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Journal of American Folk-Lore.

Religion. 2 vols. London and New York, xii, 407, 409 pp. 8°. The title of this book, which is also of Turner's famous picture, takes us back to the worship of Diana, and the book contains much concerning goddesses and their lore and legend.

26. Gamble, Eliza B. The God-idea of the Ancients; or, Sex in Religion. New York, 1897. vi, 339 pp. 8°. Does ample justice to woman in religion.

27. Garnett, Miss L. M. J. The Women of Turkey and their Folk-Lore. With Chapters on the Ethnography of Turkey, Folk-Conceptions of Nature, and the Origin of Matriarchy, by J. S. Stuart-Glennie. London, 1890-91. 2 vols. 461, 632 pp. 8°.

28. Groeber, Karl. Mehmeds Brautfahrt. Ein Volksepos der südslavischen Mohammedaner. Aufgezeichnet von Dr. F. S. Krauss. Wien, 1890. 130 S. Kl. 8°.

29. Hahn, E. Demeter und Baubo. Versuch einer Theorie der Entstehung unseres Ackerbaus. Lübeck, 1896. 77 S. 8°.

30. Hart, G. Pyramus und Thisbe Sage in Holland, England, Italien, und Spanien. Leipzig, 1892.

31. Hartland, E. S. The Science of Fairy Tales. An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology. London, 1891. viii, 372 pp. Pages 37-92, fairy births and human midwives; pages 255-332, swan-maidens. Good bibliography.

32. Hartland, E. S. A Marriage Custom of the Aborigines of Bengal: a Study in the Symbolism of Marriage Ceremonies [reprinted from "Asiatic Quarterly Review"]. 29 pp. 1892. Discusses the marking of the bride's forehead with red lead by the bride-groom, and other customs held to be symbolic of union.

33. Hartland, E. S. The Legend of Perseus: a Study of Tradition in Story, Custom, and Belief. Vol. i., The Supernatural Birth. London, 1894. xxiv, 228 pp. Vol. ii., The Life-Token. London, 1895. viii, 445 pp. Full of most valuable data concerning "virgin births," sympathetic magic, etc.

34. Henne am Rhyn, Otto. Die Frau in der Kulturgeschichte. 2. Aufl. Berlin, 1892. vii, 369 S. Gr. 8°. An interesting predecessor of Professor Mason's book on this topic.

35. Horčička, A. Die Saga von Susanna und Konig Wenzel. Innsbruck, 1880.

36. Hutchinson, H. N. Marriage Customs in Many Lands. London, 1897. 360 pp. 8°.

37. Klugmann, N. Vergleichende Studien zur Stellung der Frau im Alterthum. I. Bd. Die Frau im Talmud. Wien, 1898. v, 87 pp. 8°.

38. Kohler, J. Zur Urgcschichte der Ehe. Totemismus, Gruppenehe, Mutterrecht. Stuttgart, 1897. 8°.