The Scotch Fisher Child

AN EGG AT EASTER, A FOLKLORE STUDY. By VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge and Kegan Paul. £6. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MYTH, LEGEND AND CUSTOM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. A Comparative Study with Chapters from Sir James G. Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testament. By THEODOR H. GASTER. Harper &; Row, New York, 1969. Pp. 899. $20.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

OUR LIVING TRADITIONS. An Introduction to American Folklore. Edited by TRISTRAM POTTER COFFIN. Basic Books, Inc. 1968. Pp. 301. $6.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE BALLAD AS SONG. By BERTRAND HARRIS BRONSON. University of California Press. Berkeley &; Los Angeles, 1969. Pp. 344. $7.95. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE PLEASANT LAND OF IRELAND. By K. DANAHER. Cork (Mercier Press) 1970. Pp. 88. 55 ills., 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE. By ENID PORTER. With Fenland Material provided by W. H. Barrett. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. 419. Plates 78 and Map. £5.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GREEN HILLS OF MAGIC. WEST VIRGINIA FOLKTALES FROM EUROPE. By RUTH ANN MUSICK. The University Press of Kentucky. $7.50. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXMOOR. Bideford Bay to Bridgwater. By L. V. GRINSELL. David &; Charles, 1970. With 23 plates, 5 drawings in text, and 8 maps in two colours. Pp. 242. £3. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SACHGÜTER UND LEBENSFORMEN. Einführung in die materielle Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. n. By D. W. H. SCHWARZ. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 244; 7 illustrations.Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSLIED-FORSCHUNG. Vol. XV. Edited by R. W. BREDNICH. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 225, 2 plates, 6 tunes and 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL. By William Bottrell. 2nd Edition published by Frank Graham, 1970. Pp. 275 and Index. £2.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

STORIES TOLD BY THE AZTECS BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME. By Carleton Beals. Abelard-Schuman. £1.40. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

STARS IS GOD'S LANTERNS. An Offering of Ozark Tellin' Stories. By Charles Moreau Wilson. University of Oklahoma Press. $4.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

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 Little Lady

CREATION AND COSMOLOGY: A HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY. by E. O. JAMES, (Supplement to Numen), Brill, Leiden, 1969. Reviewed by S. G. F. Brandon

DE ZALMOXIS A GENGIS-KHAN. Études comparative sur les religions et le folklore de la Dacie et de l'Europe orientale. By MIRCEA ELIADE. Payot Paris, 1970. Pp. 252. 29.70 Francs. Reviewed by E. O. James.

MYTH. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures. By G. S. KIRK. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 299. £3.25 net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

POSITIVELY BLACK. By ROGER D. ABRAHAMS. Prentice Hall International Inc., New Jersey and London. 30s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE PAGAN CELTS. By ANNE ROSS. London (B. T. Batsford Ltd) 1970. Pp. 224. 100 photographs and drawings by R. W. Feachem. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

HANS I VADESTØVLERNE. By JETTE LINDBO LEVY. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1968. Pp. 151 + English summary. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

TANGU TRADITIONS. A Study of the Way of Life Mythology, and Developing Experience of a New Guinea People. By KENELM BURRIDGE. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1969. Pp. xxiii + 513. 7 plates of illustrations. 6 figures. 2 maps. 4 tables. £5. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

WITCHCRAFT. Ed. BARBARA ROSEN. The Stratford on Avon Library, Vol. 6. Edward Arnold Ltd 1969. Pp. 407+xii. 21 line blocks. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

THE SONG TRADITION OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA. By PETER A. MUNCH. India University, 1970. Pp. 176. Musical illustrations. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

TRISTAN AND ISEULT IN CORNWALL. By E. M. R. DITMAS. Published by Roberts, Brockworth, Gloucester. Reviewed by B. C. Spooner.

THE CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITIONS, &; LEGENDS OF THE COUNTRY OF SOMERSET. By C. H. POOLE. Toucan Press, 1970. Pp. 147. 428. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MEMOIRS OF A VICTORIAN CABINET MAKER. JAMES HOPKINSON. Edited by Jocelyne Baty Goodman. Routledge &; Kegan Pau1, £1.10.0. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.     

Ritualism as a Disease of Religion

GODIVA OF COVENTRY. By JOAN C. LANCASTER. With a Chapter of the Folk Tradition of the Story by H. R. Ellis Davidson. Coventry Corporation, 1967. Pp. 114. Plates XVII and end papers. Obtainable from the Public Relations Officer, Council House, Coventry. 12s. 6d. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

FORMEN DER ‘VOLKSPOESIE’. By HERMANN BAUSINGER. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. 6. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag), 1968. Pp. 291. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSÜBERLIEFERUNG. Festschrift für Kurt Ranke zur Vollendung des 60. Lebensjahres. Edited by F. Harkort, K. C. Peeters and R. Wildhaber. Göttingen (Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co.) 1968. Pp. xiv, 607; plates 15, text ills. 4, and 3 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

PSYCHE AND DEATH. By EDGAR HERZOG. Translated by David Cox and Eugene Rolfe. Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. Pp. 224.30s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

CECIL SHARP. HIS LIFE AND WORK. By MAUD KARPELES. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1967.40s. Reviewed by Christina Hole.

SCOTTISH STUDIES Vol. 11, Parts 1 and 2; 1967. Vol. 12, Part 1. 1968. Edinburgh University. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

PIGS FOR THE ANCESTORS. Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People. By ROY A. RAPPAPORT. (With a Foreword by A.P. Vayda.) Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1967. Pp. xx 311; one map + 16 pages of photo plates. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

CONTES CHOISIS. By BIRAGO DIOP. Edited by JOYCE A. HUTCHINSON. Cambridge University Press, 1967. Pp. 176. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

The Sacred Marriage

DAVID OF SASSOUN: THE ARMENIAN FOLK EPIC IN FOUR CYCLES. Translated by ARTIN K. SHALIAN Ohio University Press, 1964, pp. 377. $10.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

VOICES IN THE VALLEY. FRANK R. KRAMER. University of Wisconsin Press. 300 pp. $5. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

DIE ROLLE DES HUNDES IN AFRICANISCHEN KULTUREN. By BARBARA FRANK. Studien zur Kulturkunde Vol. 17. Wiesbaden Franz SteinerVerlag, 1965. Pp.(6), 256. 5 Maps. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

GLI USI FUNEREI SARDI SECONDO LE VOCI DEL ‘DIZIONARIO DEGLI STATI SARDI’ COMPILATE DA VITTORIO ÁNGIUS. By ENRICA DELITALA. Offprint from Studi Sardi, XVIII for 1962–3, Gallizzi, Sassari, 1964. Pp. 65: map. Reviewed by Francis Celoria.

CONTES TRADITIONNELS DES TEILLEURS DE LIN DU TRÉGOR (BASSEBRETAGNE). By Geneviève Massignon. A. et J. Picard et Cie, 1965. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

HISTORY, TIME AND DEITY. By S. G. F. BRANDON. Manchester University Press, 1965. Pp. 240. 35s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY. Primitive Man in Egypt, Western Asia and Europe. By DOROTHY A. E. GARROD and J. G. D. CLARK. Cambridge University Press, 1965. Pp. 61.8s. 6d. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

UNSERE ORTSNAMEN IM ABC ERKLART. By WILDHELM STURMFELS and HEINZ BISCHOF. 3rd, revised, edition. Dummlers, Bonn, 1961. Pp. 359, including Introduction, Indices and Bibliography. Reviewed by John McN. Dodgson.

THE NORTHMEN TALK. A Choice of Tales from Iceland. Translated by JACQUELINE SIMPSON. Foreword by Eric Linklater. J. M. Dent and Sons, Phoenix House and the University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. Pp. i–xxix, 290. 30s. net. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

ORAL TRADITION, A Study in Historical Methodology. By JAN VANSINA, translated by H. M. WRIGHT. Routledge &; Kegan Paul Ltd. 30s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

GENTLE PLACES AND SIMPLE THINGS. By KEVIN DANAHER. Cork, The Mercier Press. 1964. Pp. 125. 5s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

A FENMAN'S STORY. By W. H. BARRETT. Routledge &; Kegan Paul Ltd. May 1965. 21s. Reviewed by Beatrice Blackwood.

ONCE UPON A TIME; Fifty Hungarian Folk-Tales. By GYULA ILLYES. Translated by Barna Balogh and Susan Kun. Corvina Press. 1964. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ULSTER DIALECTS; AN INTRODUCTORY SYMPOSIUM. Published by the Ulster Folk Museum, 1964. Pp. XIII, 201. 20s. Reviewed by Estyn Evans.

A BOOK OF MYTHS. Selected and retold by ROGER LANCELYN GREEN. Illustrated by Joan Liddell-Monroe. Dent, Children's Illustrated Classics. 16s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. An Account of Village Benefit Clubs and their Brass Pole Heads. By MARGARET D. FULLER. The Oakwood Press for the Museum of English Rural Life, the University of Reading, 1964. Pp. xii, 73: Plates LII + map. 63s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

STRUTTURA E ORIGINE MORFOLOGICA DEI MUTOS E DEI MUTTETOS SARDI. By A. M. CIRESE. Sardinia, Università degli Studi de Cagliari, 1964. Pp. 193. Reviewed by Francis Celoria.

DUTCH TILES. By DINGEMAN KORF. London, Merlin Press, 1963. Pp. 136. GLASS AND CRYSTAL, I, from the earliest times to 1850. By ELKA SCHRIJVER. Merlin Press, 1963. Pp. 134. Reviewed by W. Bonser.     

German Christmas and the Christmas- Tree

LETTERATURA POPOLARE ITALIANA. By GIANFRANCO D'ARONCO. Casa Editrice Patron, Bologna. 1970. Pp. 141. L. 1800. Reviewed by Stewart F. Sanderson.

BARI MITO. By LUIGI SADA, CARLO SCORCIA AND VICENZO VALENTE. Japigia Editrice, Bari. 1970. Reviewed by Stewart F. Sanderson.

RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC. STUDIES IN POPULAR BELIEFS IN SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND. By KEITH THOMAS. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971 £8 Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

BRETON FOLKTALES. By RUTH E. K. MEUSS. RUSSIAN FOLKTALES. By E. C. ELSTOB and R. BARBER. CHINESE FOLKTALES. By E. OSERS. PERSIAN FOLKTALES. By A. KURTI. G. Bell and Sons. Pp. 215, 213, 215, 216. £1.30 each. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE TRISTAN LEGEND. A STUDY IN SOURCES. By Sigmund Eisner. Pp. 190. Northwestern University Press; 1969, Evanston, Illinois. Reviewed by Mary Williams.     

February 20th, 1907

A SINGER AND HER SONGS. ALMEIDA RIDDLE'S BOOK OF BALLADS. Edited by ROGER D. ABRAHAMS. Musical Editor, George Foss. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1970. Pp. 191. $8.50. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE STUDY OF GAMES. By E. AVEDON AND B. SUTTON-SMITH. Wiley (New York) 1971. Pp. 530. n.p. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

FOLCLORUL. OBIECT, PRINCIPII, METOD?, CATEGORII. By GHEORGHE VRABIE. Editor: Roumanian Academy of Sciences. Bucharest, 1970. Pp. 327. Price: 32.-Lei. Reviewed by Béla Gunda.

OVAMBO PROVERBS WITH AFRICAN PARALLELS. By MATTI KUUSI. FF Communications No. 208. Academia Scientiarum Fennica. Helsinki, 1970. Pp. 356. Price 35.-mk. Reviewed by Bela Gunda.

STUDIES IN CHINESE FOLKLORE AND RELATED ESSAYS. By WOLFRAM EBERHARD. Indiana Research Center For the Language Sciences, Bloomington. Mouton and Co., The Hague, The Netherlands. (No price indicated). Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

CLOUD-WALKING. By MARIE CAMPBELL. Indiana University Press. Bloomington and London, 1971. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

FRIEDRICH RANKE, KLEINERE SCHRIFTEN. Ed. by H. Rupp &; E. Studer. Bibliotheca Germanica. Bern (Francke Verlag) 1971. Pp. 444, 1 plate. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

KONTAKTE UND GRENZEN, PROBLEME DER VOLKS-, KULTER- UND SOZIALFORSCHUNG. Festschrift für Gerhard Heilfurth zum 60. Geburtstag. Ed. by his colleagues. Göttingen (Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co.) 1969. Pp. xviii, 566. 81 photographs, 66 text illustrations, 1 map. Ellen Ettlinger.

A GAZETTEER OF BRITISH GHOSTS. By PETER UNDERWOOD. Souvenir Press. £2. Reviewed by Katharine M. Briggs.

THE EVIL EYE: THE ORIGINS &; PRACTICES OF SUPERSTITION. By F. T. ELWORTHY. With an Introduction by Louis S. Barron. Collier Books, 1970. Pp. 471. $2.95. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SELECTED LEGENDS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. By SUSAN E. GREEN. Illustrations by Donald E. Green. Leicester Research Services. 1971. Pp. 39. 30p. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

WHAT WITCHES Do: THE MODERN COVEN REVEALED. BY STEWART FARRAR. Pp. 210, 22 photographs, 13 Text figs. Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1971. £2.50. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

GAMLE NORSKE FOLKEVISER. By SOPHUS BUGGE. Norsk Folkeminnelags Skrifter no. 106. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1971. Pp. 155. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

MEXICAN TALES and LEGENDS FROM LOS ALTOS. Introduction, classification, and notes by STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies 20. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970. Pp. 578, 6 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSKULTUR UND GESCHICHTE, FESTGABE FÜR JOSEF DÜNNINGER ZUM 65. GEBURTSTAG. Edited by D. HARMENING, G. LUTZ, B. SCHEMMEL &; E. WIMMER. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. xix, 694. Plates 11, 3 text illustrations and 6 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

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.     

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.     

English Folk-Drama

EYRBYGGJA SAGA. Translated from the Old Icelandic by PAUL SCHACH with introduction and verse translations by LEE M. HOLLANDER. The University of Nebraska Press and the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1959. $4.25. Pp. xx, 140. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE LAXDOELA SAGA. Translated from the Old Icelandic with Introduction and Notes by A. MARGARET ARENT. Seattle. University of Washington Press. New York. The American-Scandinavian Foundation. 1964. pp. xlii, 210. $6.75. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF SOCIETY. Vol. III. Edited by WARNER MUENSTERBERGER, Ph.D. and SIDNEY AXELRAD, D.S.Sc. New York, International Universities Press, Inc., [1965]. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

THE SALERNITAN QUESTIONS. By BRIAN LAWN. Clarendon Press. Oxford Univ. Press, 1963. Pp. 240. frontis. 63s. Reviewed by Eric J. Trimmer.

GODS AND MYTHS OF NORTHERN EUROPE. By H. R. ELLIS DAVIDSON. Penguin Books, 1964. Pp. 251. 4s. 6d. Reviewed by E. O. James.

GLAUBENSWELT UND FOLKLORE DER SIBIRISCHEN VÖLKER. Edited by V. DÓISZEGI. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1963. Pp. 533. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

SHAMANISM, ARCHAIC TECHNIQUES OF ECSTASY. By M. ELIADE. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. Pp. xxiii, 610. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

THE PEOPLES OF SIBERIA. Edited by M. G. LEVIN and L. P. POTAPOV. University of Chicago Press, 1964. Pp. viii, 948. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

DIE KUNSTBLUME VON DER ANTIKE BIS ZUR GEGENWART. Geschichte und Eigenart eines volkstümlichen Kunstgewerbes. B. SCHIER. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für deutsche Volkskunde xi. Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1957. Pp. viii, 208: 5 coloured plates, 1 illustration, 1 diagram. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JAHRBUCH FÜR OSTDEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE vii. Marburg, Elwert Verlag, 1963. Pp. 272 (7 pp. blank!): 3 photos, 4 illustrations, 19 tunes, 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE TELLTALE LILAC BUSH and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales. By RUTH ANN MUSICK. University of Kentucky Press, 1965. Pp. xviii, 189. $4.50. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

MAORI MYTHS AND TRIBAL LEGENDS. Retold by ANTHONY ALPERS. John Murray 1964. 30s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MORE HIGHLAND FOLKTALES. By R. MACDONALD ROBERTSON. Oliver and Boyd, 1964. 21s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

DRAMA IN RURAL INDIA. By J. C. MATHUR. Bombay, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 1964. Pp. 121. Illus. Bibliog. 40s. Reviewed by L. P. Elwell-Sutton.

THE PLACE-NAMES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. By A. H. SMITH. Part 4. English Place-Name Society, Vol. XLI. Cambridge University Press, 1965. Pp. xv, 274. 42s. Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

BUYING THE WIND (Regional Folklore in the United States.) By RICHARD M. DORSON. University of Chicago Press. 574 pp. $7.95; 59s. 6d. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.     

Classified Catalogue of Brand Material.

FOLKTALES OF ENGLAND. Edited by KATHERINE M. BRIGGS and RUTH L. TONGUE. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Pp. 174.25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

FOLKTALES OF CHINA. Edited by WOLFRAM EBERHARD. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Pp. xxxviii, 267.40s. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

MITOS Y LEYENDAS EN LAS VILLAS. Edited by SAMUEL FEIJÓO. Folklore Cubano. Universidad Central de Las Villas (Cuba), 1965. Pp. 252. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

EUROPEAN FOLKTALES. Edited by LAURITS BÖDKER, CHRISTINA HOLE, G. D'ARONCO. Published for the Council of Europe. Rosenkilde and Bagger, Copenhagen, 1963. Pp. xxiii + 223. Reviewed by Stewart F. Sanderson.

FF Communications No. 195: THE MORPHOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN FOLKTALES. By ALAN DUNDES. Helsinki, 1964. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

THE SIGNPOST LIBRARY, Oliver and Boyd, 9s. 6d. No. 10. GYPSIES. By JOHN HORNBY. Illustrated by David Gentleman. 1965. No. 11. WITCHES AND WIZARDS. By FRANCES WILKINS. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner. 1965. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND THE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES. Edited by MICHAEL BANTON. Tavistock Publications, 1966. 30s. each. Reviewed by E. O. James.

A GUIDE FOR FIELD WORKERS IN FOLKLORE. By KENNETH S. GOLDSTEIN. Hatboro, Pennsylvania, Folklore Associates Inc.; London, Herbert Jenkins, 1964. 42s. Reviewed by Stewart F. Sanderson.

THE WITCHCRAFT AND FOLKLORE OF DARTMOOR. RUTH ST LEGER GORDON. Robert Hale, 1965. Pp. 192; illust. with photos by the Author. 21s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

PASTEURS-NOMADES MÉDITERRANÉENS. LES SARACATSANS DE GRèCE By G. B. KAVADIAS. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1965. Pp. x, 444, 1 map, 109 illustrations, 4 diagrams, 1 table. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC COUNCIL. Vol. XVII, 1965. Part 1, pp. 80; Part 2, pp. 355. Both parts for 30s. Reviewed by Mary Hudleston.     

Notes on Names of the Thorn

CROW TEXTS. Collected, translated, and edited by ROBERT H. LOWIE, University of California Press and Cambridge U.P., 1960. Pp. xiii, 550. Price 52s. Reviewed by Geoffrey Turner.

STORIES FROM UIST, TOLD BY ANGUS MACLELLAN. Translated by J. G. CAMPBELL. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1961. Pp. xxix, 254, 1 photograph. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE EVERLASTING CIRCLE. English Traditional Verse from the MSS of S. Baring-Gould, H. E. D. Hammond and George B. Gardiner, By James Reeves. Heinemann, London. Pp. 303, 5 illus. Price 25s. net. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

THE TIGER'S WHISKER, AND OTHER TALES AND LEGENDS FROM ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. Collected by HAROLD COURLANDER. Methuen &; Co. 12s. 6d. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

GREEK CALENDAR CUSTOMS. By GEORGE A. MEGAS. Press and Information Department, Prime Minister's Office, Athens, 1958. Pp. 159 + 24 plates. Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

HIGHLAND FOLK WAYS. By I. F. GRANT. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, London, 1961. Pp. xiii, 377, 77 text illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF SOCIETY. Vol, I. International Universities Press, Inc., New York, 1961. Reviewed by E. Baker.

SEASONAL FEASTS AND FESTIVALS. By E. O. JAMES. Thames and Hudson, 1961. 35s. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

JOURNAL OF THE ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY. Vol. 9, No. 1, December 1960. Reviewed by W.B.

ANCIENT BALLADS TRADITIONALLY SUNG IN NEW ENGLAND, Vol. I, University of Pennsylvania Press. Reviewed by C. H.

PERIODICAL LITERATURE. Reviewed by Christina Hole.     

Initiation.

SCHOTTISCHE SAGEN. Europäische Sagen V. By CHRISTIANE AGRICOLA, Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1967. Pp. 325. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

SYLTER SAGEN. In der ursprünglichen Fassung nach C. P. Hansen u. a. Edited by WILLY KROGMANN. Denkmäler deutscher Volksdichtung, Vol. 7, edited by Will-Erich Peuckert. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co., 1966. Pp. vi, 66. With 6 drawings by C. P. Hansen. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

KOSMAS UND DAMIAN. Kultausbreitung und Volksdevotion. By ANNELIESE WITTMANN. With introduction by Mathilde Hain. Berlin Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1967. Pp. 344; 45 plates and text ills. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VERGIL: EPIC AND ANTHROPOLOGY. By W. F. JACKSON KNIGHT. George Allen and Unwin, 1967. Pp. 320. 55s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD. An Historical and Comparative Study of the Idea of a Post-mortem Judgment in the Major Religions. By S. G. F. BRANDON. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1967. Pp. 300. 50s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE DOMAIN OF DEMONS. By ERIC MAPLE. Robert Hale, London, 1966. Pp. 192; plates. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

TYPE AND MOTIF INDEX OF THE FOLKTALES OF ENGLAND AND NORTH AMERICA. By ERNEST W. BAUGHMAN. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

DOG. By PATRICIA DALE-GREEN. Rupert Hart-Davies Ltd., 1966. 63s. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

JAHRBUCH FÜR OSTDEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. 10. Edited by E. RIEMANN. Marburg N. G. Elwert Verlag, 1967. Pp. 200; 21 ills. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FENLAND CHRONICLE. By SIBYL MARSHALL. Drawings by Ewart Oakeshott. Cambridge University Press, 1967. Pp. vii and 280. 45s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.     

Folk-Lore from South-East Suffolk

THE ANATOMY OF PUCK. An examination of fairy beliefs among Shakespeare's contemporaries and successors. By KATHERINE M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959. Pp. 284,12 plates. Cloth 30s. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

MANUEL DE FOLKLORE FRANCAIS CONTEMPORAIN. Vol. 1, Pts. V, VI, VII, By ARNOLD VAN GENNEP. A. et J. Picard et Cie, Paris, 1951, 1953. 1958. Pp. xxviii, xxiv, xi; 2137–3166; 19, 9, 20 maps and portraits. Paper. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

LO KUAN-CHUNG'S ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS. Translated by C. H. BREWITT-TAYLOR. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, 1959, 2 vol. (by photo-offset). Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

DEVON TRADITIONS AND FAIRY-TALES. By J. R. W. COXHEAD. The Raleigh Press, Exmouth, 1959. Pp. 122. Cloth, 10s. 6d., Paper, 6s. 6d. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

FIFTY YEARS A POTTER. By W. FISHLEY HOLLAND. IX, 105. The Caravel Press, 1958. 18s. Reviewed by R. U. Sayce.

VON PRINZEN, TROLLEN UND HERRN FRO, Märchen der europäischen Völker. Yearbook of the Society zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europäischen Völker. 4 vols. Rheine, 1956–9. Pp. 176, 176, 247, 256. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

OESTERREICHISCHER VOLKSKUNDEATLAS. Ed. by E. BURGSTALLER and A. HELBOK. ist issue (Linz, 1959). 13 maps; comments 95 pp. — Index of places pp. 125. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

SEEKING LIFE. By VERA LASKI. American Folklore Society, Philadelphia, 1958. Pp. 176 (mimeographed). Reviewed by Beatrice Blackwood.

THE LORE AND LANGUAGE OF SCHOOLCHILDREN. By IONA AND PETER OPIE. Oxford University Press, 1959. Pp. 417. 35s. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

THE LULLABY BOOK. By LESLIE DAIKEN. Edmund Ward Ltd, 1959. Plates and other illustrations. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

STUDIES IN FOLKLORE. Edited by W. EDSON RICHMOND. Indiana University Publications, Folklore Series, no. 9. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1957. Pp. xv, 270. Reviewed by W. B.

WELSH FOLK CUSTOMS. By TREFOR M. OWEN. Cardiff, 1959. Pp. 258. 10s. 6d. Reviewed by Raglan.     

The Mannhardtian Theories about the Last Sheaf and the Fertility Demons from a Modern Critical Point of View

ANIMAL LEGENDS. Retold and pictured by K. NIXON. F. Warne. 15s. Reviewed by E. F. Coote Lake.

RELIGION IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY. By ROBERT T. PARSONS. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1964.Pp. 245. Reviewed by E. O. James

THE PROSE EDDA OF SNORRI STURLUSON: TALES FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY. Selected and Translated by JEAN I. YOUNG. Introduction by Sigurður Nordal. University of California Press and Cambridge University Press, 1966. 28s.; paperback 12s. 6d. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE MAGICAL ARTS A SHORT HISTORY. By C. A. BURLAND. Arthur Barker Ltd. 42. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MAGIC PEOPLE. By BARBARA SOFTLY. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards, Published by Oliver and Boyd (‘The Open Gate Library’ No. 8). 106. 6d. Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.

AYERS ROCK, ITS PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS, AND THEIR ART. By CHARLES P. MOUNTFORD. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1965. 65s. Pp. xiv, 208; 5 coloured plates, 106 in black and white, 43 figures. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

THE ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE CHUMASH. By CAMPBELL GRANT. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1965. 80s. Pp. xviii, 163. Frontispiece and 31 colour plates, 120 figures. Reviewed by J. S. Ryan.

THE TRADITIONAL AND NATIONAL MUSIC OF SCOTLAND. By FRANCIS COLLINSON. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. Pp. xvii + 294. Price 63s. Reviewed by Douglas Kennedy.

JAHRBUCH FüR OSTDEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE. Edited by A. PERLICK. Vol. ix. Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1965. Pp. 238; 16 photographs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OESTERREICHISCHER VOLKSKUNDEATLAS. Edited by RICHARD WOLFRAM Vienna, 1965. Commentary, pp. 278; 2 text ills.; maps 14–32. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE NUNAMIUT ESKIMOS: HUNTERS OF CARIBOU. By NICHOLAS J. GUBSER, Yale University Press, 1965. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

ESP: BEYOND TIME AND DISTANCE. By T. C. LETHBRIDGE, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Pp. x, 148. Illustrated by the Author. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SIXTY YEARS A FENMAN. By ARTHUR R. RANDELL. Edited by ENID PORTER. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. ix, 126; illustrated. 13 Plates. 25s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

HEBREW AMULETS, THEIR DECIPHERMENT AND INTERPRETATION. By THEODORE SCHRIRE. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. xii, 180.50s. Reviewed by A. A. Barb.

NEDERLANDSE INCANTATIELITERATUUR. Een gecommentarieerd compendium van Nederlandse bezweringsformules. Door Dr JOZEF VAN HAVER. Gent, Kon. Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letter-kunde (Reeks VI, Nr. 94), 1964. Pp. 506. Reviewed by A. A. Barb.

AMULETT UND TALISMAN, Erscheinungsform und Geschichte. By L. HANSMANN AND L. KRISS-RETTENBECK. Munich, G. D. W. Callwey, 1966. Pp. 270, 844 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKTALES OF GERMANY. Edited by K. RANKE. Translated by L. BAUMANN. Folktales of the World. General Editor: R. M. Dorson. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Pp. xxxiii, 257. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKTALES: The Peoples' Meeting-Place. Unpublished Sources. Vol. ii. Denmark-Germany. Edited by L. BØDKER and G. HÜLLEN. Schloss Bentlage (Gesellschaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europäischen Völker) Jahresgabe 1966. Pp. 199. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TALES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Selected and Annotated by STITH THOMPSON. Indiana University Press. Bloomington and London. Reprint 1966. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

BEITRÄGE ZUR LEHRE AND FORSCHUNG DER LEIBESERZIEHUNG: Band 13: Der Ursprung der olympischen Spiele, by Ludwig Drees; Band 14: Über die menschliche Bewegung als Einheit von Natur und Geist. by Frederik J. J. Buytendijk, Paul Christian, and Herbert Plügge. Schorndorf bei Stuttgart, Karl Hofmann. 1963. Pp. 144 and 80. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

BELMONTE DE LOS CABALLEROS, a Sociological Study of a Spanish Town. By CARMELO LISON-TOLOSANA. Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1966. 75s. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.     

Current Books

TOLD IN THE MARKET PLACE. By C. G. CAMPBELL. Ernest Benn. Pp. 207. 1954. 10s. 6d. Reviewed by A. S. T.

ENGLISH FOLK SONG, SOME CONCLUSIONS. By CECIL J. SHARP. 3rd Edition. Methuen. London. 1954. Reviewed by V. A.

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION. By GEOFFREY PARRINDER. Hutch inson's University Library, London. 1954. Pp. 156. Map. 8s. 6d. Reviewed by Edwin W. Smith

WAYS OF MAMMALS IN FACT AND FANCY. By CLIFFORD B. MOORE. Ronald Press. New York, 15s.net. Reviewed by L. R. Brightwall.

GREEK PROVERBS. A collection of proverbs and proverbial phrases which are not listed by the ancient and Byzantine paroemiographers. By REINHOLD STROMBERG. Göteborgs kungl. Vetenstaps-och. Vitterhets-Samhälles Handliugar, Sjätte Följden, Ser. A, Band 4, No. 8. Göteborg, 1954. Kr. 15. Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

SCOTLAND'S DANCES. By H. A. THURSTON. London, 1954. Pp. 160. 11s. 6d. Reviewed by V. A.

THE WORD ON THE BRAZOS. By J. MASON BREWER. Foreword by J. FRANK DOBIE. Illustrations by RALPH WHITE, JR. Pp. xv, 109. Austin. University of Texas Press. 1953. $3.50. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

CHIEFS AND GODS : RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ELEMENTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BANTU KINGSHIP. By OLAF PETTERSSON. With map. Pp. 405. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

LES COSTUMES DES POPULATIONS BRETONNES. By R.-Y. CRESTON. Avec préface de P.-R. GIOT. 2 vols. Pp. 66, 120; maps 21, 66. Numerous other illustrations. Rennes, 1953–4. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

THE UNWRITTEN LAW IN ALBANIA. By the late MARGARET HASLUCK. Edited by J. H. HUTTON. Cambridge University Press. Pp. xv, 285. With a map. 30s. Reviewed by R. M. Dawkins.     

The Modern Commercial Aspect of an Ancient Superstition

GODS AND FIGHTING MEN. The story of the Tuatha De danaan and the Fianna of Ireland, arranged and put into English by LADY GREGORY, with a Preface by W. B. YEATS and a Foreword by DANIEL MURPHY. Gerards Cross (Colin Smythe) 1970. Pp. 367, 1 plate. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. HINTERGLAS, ZEUGNISSE EINER ALTEN HAUSKUNST. Salzburg (Residenz Verlag) 1972. Pp. 159. 48 coloured plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VILMA MÖNCKEBERG. DAS MÄRCHEN UND UNSERE WELT. ERFAHRUNGEN UND EINSICHTEN. Düsseldorf (Eugen Diederichs Verlag) 1972. Pp. 235. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

NINE NORSE STUDIES. By G. TURVILLE-PETRE. London, 1972. Pp. 180. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

RAGNARQK: AN INVESTIGATION INTO OLD NORSE CONCEPTS OF THE FATE OF THE GODS. By JOHN STANLEY MARTIN. Assen, 1972. Pp. 151. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

GHOSTS AND LEGENDS. By ROY CHRISTIAN. David and Charles, 1972. Pp. 156. Illus. Price: £1.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

WITCHCRAFT IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By JEFFREY BURTON RUSSELL. Cornell University Press, 1972. Pp. 394. £7.15. Reviewed by Richard Cavendish.

VOLKSKUNDE FAKTEN UND ANALYSEN. Festgabe für Leopold Schmidt zum 60. Geburtstag. Ed. by K. BEITL. Vienna (Verein für Volkskunde) 1972. Pp. 524. Plates 77. Text illus. 39. Maps 10. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Literary Influences on Tradition.

WILL-ERICH PEUCKERT. GABALIA. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin, 1967. 578 pp. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

STUDIES IN FOLK LIFE. Essays in honour of Iorwerth C. Peate. Edited by Geraint Jenkins. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. xvii, 344. 46 Plates and 4 maps and 55 line drawings. £4 4s. Reviewed by Michael M. Rix.

ORAL EPICS OF CENTRAL ASIA. By Nora K. Chadwick and Victor Zhirmunsky. Cambridge University Press. 1969. Pp. 366. 75s. Reviewed by E. O. James.

So LEBEN SIE NOCH HEUTE. BETRACHTUNGEN ZUM VOLKSMÄRCHEN. MAX LÜTHI. Göttingen (Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht) 1969. Pp. 130. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE DAWN OF TIME. Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts, with text by CHARLES P. MOUNTFORD. 1969. Angus and Robertson. 25s. (and Rigby Limited, Adelade). Reviewed by Roger Lancelyn Green.