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.     

Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars.—Part III

PREHISTORIC MAN IN IRELAND. By CECIL P. MARTIN. London : Macmillan, 1935. Pp. xi, 184. Price, 21s. Reviewed by G. M. Morant.

ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING, AS RECORDED IN THE YEN-CHING SUI-SHIH CHI BY TUN LI-CH'EN. Translated and annotated by DERK BODDE. Peiping. Henri Vetch. Pp. xxii + 147. 9½ × 6½. 13s. 6d. Reviewed by A. Waley.

THE HERO : A STUDY IN TRADITION, MYTH AND DRAMA. By LORD RAGLAN. London: Methuen &; Co., Ltd. 1936. 8¾ × 5½. Price 10s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Warren R. Dawson.

L'ILE DE PAQUES ET SES MYSTÈRES. By DR. STEPHEN-CHAUVET. Aux Éditions “Tel”,. Paris. 1935. 12″ × 9½. Pp. 88, Plates lxvii + pp. [8]. 70 francs (deluxe edition, 85 francs). Reviewed by Alan S. C. Rosa.

CUSTOM IS KING. Essays presented to R. R. Marett on his seventieth birthday, June 13th, 1936. Edited by L. H. DUDLEY BUXTON. Hutchinson. 12s. 6d. net Reviewed by E. O. James.

HILMA GRANQVIST, Ph.D. : MARRIAGE CONDITIONS IN A PALESTINIAN VILLAGE, II. In Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, VI, 8. Helsingfors, 1935, 366 pp. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

DON GYPSY. ADVENTURES WITH A FIDDLE IN BARBARY, ANDALUSIA AND LA MANCHA. By WALTER STARKIE, Litt.D. London : John Murray. Pp. 498. 10s. 6d. and 5s. Reviewed by Rodney Gallop.     

How Capitalism Was Built. The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe,Russia, and Central Asia. Anders Åslund

An American political geographer and noted specialist in the electoral geography of the post-Soviet states explores the extent to which underlying social, political, and economic conditions in North African countries experiencing regime change prompted by mass political unrest (Egypt, Tunisia) resemble those prevailing in the five Central Asian states. The author compares the countries' rankings on a number of relevant indicators (e.g., Human Development Index, Corruption Perceptions Index, Freedom House indices of political rights and civil liberties) before undertaking a more qualitative assessment of human rights, institutional control, and external support for current Central Asian regimes. Although Uzbekistan, the most populous state with the most repressive regime in the region, is a focus of attention, the same abuses and challenges are evident, albeit in varying degrees, in other vulnerable post-Soviet countries of Central Asia.     

Accuracy,efficiency and bias: The interpretation of women's work in the U.S. Census of Occupations, 1890–1940

The Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI) began with the development of designs for large representative samples of the decennial census from 1911 to 1951 and continued with the development of sophisticated SPIDER software for data entry and processing. This work builds on previous research projects in several ways, including the use of digital images within an integrated suite of Java-based software programs. By describing the theoretical and practical questions addressed in the CCRI initiative, the authors seek to contribute to international efforts to enhance construction of historical databases for systematic research on economic, social. and political change.     

The birth of Sweden’s multicultural policy. The impact of Olof Palme and his ideas

The breadth of Sweden’s multicultural policy has left it as one of the few truly multiculturalist countries in the West. This exceptionalism is puzzling and has generated a lot of attention from scholars and the public alike. Using a policy process perspective, this article traces its process of adoption in the 1970s. It shows that the adoption of an official multicultural policy relied crucially on Olof Palme and his ideas in his role as an ‘activist gatekeeper.’ The article takes as illustration the country’s first State Cultural Policy passed in 1974.     

The British Archaeological Association and the Genesis of J. C. Bruce’s The Roman Wall

On 31 July 1849, John Collingwood Bruce gave a lecture on Hadrian’s Wall at the British Archaeological Association’s annual Congress in Chester. This was his first lecture outside his native North-East on the subject on which he was soon to become the leading authority. Two primary accounts of the occasion survive, but are contradictory in several details. These contradictions are explored, the accuracy of the account in the JBAA upheld and the importance of the occasion emphasised.     

Imposed and Home-Grown Colonial Institutions: The Jesuit Chapels of St. Mary’s City and St. Francis Xavier,Maryland

We compare the settings and architecture of a small, community based church in Maryland (US), to that of the Jesuit church in the colony’s capital, St. Mary’s City. The State of Maryland researches and interprets St. Mary’s City, while the parish of St. Francis Xavier supports the search for its first sanctuary. We explore the differences between the sites and their institutions sponsoring the studies, and reflect on what these differences might mean for the relationship of church and state in twenty-first-century Maryland.