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.     

Reviews

Studies in Folk-Song-and Popular Poetry. By Alfred M. Williams, with a Prefatory Note by Edward Clodd. 8vo; pp. vi., 329. Elliot Stock, 1895.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Translated by C. H. S. Davies. Putnam Sons, New York. By Joseph Jacobs.

Egyptian Tales Translated from the Papyri. First Series, IVth to XIIth Dynasty Edited Flinders Petrie, Hon. D.C.L. Illustrated by Tristram Ellis. London, Methuen &; Co. 1895.

Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World collected from oral tradition in South-West Munster by Jeremiah Curtin. David Nutt, 1895.     

Lincolnshire Superstitions

Studies in Folk-Song-and Popular Poetry. By Alfred M. Williams, with a Prefatory Note by Edward Clodd. 8vo; pp. vi., 329. Elliot Stock, 1895.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Translated by C. H. S. Davies. Putnam Sons, New York. By Joseph Jacobs.

Egyptian Tales Translated from the Papyri. First Series, IVth to XIIth Dynasty Edited Flinders Petrie, Hon. D.C.L. Illustrated by Tristram Ellis. London, Methuen &; Co. 1895.

Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World collected from oral tradition in South-West Munster by Jeremiah Curtin. David Nutt, 1895.     

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.     

Reviews

Legends of the Micmacs. By the Rev. Silas Tertius Rand, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D. Wellesley Philological Publications. New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. By E. S. Hartland.

Old Rabbit the Voodoo, and other Sorcerers. By Mary Alicia Owen. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. By E. S. Hartland.

More English Fairy Tales. Collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs. London: David Nutt, 1894. By E. S. Hartland.

Scottish Fairy and Folk-Tales. Selected and edited, with an Introduction, by Sir George Douglas, Bart. London: Walter Scott, Limited. By E. S. Hartland.     

Folk-Drama

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.

FABULÆ CELTICÆ

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.     

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.     

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 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.     

Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells

Le Folk-Lore de France, par PAUL Sébillot. Tome iv. Le Peuple et l'Histoire. Paris: E. Guilmoto, 1907. By E. Sidney Hartland.

The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's former Births, translated from the Pali by various hands, under the editorship of Prof. E. B. Cowell. Vol. VI. Translated By Prof. Cowell and Dr. W. H. D. Rouse. Cambridge: The University Press, 1907. By W. Crooke.

Cradle Tales of Hinduism, by the Sister Nevedita (Margaret E. Noble). London: Longmans, 1907. By W. Crooke.

Folk Tales from Tibet, with Illustrations by a Tibetan Artist and some Verses from Tibetan Love-Songs. Collected and Translated by Capt. W. F. O'Connor. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1906. By A. R. Wright.

The Welsh Fairy Book. By W. Jenkyn Thomas. With 100 Illustrations By W. Pogány. Fisher Unwin, 1907. By Alfred Nutt.

Popular Handbooks of Religions.

1. J. Abrahams, "Judaism"; 2. E. Anwyl, "Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times"; 3. C. Bailey, "Religion of Ancient Rome"; 4. L. D. Barnett, "Hinduism"; 5. W. A. Craigie, "Religion Of Ancient Scandinavia"; 6. W. M. F. Petrie, " Religion of Ancient Egypt " ; 7. T. G. Pinches, " Religion of Babylonia and Assyria"; 8. C. Squire, "Mythology of Ancient Britain and Ireland. " London: Constable &; Co., 1906-7. By W. Crooke.

Short Bibliographical Notices.

Volkskundliche Zeitschriftenschau für 1904, herausgegeben im Auftrage der hessischen Vereinigung für Volkskunde von L. Dietrich. Leipzig: Teubner, 1907. pp. 328. By N. W. Thomas.

Transactions of the First Annual Congress of the European Theosophical Society, held at Amsterdam, 1904. Edited By Johan van Mauen. Amsterdam, 1906. Second Congress, London, 1905. London, 1907. Third Congress, Paris, 1906. London, 1907.

Trans. I., Amsterdam.

E. Weise, Fraternity as found in the Laws of Primitive Races. (Marriage-Laws, Taboo, Totemism, Etc.)

D. v. Hinlasper, Labbertav Kitab Tasaref. (A Dutch Paper, relating to a curious Javanese philosophical work.) By W. F. Kirby.

Trans. II., London.

A. Von Ulrich, The Religion of our Forefathers ; The Mythology of Germany in the Light of Theosophy. (Deals chiefly with the Eddas and the Sagas connected with them.) By W. F. Kirby.

Trans. III., Paris.

George M. Doe, Some Folklore Gleanings, principally from Devonshire. (An important paper, including notes on Omens and Warnings, Charms and Incantations, Witchcraft, and Beliefs and Customs.)

A. Von Ulrich, The Religion of our Forefathers in the SlavonicRace. (Some of the remains of old religious beliefs to be found among the Lithuanians, Russians, Bohemians and Poles, and the Wends and Prussians.)

M. U. Green, Some Notes on the Voyage of Bran, with special references to other Planes and States of Being.

Ed. Bailly, Invocation Aux Dieux Planitaires By W. F. Kirby.

Orkney and Shetland Old Lore, vol. i., 1907, and vol. ii., part i., January, 1908: together with Diplomalarium Orcadense et Hialtlandense. Collected and edited by Alfred W. Johnston, Amy Johnston, and Jón Stefánsson. London : Printed at the King's Weigh House for the Viking Club.     

Minutes of Meeting

Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt. By W. M. Flinders Petrie. Methuen &; Co., London, 1898. By A. H. Sayce.

A History o China, from the Earliest Days Down to the resent. By Rev. J. Macgowan, London Missionary Society. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, &; Co., 1897.

Le Folklore de l'Ile de Kythnos. Conférence donnée a la Société Royale Belge de Géographie le II Novembre, 1897. Par Henri Hauttec?ur. Bruzelles: Havermans, 1898.

L'Ile de Siphnos. Henri Hauttecojur. Bruxelles: Soc. Gén. d'Imprimerie, 1898.

Bergische Sagen. Gesammelt und mit Anmerkungen Herausgegeben. Von Otto Schell. Elberfeld, 1897. Baedekersche Buchdruckerei.

Antiker Aberglaube. Wilhelm Kroll. Hamburg: Richter, 1897.

Zur Albanesischen Volkskunde. Von Dr. Holger Pedersen. Kopenhagen: Siegfried Michaelsen's Nachfolger, 1898.

Weather Lore: a Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather, compiled and arranged by Richard Inwards, F.R.A.S. 3rd. ed., revised and augmented. London: Elliot Stock, 1898.

Deutsche Kinderreime und Verwandtes. Gesamuelt von Friedrich Drosihn. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1897.

Die Sage vom Heiligen Gral, in ihrer Entwicklung bis auf Richard Wagner's Parsifal. Von Eduard Wechssler, Privat-dozent der Romanischen Philologie an der Univ. Halle-Wittenburg. Halle, Max Niemeyer, 1898. By Jessie L. Weston.

Whilst thoroughly concurring in Miss Weston's criticism, I may be allowed to point out that as regards the most perplexing incident of the Grail legend, the question omitted by Perceval at his first visit to the Fisher King, an incident unexplained by every other student of the legend, Dr. Wechssler approves my suggestion. His words are: "Nutt schlagt eine Erklarung vor, die ich tiberans wahrschelnlich finde." What was my suggestion ? That the incident is traceable back to the geasa or taboos of early Irish saga; that it survived on into the mediaeval Arthurian romance, that it was completely misunderstood by the French adapters of the earlier Celtic stories, and that to this misunderstanding is due the obscure and Inconsistent way in which it Is presented by them. The suggestion involves, of course, the existence of a Perceval story innocent of all Christian admixture, based upon themes and conventions familiar in Irish romantic legends of the pre-eleventh century; yet although Dr. Wechssler approves the suggestion, he, as I understand him, rejects what It logically involves, and without which It has no claim to consideration. This is an even more striking instance than those adduced by Miss Weston of the author's inability to see the drift of his own statements and to follow up an argument to its logical conclusion. By Alfred Nutt.     

Short Notices

West African Studies. By Mary H. Kingsley. London: Macmillan &; Co., Limited. 1899. By E. Sidney Hartland.

The Home of the Eddic Poems, with special reference to the Helgi-Lays. By Sophus Bugge, with a new introduction concerning Old Norse Mythology. Translated by William Henry Schofield. London : D. Nutt. 1899. By F. York Powell.

The Magic of the Horseshoe, with other Folklore Notes. By Robert M. Lawrence. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, &; Co. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. By Florence Peacock.

Paul Sébillot. Légendes Locales de la Haute Bretagne. Première Partie : Le Monde Physique. Nantes : Société des Bibliophiles Bretons et de l Histoire de Bretagne. 1899.

Paul Sébillot. La Veillée de Noël : Pièce en un acte Représentée pour la première fois sur le Théatre National de lOdéon, le 24 Décembre, 1898. Deuxième Édition, Augmentée de la Musique des Noëls. Paris : J. Maisonneuve; P. V. Stock. 1899. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Scandinavian Folk-Lore. Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the Northern Peoples. Selected and translated by Wm. A. Craigie, F.S.A.Scot. Gardner: London And Paisley. 1896. By F. Y. P.

ßiódsogur og Munnmeli. Nytt Safn. Part I. By Jón Thorkelsson. 8vo, pp. iv. 450. Two Illustrations. Reykjavík. 1899. By F. Y. P.

The Fables of Wardan, Materials for a History of Medieval Armenian Literature. By N. Marr, Professor of Armenian in the University of Petersburg. (Sborniki Pritch Vardana....) Sanktpeterburg. Tipografia Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk. 3 vols. 1895, 1899. By Fred C. Conybeare.

Old English Social Life as told by the Parish Registers. By T. F. Thiselton Dyer, M.A. London Elliot Stock. 1898. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Deutsches Krankheitsnamen-Buch, von Dr. M. Höfler München : Piloty and Loehle. 1899. By E. Sidney Hartland.     

Reviews

Suomalaisia Kansansatuja. Finnish Folk-tales, pt. 2. Kingly Tales, vol. i. Helsingfors : 1893, pp. 272. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Georgian Folk-Tales, translated by Margery Wardrop. London: D. Nutt, 1894. Grimm Library, Vol.1. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Contes de la Haute Bretagne. Par Paul Sébillot. Extrait de la Revue de Bretagne de Vendée et d'Anjou.

Contributions a l'Étude des Contes Populàires. Par Paul Sébillot. Extrait de la Revue des Traditions Populaires, T. ix, Nos. I à 6. 1894.

Légendes du Pays de Páimpol. Par Paul Sébillot. Extrait de la Revue de Bretagne de Vendtfe et d'Anjou. 1894. All issued by Le Chevallier, Paris. By E. Sidney Hartland

Le Folk-Lore de Lesbos. Par G. Georgeakis et Léon Pineau. Paris: J. Maisonneuve, 1894. By E. Sidney Hartland

More Celtic Fairy Tales, selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs. London: David Nutt, 1894. By E. Sidney Hartland     

Creating Prehistory: Druids,Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain

ALTERSKLASSEN UND MÄNNERBÜNDE, EINE DARSTELLUNG DER GRUNDFORMEN DER GESELLSCHAFT, von HEINRICH SCHURTZ. Berlin: G. Reimer. 1902. Pp. ix., 458. Price 8 M. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.

DIE VOLKSKUNDE IN DEN JAHREN 1897–1902. BERICHTE UEBER NEUERSCHEINUNGEN. Von Dr. F. S. KRAUSS. Erlangen: F. Junge. 1903. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

DIE VOLKSKUNDE ALS WISSENSCHAFT. Von E. HOFFMANN-KRAYER. Zurich. 1902. Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OLD AND NEW WORLD CIVILISATIONS. A Comparative Research based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems. By Mrs. ZELIA NUTTALL. Cambridge, Mass. Peabody Museum. 1901. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

GUERNSEY FOLK LORE. From MSS, by the late Sir EDGAR MACCULLOCH, Bailiff of Guernsey. Edited by EDITH F. CAREY. London: Elliot Stock. Guernsey: F. Clarke, States Arcade. Large 8vo 616 pp., numerous illustrations. 1903. Price 12s. 6d. Reviewed by Charlotte S. Burne.

ROMANTIC TALES FROM THE PANJÂB: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY NATIVE HANDS. Collected and edited from original sources by the REV. CHARLES SWYNNERTON, F.S.A. Constable. 21s. net. Reviewed by W. H. D. Rouse.

CONTES POPULAIRES D'AFRIQUE, PAR RENÉ BASSET. Paris. E. GUILMOTO. 1903. Reviewed by A. Werner.

LES PASTORALES BASQUES. Notice, Catalogue des Manuscrits et Questionnaire. Par G. HÉRELLE. Bayonne, 1903, in 80 de p. 86. 1. VENDETTA, RACCONTO CAMPAGNNOLO SICILIANO. By G. CRIMI LO GIUDICE. Aci Reale, Tipografia Umberto I., 1903, 30 pp. 2. MAGHERIA, o AMORE PER FORZA. Scene Popolari Siciliane in 2 alti. Idem. 48 pp Reviewed by J. B. Andrews.     

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.     

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.

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