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.     

A Study of the Folklore on the Coast of Connacht,Ireland.

CHIUS VINCTA OR THE OCCUPATION OF CHIOS BY THE TURKS (1566) AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND (1566–1912). DESCRIBED IN CONTEMPORARY DIPLOMATIC REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. Edited by PHILIP P. ARGENTI, with a preface by SIR STEPHEN GASELEE. Pp. cclxxxii + 264. Cambridge University Press. 25s. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

A JERSEYMAN AT OXFORD. By R. R. MARETT. Pp. xi+346. Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford). 15s. Reviewed by J. H. H.

THE LAND OF THE RAINBOW, POLAND AND HER PEOPLE. By VIOLET MASON. Pp. 322. Minerva, London. 1941. Reviewed by J. H. H.

IT HAPPENED IN HAMPSHIRE. Items of interest compiled and arranged by W. G. BEDDINGTON and E. B. CHRISTY. 8vo. 8½x5? in. Pp. 24. Price is. Published by The Hampshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 66a High Street, Winchester. Reviewed by P. J. Heather     

Ghost Lights of the West Highlands

THE WITCH FIGURE. Edited by VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1973. Pp. 239. £4.50. Reviewed by Richard Cavendish.

DIE NEUE EVA. Der Sündenfall in Volksglaube und Volkserzählung. By P. SCHWARZ. Arbeiten zur Germanistik, Nr. 77. Verlag Alfred Kümmerle, Göppingen, 1973. Pp. (3), 249, (2). 1 distribution map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

OSTJAKISCHE HELDENLIEDER AUS JÓZSEF PÁPAY'S NACHLASS. Edited by ISTVÁN ERDÉLYI. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1972. Pp. 503. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SCOTTISH STUDIES. Vol. 16, Pts. I and II. 1972. Pp. 210. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

HIEDELMEK, VARÁZSLATOK, BOSZORKÁNYOK (Beliefs, witchcraft, witches). By ANDRÁS KRUPA. County Council of Békés, Department of Culture. Békéscsaba, Hungary, 1974. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Bela Gunda.

VON NEUJAHR BIS SILVESTER. VOLKSTÜMLICHE TERMINE IN OBERÖSTERREICH (From New Year to New Year's Eve. Popular Dates in Upper Austria). By RUDOLF FOCHLER. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz, 1971. Pp. 252. Reviewed by Béla Gunda

GHOST HUNTING: A Practical Guide. By ANDREW GREEN. Gamstone Press, 1973. Pp. 168. £2.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE GHOSTS OF BORLEY: Annals of the Haunted Rectory. By PAUL TABORI and PETER UNDERWOOD. David &; Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973. Pp. 240. Plates. £3.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GHOSTS IN THE SOUTH WEST. By JAMES TURNER. David &; Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973. Pp. 165. Plates XIV. £2.95. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

COME DAY, GO DAY, GOD SEND SUNDAY. By ROBIN MORTON. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1973. £2.95. Reviewed by A. C. Percival.