JAMES BERRY. Edited by G. M. Horgan, Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1966. Pp. x, 217. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

IRISH WAKE AMUSEMENTS. SEÁN O SÚILLEABHÁIN. Cork. The Mercier Press, 1967. Pp. 188. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BILDNIS UND BRAUCH. Studien zur Bildfunktion der Effigies. By WOLFGANG BRÜCKNER. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1966. Pp. 361; 18 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIAN FOLKLORE. By EDWIN CAPERS KIRKLAND. Indiana University Folklore Series, No. 21. 4^o The Hague, Mouton &; Co., 1966. Pp. xxiv, 291. 36 Dutch guilders (no price mentioned in sterling — or in dollars). Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

ANTAURA. THE MERMAID AND THE DEVIL'S GRANDMOTHER. By A. A. BARB. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. XXIX, 1966. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

BOOK REVIEWS

TRISTAN AND ISOLT. A Study of the Sources of the Romance. By GERTRUDE SCHOEPPERLE. (New York University. Ottendorfer Memorial Series of Germanic Monographs, No. 3.) 2 vols. Frankfurt-a.-Main: J. Baer &; Co., 1913. 8vo., pp. 590. No p. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

LE ROMAN IDYLLIQUE AU MOYEN ÂGE. By MYRRHA LOTBORODINE. Paris: Auguste Picard, 1914. 8vo, pp. 271. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

MUTTER ERDE. Ein Versuch über Volksreligion. Von ALBRECHT DIETERICH. Zweite Auflage. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1913. Pp. vi + 138. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

HERBALS. Their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470–1670. By AGNES ARBER. Cambridge : Univ. Press, 1912. 8vo. pp. xviii + 253. Ill. 10s. 6d. n. Reviewed by D. H. Moutray Read.

UNSERE PFLANZEN. Ihre Namenerklarung und ihre Stellung in der Mythologie und in Volksaberglauben. By FRANZ SOHNS. 5te Auflage. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1912. Sm. 8vo, pp. viii + 212. 3 m. Reviewed by D. H. Moutray Read.

WANDERINGS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. By ETHEL C. HARGROVE. Andrew Melrose, 1913. 8vo, pp. x + 312. 6s. n. Reviewed by D. H. Moutray Read.

KULLERVO-HAMLET. EINSAGENVERGLEICHENDER VERSUCH. Von E. N. SETÄLÄ. Reprinted from Finnish-Ugrischen Forschungen, vols, iii., vii., x. Helsingfors: 8vo, pp. vi + 197. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

SAGEN UND MÄRCHEN AUS DEM OBERWALLIS. AUS dem Volksmunde gesammelt von J. JEGERLEHNER. Basel: Verlag der Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, 1913. 8vo, pp. xii + 348. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

DER HELD IM DEUTSCHEN UND RUSSISCHEN MÄRCHEN. By AUGUST VON LÖWIS OF MENAR. Jena; Eugen Diederichs, 1912. 8vo, pp. 139. 3 m. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

PIEDMONT. By ESTELLA CANZIANI and ELEANOUR ROHDE. With 50 repro. of pictures and many line drawings by Estella Canziani. Chatto &; Windus, 1913. 4to, pp. viii + 204. 21s. n. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.     

Additions To “The Gaues of Argyleshire.”

THE DIALECT OF THE GYPSIES OF WALES, BEING THE OLDER FORM OF BRITISH ROMANI PRESERVED IN THE SPEECH OF THE CLAN OF ABRAM WOOD. By JOHN SAMPSON, Hon. D.Litt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926. Pp. xxiii + 230 + 419. 4to. £4 4s. Reviewed by T. W. Thompson.

LAST LEAVES OF TRADITIONAL BALLADS AND BALLAD AIRS, collected in Aberdeenshire by the late Gavin Greig. Edited, with Introductory Essay, Collations, and Notes, by ALEXANDER KEITH. Aberdeen: The Buchan Club, 1925. Pp. xliv + 320. Large 4to. £1 1s. 9d. post free. Reviewed by L. E. Broadwood.

FOLK SONGS OF FRENCH CANADA. Coll. and Edit, by MARIUS BARBEAU and EDWARD SAPIR, of the Canadian National Museum. New Haven : Yale Univ. Press (Oxford Univ. Press), 1925. Pp. xxii + 216. 9?″ + 7″. 18s. 6d. Reviewed by Lucy E. Broadwood.

REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1913–18. Vol. xiii. Eskimo Folk-Lore. Part A. Myths and Traditions from Northern Alaska, the Mackenzie Delta and Coronation Gulf. By D. JENNESS, Southern Party, 1913–16. Ottawa : F. A. Acland, 1924. Pp. 90. 9¾ x 6½. 25 ctS. Reviewed by P. J. Heather.

THE OCEAN OF STORV : being C. H. Tawney's Translation of Somadeva's Kathā Sarit Sāgara (or Ocean of Streams of Story). Ed. by N. M. PENZER. (10 vols.) Vol. II., pp. xxii + 375. Privately printed for subscribers. Chas. J. Sawyer, 1924. 10″ x6?″. 42s. n. per vol. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

THE LIFE AFTER DEATH IN OCEANIA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. By ROSALIND MOSS. Oxford : Clarendon Press 1925. Pp. xii + 247. 8?″ x 5?″. 2 Maps Reviewed by W. J. Perry.     

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.     

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.