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.     

Stray Notes on Japanese Folklore.

A WORLD REMEMBERED: TALES AND LORE OF THE POLISH LAND. Collected and compiled by MARION MOORE COLEMAN. Cherry Hill Books, 1965. Price 5 dollars. Reviewed by Violet Mason.

ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING. By TUN LI-CH'EN. Trans lated and Annotated by DERK BODDE. Hong Kong University Press; Oxford University Press. Pp. 147. 52s. 6d. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

FOLKLORE BALEAR. Bv ANDRÉS FERRER GINARD. Ed. Cort. 1965. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF REGIONAL EUROPEAN ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. VOL. ii: Folk Literature (Germanic). By LAURITS BØDKER. Published by CIAP with the support of UNESCO. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1965. Pp. 365. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

STRAW PATH. Data on the Spread and the Origin of the Mediterranean Name Type of Via Lactea. By LÁSZLÓ MÁNDOKI. Acta Ethno graphica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Tomus XIV, Fasciculi 1–2. Budapest, 1965. Pp. 21. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MYTH. A Symposium. Edited by THOMAS A. SEBECK. Indiana University Press, 1965. Pp. 180. $2–45 (7s 6d). Reviewed by E. O. James.

SOMERSET FOLKLORE, By R. L. TONGUE, edited by K. M. BRIGGS. County Folklore, Vol. VIII. The Folk-lore Society, 1965. Pp. 243. 40s. Reviewed by Faith Sharp.

HEALTH AND HEALING IN RURAL GREECE. By RICHARD AND EVA BLUM, Stanford University Press. 30s. Reviewed by Eric J. Trimmer.

SAGEN UND HIRE DEUTUNG. By MAX LÜTHI, LUTZ RÖHRICH and GEORG FOHRER. Introduction by W. E. Peuckert. Evangelisches Forum. Heft 5. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht, 1965. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS MÄRCHEN. SEIN ORT IN DER GEISTIGEN ENTWICKXUNG, By HEDWIG VON BEIT. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1965. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

EARLY IRISH POETRY. Edited by JAMES CARNEY. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1965. Pp. 99. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE FIRST BOOK OF IRISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS. With introduction by EOIN NEESON. Cork, The Mercier Press, no year. Pp. 126. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONAL COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN. By J. GERAINT JENKINS. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 45s. Reviewed by D. N. Kennedy.

THE HOGARTH BOOK OF SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES. Collected and edited by NORAH AND WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. London. Hogarth Press, 1964. 15s. Reviewed by W. Bonser.

ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHAEOLOGY. An Introduction to Pleistocene Geography. By KARL W. BUTZER. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 524. 84s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

PATTERNS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. By S. FORD and FRANK A. BEACH. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965. Pp. 330. 30s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

Folk Elements in Nineteenth-Century Puritanism

THE IDIOM OF THE PEOPLE. By JAMES REEVES. Heinemann, 1958. Pp. xii, 244. Reviewed by Margaret Dean-Smith.

EUSKALERRIKO IPUIÑAK: Basque Folktales. Edited with notes and Spanish versions by A. IRIGARAY. Itxaropena Argitaldaria, Zarauz, 1957. Pp. 225, 40 pesetas. Reviewed by P. L. Henry.

DAHOMEAN NARRATIVE. A Cross-Cultural Analysis. By MELVILLE J. and FRANCES S. HERSKOVITS. Northwestern University Press, Evanstown, 1958. Pp. xvi, 490. Reviewed by Jack Berry.

FOLKLORE OF OTHER LANDS. By A. M. SELVI, L. KAHN, R. C. SOULE. S. F. Vanni; New York. Five dollars. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ALTE NEWE ZEITUNG. A sixteenth-century collection of fables. Edited by ELI SOBEL. Folklore Studies x, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1958. Pp. xii, 64. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

BRAUCHTUMSGEBÄCKE UND WEIHNACHTSSPEISEN. Ein volkskundlicher Beitrag zur österreichischen Kulturgeographie. By E. BURGSTALLER. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für den Volkskundeatlas in Österreich, vol. ii, Linz, 1957. Pp. 136, (18), 7; 5 plates, 22 maps. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

AN ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, Vol. 1–67, 68, 69, 70. By TRISTRAM P. COFFIN. American Folklore Society, Philadelphia, 1958. Pp. xvi, 383. $6.50. Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

DEUTSCHES HANDWERKERLEBEN UND DER AUFSTIEG DER STADT. By MAX RUMPF. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1955. Pp. 244, 106 photographs. WÜRTTEMBERGISCHES JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE, 1956. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1956. Pp. 164; 12 photographs, 1 map and 2 drawings. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

DAS VOTIVBILD. By L. KRISS-RETTENBECK. Hermann Rinn, Munich, 1958. Pp. 185; Plates 173. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

THE SINGING MOUNTAINEERS. By RUTH STEPHANS. Thomas Nelson &; Sons, Edinburgh, 1958. 18s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

THE YOUNG TRAVELLER IN MEXICO. By BETTY ROSS. Phoenix House, London 1958. Pp. 136. 9s. 6d. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

THE COLLECTING OF FOLK MUSIC AND OTHER ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL MATERIAL. Edited by Maud Karpeles. Reviewed by A. H.

THE PREHISTORY OF AFRICA. By H. ALIMEN. Hutchinson, London, 1957. 63s. Reviewed by Robert A. Kennedy.     

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.     

Minutes of Meetings.

EUROPEAN FOLKLORE IN AMERICA. By REIDAR TH. CHRISTIANSEN Universitetsforlaget. Oslo, Scandinavian University Books, 1962. Reviewed by Amabel Williams-Ellis.

RAIN IN INDIAN LIFE AND LORE. Edited by SANKAR SEN GUPTA. Foreworded (sic) by Nirmal Kumar Bose. Calcutta, Indian Publications, 1963. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

THE WHITE GOD OF THE AZTECS. By WILLIAM A. BERG. Pp. 412. Boston, Bruce Humphries, 1961. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY. Selections edited by SOL TAX from the ‘encyclopedic inventory’ prepared under the Chairmanship of A. L. KROEBER. Phoenix Books, 1963. 21s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

Tire REALM OF GHOSTS. By ERIC MAPLE. Robert Hale, 21s. Reviewed by Geoffrey Palmer.

THE FOLKTALES OF ISRAEL. Edited by Dov NOY with the assistance of DAN BEN-AMOS. Translated by GENE BAHARAV: Folktales of the World, General Editor Richard M. Dorson. University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ANCIENT FESTIVALS OF ‘SATURNALIA’ TYPE. By PHOTEINE P. BOURBOULIS. Thessaloniki, 1963. Pp. 60. n.p. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WITCHCRAFT: EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN. By GEOFFREY PARRINDER. Faber and Faber, 1963. 25s. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

‘SCHLÄGE’ ALS STRAFE. Ein Bestandteil der heutigen Familiensitte in volkskundlicher Sicht. By WÄLTER HAVERNICK. Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1964. Pp. 164; 12 diagrams and 43 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN SCHÜTZENGILDEN UND IHRE FESTE. 1500–1750. Studien zu ihrer Geschichte. By H. GOJA. Vienna, Verlag Notring der wissenschaftlichen Verbände Österreichs, 1963. Pp. 150; 2 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

ZAUBERPFLANZEN UND HEXENTRÄNKE. BRAUCHTUM UND ABERGLAUBE. By H. MARZELL. Kosmos-Bibliothek, Vol. 241. Stuttgart, Francksche Verlagshandlung, 1963. Pp. 88; 25 text illustrations, 8 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CLARE PRIORY (SEVEN CENTURIES OF A SUFFOLK HOUSE). By K. W. BARNARDISTON. Cambridge, W. Heffer, 1962. 21s. Reviewed by A. A. Waugh.

THE TRADITIONAL TUNES OF THE CHILD BALLADS. With their Texts According to the Extant Records of Great Britain and America. Volume II. By BERNARD HARRIS BRONSON. Princeton University Press, 1962. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ROUND THE WORLD FAIRY TALES. Re-told by AMABEL WILLIAMS-ELLIS. Illustrated by William Stobbs. Blackie. 25s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

FOLK LIFE COLLECTION AND CLASSIFICATION. By J. W. Y. HIGGS, M.A.: Published by the Museums Association, 1963. Pp. 58. 7s. Reviewed by R. U. Sayce.

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS AND OTHER PIECES. By ARTHUR WALEY. George Allen &; Unwin Ltd. Pp. 320. 32s. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

MORE TALES FROM THE FENS. By W. H. BARRETT. Edited by ENID PORTER. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. 25s. Reviewed by Carmen Blacker.

ATLAS DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSKUNDE, NEUE FOLGE. Erläuterungen zur 2. Lieferung. Edited by M. ZENDER. Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1963, Pp. 233–528; 6 illustrations, 31 text maps. Maps: NF 13–24. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OESTERREICHISCHER VOLKSKUNDEATLAS. Edited by E. BURGSTALLER and A. HELBOK. 1st issue. Linz, 1959. 13 maps; comments, pp. 95, index of places, pp. 125. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

WITCHES. Investigating an Ancient Religion. By T. C. LETHBRIDGE. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962. 21s. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.     

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.     

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.     

In Memoriam: Lord Avebury (1834–1913).

THE FOLKLORE OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. By MARJORIE ROWLING. B. T. Batsford, 1976. £3.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

JÁNOS HONTI: LEBEN UND WERK. By T. DÖMÖTÖR. Helsinki (FFC vol. xciv No. 221) 1978. Pp. 84, 1 photograph. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSKUNDE: EINE EINFUHRUNG. By G. WIEGELMANN, M. ZENDER, and G. HEILFURTH. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. 12. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1977. Pp. 265.11 text illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SWEDISH LEGENDS AND FOLKTALES. By JOHN LINDOW. University of California Press (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London), 1978.219 pp. £7.75 ($10.95). Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

CHAPBOOKS AND TRADITIONAL DRAMA: PART I, ALEXANDER AND THE KING OF EGYPT CHAPBOOKS. By M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH, and P. S. SMITH, CECTAL Bibliography and Special Series no. 2. University of Sheffield, 1977. 38 pp., illus. £1. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC AND ORAL DATA: A CATALOGUE OF SOUND RECORDINGS, 1893–1976. By DOROTHY SARA LEE. Bloomington &; London: Indiana University Press, 1979. 2 Figs; Index to Culture Groups, Cross-References to Culture Groups, Index, pp. xiv + 463. No price. Reviewed by Paul S. Smith.

CRACKLIN BREAD AND ASFIDITY: FOLK RECIPES AND REMEDIES. Compiled by JACK and OLIVIA SOLOMAN. Alabama: University of Alabama, 1979. Illus.; notes; bibliography; list of contributors; pp. 215. No price. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS' COOKBOOK. By JESSICA KUPER (editor). London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1977. Illus.; pp. ix + 230. £4.75. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE WITCH ON THE WALL: MEDIEVAL EROTIC SCULPTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By JORGEN ANDERSEN. Copenhagen &; London (George Allen &; Unwin) 1977. Pp. 172, figs. 147, 4 distribution maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

ENGLISCHE UND WALISISCHE SAGEN. Edited and translated by C. AGRICOLA. Europäische Sagen vol. 8. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1976. Pp. 507. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

MÄRCHEN DER NIEDERLANDE. Edited and translated by A. M. A. COX-LEICK &; H. L. Cox. 1977. Pp. 271.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM KAUKASUS. Edited by I. LEVIN and translated by G. SCHENKOWITZ. 1978. Pp. 316.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM LIBANON. Edited and translated by U. and Y. ASSAF. 1978. Pp. 264. Düsseldorf, Eugen Diedrichs Verlag. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Minutes of Meeting

ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. A COLLABORATIVE HISTORY. Edited by ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS. Oxford University Press, 1959. Pp. i–xvi, 1–574. 63s. Reviewed by Mary Williams.

MORE WEST HIGHLAND TALES. Transcribed and translated from the original Gaelic by JOHN G. MCKAY. Vol. 2. Edited by A. Matheson, J. MacInnes, H. J. Rose and K. Jackson. Oliver &; Boyd for the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society, Edinburgh, 1960. Pp. xvi, 383. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

RÄUME UND SCHICHTEN MITTELALTERLICHER HEILIGENVEREHRUNG IN HIRER BEDEUTUNG FÜR DIE VOLKSKUNDE. By M. ZENDER, Rheinland-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1959. Pp. 256; 30 maps and 25 illustrations. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

HOCHWIES, SAGEN, SCHWÄNKE UND MÄRCHEN mit Beiträgen von A. KARASEK. By W.-E. PEUCKERT. Denkmäler deutscher Volksdichtung, vol. iv. Verlag O. Schwartz, Göttingen, 1959. Pp. xix, 217. 1 map. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

UKRAINIAN-CANADIAN FOLKLORE, texts in English translation. Compiled and edited by J. B. RUDNYC'KYJ. Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, Winnipeg, 1960. Pp. 232. Reviewed by Yar Slavutych.

WIT AND MIRTH: or PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY. By THOMAS D'URFEY. Oxford University Press. 6 Vola. (in 3). Folklore Library Publishers Inc., New York, 1959. Reviewed by A. C. P.

TALES FROM BARRA, TOLD BY THE CODDY. Foreword by Compton Mackenzie. Introduction and Notes by J. L. Campbell. Edinburgh, 1960. Pp. 216, 1 photograph. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.     

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.     

Twenty-First Annual Report of the Council

THE SAVIOUR GOD, comparative studies in the concepts of Salvation presented to Edwin Oliver James. Manchester University Press, 1963. 37s. 6d. Reviewed by E. P. Baker.

THE SACRED BRIDGE. Researches into the nature and Structure of Religion. By E. J. BLEEKER. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1963. Pp. 272. 2 8 guilders. Reviewed by E. O. James.

EDWARD LHUYD IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS 1699–1700. By J. L. CAMPBELL and DERICK THOMSON. Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1963. Pp. xxxii, 319; plates XXIII. 63s. Reviewed by Stewart F. Sanderson.

VOLK UND VOLKSTÜMLICHE MOTIVIK IM FESTWERK DES BAROCKS. Dargestellt an Dresdner Bildquellen. By FRIEDRICH SIEBER. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für deutsche Volkskunde vol. 21. Berlin, Akademie Verlag, i960. Pp. xii, 202. 29 text figs and 112 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FEBOLD FEBOLDSON: TALL TALES FROM THE GREAT PLAINS. By PAUL R. BEATH. New Edition including: Louise Pound, ‘Nebraska Strong Men and Olof Bergstrom Swedish Pioneer’. University of Nebraska Press, 1959. Pp. 137. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

BUSOJARAS MOHACSON. By L. Mandoki. Pecs, 1963. Reviewed by E. O. James.

JAPANESE RAINMAKING AND OTHER FOLK PRACTICES. By GEOFFREY BOWNAS. 176 pp. George Allen &; Unwin Ltd, 1963. 25s. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

THE MENOMINI LANGUAGE. By LEONARD BLOOMFIELD. London, Yale University Press, 1963. Pp. 515. 72s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

JUBELFEST. By J.-Ö. SWAHN. Lund, 1963. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

LACE. By L. W. VANDER MEULEN-NALLE. London, Merlin Press, 1963. Pp. 79 + 32. 5 plates. Reviewed by W. Bonser.

SKANDINAVISCHE BALLADEN DES MITTELALTERS. By I.-M. GREVERUS. Rowohlt, Hamburg, 1963. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

KINSHIP AND COMMUNITY IN CARRIACOU. By M. G. SMITH. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1962. Reviewed by A. William-Ellis.

JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE DER HEIMATVERTRIEBENEN. Vol. vi. Freilassing, Otto Müller, 1961. Pp. 207. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CONTES CORSES. By GENEVIÈVE MASSIGNON. Centre d'Etudes Corses de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines d'Aix, 1963. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

THREE BAGS OF GOLD AND OTHER INDIAN FOLKTALES. By MURKOT KUNHAPPA. Asia Publishing House, 1963. Pp. 134. 25s. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

FIABE E LEGGENDE ROMAGNOLE. Corpus delle Tradizioni populari Romagnole. Edited by P. TOSCHI and ANGELO FABI. Bologna, Cappelli Editore, 1963. Pp. xii, 303,12 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Two Pagan Studies: Pater's ‘Denys L'Auxerrois’ and ‘Apollo in Picardy’

AMAPA STORYTELLERS. By STANLEY L. ROBE. — THE KLABAUTERMANN OF THE NORTHERN SEAS. An Analysis of the protective Spirit of Ships and Sailors in the Context of popular Belief, Christian Legend and Indo-European Mythology. By R. J. Buss, Folklore Studies, Vols. 24 and 25. University of California Press, Berkeley. 1972, 1973. Pp. xiv, 108, 1 plate; pp. x, 138. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

FOLKLORE AND THE SEA. By HORACE BECK. Published for the Marine Historical Association, Incorporated, by Western University Press, Middletown, Connecticut, 1973. Pp. 463, 21 plates. Reviewed by J. D. A. WIDDOWSON.

BALTIC LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS. Edited by A. ZIEDONIS, J. PUHVEL, R. SILBAJORIS and M. VALGEMÄE. Publications of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, 4. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 1973. Pp. 252. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

HAMLET'S MILL. By GIORGIO DE SANTILLANA and HERTHA VON DECHEND. Gambit Inc., Boston, 1969. Pp. 506, 1 plate and 40 illustrations and diagrams. $10.00. Reviewed by H. R. ELLIS DAVIDSON.

BÄUERLICHE DENKWEISE IN WIRTSCHAFT UND HAUSHALT. Eine ethnographische Untersuchung über das ungarische Dorf Atány. By E. FÉL and T. HOFER. Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co, Göttingen, 1972. Pp. xviii, 551. Plates 139, 63 text ill. and II statistical tabulations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE JENSEITSBRÜCKE IM MITTELALTER. By PETER DINZELBACHER. Disserationen der Universität Wien vol. 104. Verband der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften Österreichs, Vienna, 1973. Pp. 258. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DIE GABEN DER BRAUT BEI DEN FINNEN UND ESTEN. Vol. I–II. By MAIJA-LIISA HEIKINMÄKI. Kansatieteellinen Arkisto, Nr. 21, 22. Helsinki, 1970, 1971. Pp. 268, 163. Reviewed by BÉLA GUNDA.     

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.     

Books received

FOLKLORE STUDIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTENARY CONFERENCE OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Ed. VENETIA J. NEWALL. D. S. Brewer, 1980. Pp. 463, ill. £35.00. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NINE LIVES: CATS IN FOLKLORE. By KATHARINE M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul. London and Henley, 1980. Pp. 222. ill. £7.95. Alicia C. Percival.

THE FOLKLORE OF STAFFORDSHIRE. By JON RAVEN. Batsford, London. 1978. Pp. 222. £4.95. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

A GUIDEBOOK TO ARTHURIAN BRITAIN. By GEOFFREY ASHE. Longman, 1980. £7.50. Reviewed by Richard Barber.

ÖSTERREICHS MÄRCHENSCHATZ by KARL HAIDING. Vienna 1980 (Kremayr &; Scheriau) 448 pp. ill. Reviewed by Ruth Michaelis-Jena.

PRIMITIVE RELIGION AND HEALING: A STUDY OF FOLK-MEDICINE IN NORTH EAST BRAZIL. By PAUL V. A. WILLIAMS. Brewer. Cambridge 1979. 212 pp. £12.00. Reviewed by Douglas Gifford.

ITALIAN FOLKTALES. Selected and retold by ITALO CALVINO. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. New York and London, 1980. Pp. 763. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

TOCHER: TALES, SONGS, TRADITIONS 33. School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, 1979. Pp. 71 £0.50. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

DER UNBEKANNTE BRUDER GRIMM. Edited by GERD HOFFMANN &; HEINZ RÖLLEKE. Düsseldorf (Verlag Eugen Diederichs) 1979. Pp. 144. 2 plates and 3 facsimiles. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS ALTE VOLKSSCHAUSPIEL DES BURGENLANDES. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Theatergeschichte Österreichs vol. viii. Burgenland 1. Vienna (Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 1980. Pp. 358. 6 maps, 15 plates (1 coloured). ZUNFTZEICHEN; ZEUGNISSE ALTER HANDWERKSKUNST. Salzburg (Residenz Verlag) 1973. Pp. 160, 54 plates (48coloured). Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

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.     

Seven Children at One Birth

ANCIENT BALLADS. TRADITIONALLY SUNG IN NEW ENGLAND. Compiled and edited by HELEN HARKNESS FLANDERS. Vol. I. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 80s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES, A SELECTION, Translated by W. L. KINGSLAND. The World's Classics, Oxford, Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

ST JAMES IN SPAIN. By T. D. KENDRICK. Methuen, 1960. Pp. 223. 25s. Reviewed by E. O. James.

HUMANIORA. ESSAYS IN LITERATURE. FOLKLORE. BIBLIOGRAPHY Honouring Archer Taylor on his Seventieth Birthday. Edited WAYLAND D. HAND and GUSTAVE O. ARLT. J. J. Augustin, Locust Valley, N.Y., 1960. Pp. viii + 374. $10.00. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

HIMMELSSTIER UND GLETSCHERLÖWE. Translated and edited by M. HERMANNS. 1955. Pp. 259, 2 maps, 1 photograph. DAS ELEFANTENSPIEL. Edited by L. KOHL-LARSEN. 1956. Pp. 233, 1 map, 1 photograph. STIMME DES WASSERBÜFFELS. Edited by H. NEVERMANN, 1956. Pp. 242. All Eisenach and Kassel (Röth Verlag). Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE PEOPLE ARE COMING SOON. Analyses of Clackamas Chinook Myths and Tales. By Melville Jacobs. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1960. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. v, Part ii. Berlin, 1959. Pp. (230)–548, plates ix–xx, 4 maps, 25 text illustrations. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

THE FOUNDLING AND THE WEREWOLF. A LITERARY-HISTORICAL STUDY OF GUILLAUME DE PALERNE. By CHARLES W. DUNN, Toronto University Press. Oxford University Press, London, 1960. 40s. Reviewed by Mary Williams.

THE LEGEND OF MERLIN. By A. O. JARMANN. University of Wales Press, 1960. Pp. 1–31. 3s. Reviewed by Mary Williams.

THE SCALLOP: studies of a shell and its influences on humankind by eight authors. Edited by IAN COX, C.B.E., M.A. Published in London by the Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1957. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

A HISTORY OP BANBURY. By WILLIAM POTTS. The Banbury Guardian Ltd., 1958. Reviewed by Christina Hole.     

Reviews of Folklore Scholarship

AN INTERIM CHECKLIST OF CHAPBOOKS CONTAINING TRADITIONAL PLAY TEXTS, by M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH and P. S. SMITH, History of the Book Trade in the North, Newcastle, 1976, £1.50: MORRICE DANCERS AT REVESBY, CECTAL Facsimiles No. 1, University of Sheffield, 1976, 75p: THE PACE EGG : THE MIDGLEY VERSION, Introduction by H. W. HARWOOD and F. H. MARSDEN, 2nd ed., David Bland, Halifax, 1977, 75p. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

FOLKLORE TODAY: A FESTSCHRIFT FOR RICHARD M. DORSON. Edited by LINDA DÉGH, HENRY GLASSIE and FELIX J. OINAS. Bloomington, Indiana University. 1976. xx+537 pp. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE 1206–1370. By JOHN ANDREW BOYLE. Variorum Reprints, London. 1977. 316 pp. Reviewed by C. R. Bawden.

SCOTTISH PLACE-NAMES, THEIR STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE. By W. F. H. NICOLAISEN. Batsford, London. 1976. 8vo, xxix+210 pp. £4.95. Reviewed by John McNeal Dodgson.

AMERICAN FOLK MEDICINE. Edited by WAYLAND D. HAND. University of California Press. Reviewed by Eric Trimmer.

ORAL POETRY. Its nature, significance and social content. By RUTH FINNEGAN. Cambridge University Press. 1977. Pp. 300. £7.50. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge &; Kegan Paul. £2.95. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.

THE OLD SONGS OF SKYE: FRANCES TOLMIE AND HER CIRCLE. By ETHEL BASSIN, ed. by DEREK BOWMAN. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, London. 1977. Pp. 227. £5.95. Reviewed by E. B. Lyle.

PROBLEME DER SAGENFORSCHUNG. VERHANDLUNGEN DER TAGUNG VERANSTALTET VON DER KOMMISSION FUR ERZÄHLUNGSFORSCHUNG DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR VOLKSKUNDE … 1973 IN FREIBURG IM BREISGAU. Ed. by L. RÖHRICH. Freiburg, Forschungsstelle Sage. 1973. Pp. 219, 3 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

B. P. SCHLIEPHACKE, MÄRCHEN, SEELE UND SINNBILD. Ed by E. KRACHT. Vol. 5 of the Schriften der Geselhchaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europaischen Völker. Münster (Verlag Aschendorff). 1974. Pp. 143. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

INDEX OF MEXICAN FOLKTALES. By STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies vol. 26. Berkeley (University of California Press), 1973. Pp. xxiii+276. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Society Meetings and Folklore Notes

THE ‘DISCIPLINA CLERICALIS’ OF PETRUS ALFONSI. Translated and Edited by EBERHARD HERNES. Translated into English by P. R. QUARRIE. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul) 1977. £5.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

EY UP MI DUCK. By RICHARD SCOLLINS and JOHN TITFORD, Parts 1 and 2. Ilkeston (Schollins and Titford) 1976. Pp. 95p. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE FOLKLORE OF ORKNEY &;SHETLAND. By ERNEST W. MARWIOC. London (B. T. Batsford) 1975. Drawings by GAY JOHN GALSWORTHY. Pp. 215. £4.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

TRADITIONAL ROMANCE &; TALE. How Stories Mean. By ANNE WILSON. Ipswich (D. S. Brewer/Rowman &; Littlefield) 1976. Pp. xii and 116. £5.00. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

WESTCOUNTRY WORDS &; WAYS. By K. C. PHILLIPPS. Newton Abbot (David &; Charles) 1976. Pp. 144. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE ARMED PROLOGUE. A Hamlet Sequence. By WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE. Pp. 5–22. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Ed. KURT RANKE. Vol. 1, issues 3–5. Berlin (Walter de Grǔyter) 1976/77. Cols. 577–1406. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

Haralds Biezais, Lichtgott der alten Letten. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Åboensis VIII. Uppsala, 1976. Pp. 210. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.