REVIEWS. — Bray's The Elder or Poetic Edda. J. W. Rankin. — Swanton's Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians. R. H. Lowie. - Gomme's Folklore as an Historical Science. R. H. Lowie, CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE, 1908 JANUARY-MARCH Some Aspects of the American Shaman. Roland B. Dixon.—Myths of the Nez Percé Indians. I. Herbert J. Spinden. — Catch-Words for Mythological Motives. R. H. Lowie.- A Note on Star-Lore among the Navajos. Alfred M. Tozzer.-An Athabascan Tradition from Alaska. Arthur Wright.-Notes on California Folk-Lore.- Notes on the Theory and Treatment of Diseases among the Mackenzie River Eskimo. V. Stefánsson. — Philippine Folk-Tales. Clara Kern Bayliss. Two Popular Ballads. G. L. Kittredge. - King John and the Bishop. Phillips Barry. - Survivals of Old Marriage-Customs among the Low Germans of West Missouri. William G. Bek.-Notes on Folk-Medicine. Charles Bundy Wilson. - Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society. - Notes and Queries. ― Reviews. Record of American Indian Folk-Lore. Record of European Folk-Lore in America. - - APRIL-SEPTEMBER The Test-Theme in North American Mythology. Robert H. Lowie-Myths of the Nez Percé Indians. II. Herbert J. Spinden. — Achomawi and Atsugewi Tales. Roland B. Dixon.— Ah-jih. lee-hah-neh. A Navajo Legend. George H. Pepper. - The Don Juan Legend in Literature. Samuel M. Waxman.- Gipsy and Oriental Musical Instruments. A. T. Sinclair. - Catch-Words in American Mythology. A. L. Kroeber.—Ceremonies and Traditions of the Diegueño Indians. Constance Goddard Du Bois.—Notes on California Folk-Lore.- Notes and Queries. - Local Meetings. Reviews.- Record of American Indian Folk-Lore. - Record of Negro Folk-Lore. Record of European Folk-Lore in America. 1 ་ OCTOBER-DECEMBER George Bird Grinnell. Early Cheyenne Tales. AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY. 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APRIL-JUNE, 1909.- No. LXXXIV No complete and separate edition of the Anglo-Saxon charms has yet been published, nor has any interpretative work been issued which covers the field; but texts of all the known charms have been printed, and many of the poetical incantations have been singly and minutely treated from a linguistic as well as from a literary point of view. The present publication aims to furnish a detailed treatment of the subject. All the Anglo-Saxon metrical incantations are presented in the text, as well as all prose charms with vernacular or gibberish formulas; while exorcisms with Christian liturgical formulas, and Old English recipes involving charm practices, are represented by typical specimens. In the critical treatment of the exorcisms no attempt has been made to cover either the general European or the more limited Germanic field; but while a searching investigation has been made only among the Anglo-Saxon charms, incidental illustrations from other sources - European and Asiatic are introduced whenever needed to support an argument. The earliest English charms extant are undoubtedly those in a British 1 I desire to thank Professor George Philip Krapp of the University of Cincinnati for the kindness with which he gave me the benefit of his scholarship and special knowledge at every turn in this investigation. I am also indebted to Professor William Witherly Lawrence of Columbia University for many helpful suggestions and criticisms. |