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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.     

A Folklore Survey of County Clare

ENGLISH TRADITIONAL SONGS AND CAROLS. Collected and Edited, with Annotations and Pianoforte Accompaniments, by LUCY E. BROADWOOD. Boosey &; Co. 25. 6d, by Charlotte S. Burne

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THE MEITHEIS. By T. C. HODSON. With an Introduction by Sir CHARLES LYALL. London : David Nutt. 1908, by M. Longworth Dames

THE MIKIRS. From the Papers of the late EDWARD STACK. Edited, arranged and supplemented by Sir CHARLES LYALL. London: David Nutt. 1908, by M. Longworth Dames

REPORTS OF THE CAMBRIDGE EXPEDITION TO TORRES STRAITS : Vol. VI. SOCIOLOGY, MAGIC, AND RELIGION OF THE EASTERN ISLANDERS. Cambridge University Press, 1908, 4to. Pp. xx, 316, with 30 plates, 70 blocks in the text, and 3 maps. Price 21s. net, by N.W. Thomas

TRAVAUX DE L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publicés sous la direction de M. E. DURKHEIM. ESSAIS SUR LE REGIME DES CASTES par C. BOUGLÉ. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1908, by E. Sidney Hartland

Au BON VIEUX TEMPS: RÉCITS, CONTES ET LÉGENDES DE L'ANCIEN BOCAGE NORMAND. JEUX, VIEILLES CHANSONS (Vingt airs notés). A. MADELAINE. Tom I. Caen: Henri Delesques, 1907, by E. Sidney Hartland

THE ELDER OR POETIC EDDA, commonly known as SÆMUND'S EDDA. Part I. The Mythological poems, edited and translated with Introduction and Notes by OLIVE BRAY. Illustrated by W. G. COLLINGWOOD. Viking Club Translation Series. 15s. net. (David Nutt.), by Albany F. Major

THE LOWER NIGER AND ITS TRIBES. By Major ARTHUR GLYN LEONARD. Macmillan, 1906. Pp. xxii + 559. Map. 8vo, by A.R. Wright

IN INDIAN MEXICO: A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL AND LABOR. By FREDERICK STARR. Chicago: Forbes &; Co., 1908, by E. Sidney Hartland

FOLKLORE OF THE HOLY LAND, MOSLEM, CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH. By J. E. HANAUER. Edited by Marmaduke Pickthall. London: Duckworth &; Co. 1907.

DIE SALOMO SAGE IN DER SEMITISCHEN LITTERATUR. EIN BEITRAG ZUR VERGLEICHENDEN SAGENKUNDE. Von Dr. GEORG SALZBERGER. Berlin: Max Harrwitz. 1907.

SLAVISCHE VOLKSFORSCHUNGEN, ABHANDLUNGEN UEBER GLAUBEN, GEWOHNHEITSRECHT, SITTEN, BRAEUCHE UND DIE GUSLARENLIEDER DER SUEDSLAVEN, VORWIEGEND AUF GRUND EIGENER ERHEBUNGEN. Von Dr. FRIEDRICH KRAUSS. Leipzig: Wilhelm Heims. 1908. by M. G.     

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.

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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.

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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.     

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Mythes et Légendes D'Australie : Études D'Éthnographie et de Sociologie. Arnold van Gennep. Paris, E. Guilmoto, N.D. [Preface Dated November, 1905.] By. E. Sidney Hartland.

The Cult of the Heavenly Twins. By J. Rendel Harris, M.A., D. Litt. (Dubl). Cambridge University Press. 1906. By R H. Connolly.

The Jâtaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. Vol V. Translated By H. T. Francis, M.A. Cambridge: 1905. By W. Crooks.

Simla Village Tales, or Folk-Tales from the Himalayas. By A. E. Dracott. London: John Murray, 1906. By W. Crooks.

The Childhood of Fiction. By J. A. MacCulloch. London: John Murray, 1905. By W. Crooks.

Recueil De Memoires et de Textes Publiés en L'honneur du XIV Congrès des Orientalistes. Pierre Fontana, Algiers, 1905. By J. B. Andrews.     

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.     

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.     

Beira,the ocean gateway to Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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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.     

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Isle of Man Illustrated. Eighth edition. By Rev. John Imrie. Bournemouth : Mate and Sons, 1907. Price 1s.

Macdonald's Commercial Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh : Macdonald and Co., N.D. Price 3s. 6d.

The Greatness and Decline of Rome. 2 Vols. By Gugliélmo Ferrero. Translated by Alfred E. Zimmern, M.A. London : William Heinemann, 1907.

Les Falaises de la Manche. Par Jules Girard, Membre de la Société de Géographie. Paris : Ernest Leroux, 1907.

The Shores of the Adriatic: The Italian Side. By F. Hamilton Jackson, R.B.A. London : John Murray, 1906. Price 21s. net.

The Central Alps, Part I. (including those portions of Switzerland to the north of the Rhone and Rhine Valleys). By the late Jonn Ball. A new edition, reconstructed and revised by A. V. Valentine‐Richards. London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1907. Price 6s. 6d. net.

Sveneska Turistföreningens årsskrift, 1906 and 1907. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand.

Sweden: A Short Handbook. Stockholm : Centraltryckeriet. 1906.

Swedish Life in Town and Country. By O. G. von Heidexstam. London: George Newnes. Price 3s. 6d. net.

The Russian Peasant. By Howard P. Kennard, M.D. London : T. Werner Laurie, 1907. Price 6s. net.

AFRICA.

Two Dianas in Somaliland. By Agnes Herbert. London : John Lane. New York: John Lane Company, 1907. Price 12s. 6d. net.

Liberia. By Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.Sc. In two volumes. London : Hutchinson and Co., 1906.

In Wildest Africa. By C. G. Schillings. Translated by Frederic Whyte. London : Hutchinson and Co., 1907. Price 24s. net.

Things Seen in Egypt. By Clive Holland. London : Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1908. Price 2s. net.

Die Halbinsel des Sinäi in ihrer Bedeutung nach Erdkunde und Geschichte auf Grund eigener Forschung an Ort und Stelle dargestellt. Von Professor Dr. E. Dagobert Schoenfeld. Berlin : Dietrich Reimer, 1907.

A Woman's Trek from the Cape to Cairo. By Mary Hall. London : Methuen and Co., 1907. Price 16s. net.

GENERAL.

Modern Lithology. By E. H. Adye. Edinburgh and London : W. and A. K. Johnston, 1907. Price 10s. net.     

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.     

The Medieval sea‐state

EUROPE

Pilgrim Spots in Galloway. By G. Marianne M'Kerlie. London : Sands and Co., 1916. Price 5s. net.

Midsummer Motoring in Europe. By De Courcy W. Trom. New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Price 10s. 6d. net.

ASIA

A Naturalist in Borneo. By the late Robert W. C. Shelford, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, M.A., etc., late Curator of the Sarawak Museum, and Assistant Curator of the Hope Department of Zoology, Oxford University Museum. Edited, with a Biographical Introduction, by Edward B. Poulton, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology, and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. London : T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1916. Price 15s. net.

In Far North‐East Siberia. By I. W. Shklovsky (“Dioneo”). London : Macmillan and Co. Price 8s. 6d. net.

Provincial Geographies of India. The Panjab, North‐West Frontier Province, and Kashmir. By Sir James Douie, M.A., K.C.S.I. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. Price 6s. net.

AMERICA

David Thompson's Narrative of his Explorations in Western America, 1784–1812. Edited by J. B. Tyrrell. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1916.

AUSTRALASIA

Australia. (University Manuals.) By J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. Price 1s. 3d. net.

GENERAL

Naval and Military Geography of the British Empire (considered in Relation to the War with Germany). By Vaugiian Cornish, D.Sc. London : Hugh Rees, 1916. Price 3s. 6d. net.

Cambridge Travel Books. The Earliest Voyages round the World, 1519–1617. Edited by Philip P. Alexander, M.A., Hertford College, Oxford. Cambridge : At the University Press, 1916. Price 3s.

The German Colonial Empire. By Paolo Giordani. Translated by Mrs. Gustavus W. Hamilton. London : G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1916.

EDUCATIONAL

New Regional Geographies.—(1) The Americas. (2) Asia and Australasia. By Leonard Brooks, M. A. (Cantab.), F.R.G.S. London : University of London Press, Ltd., 1916. Price 3s. each.

A Nursery Geography. By George S. Dickson. London : T. C. and E. C. Jack. Price 3s. 6d. net.