Journal of American Folklore. 1:2 (1888)

Today's free book is Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1888). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image; I have provided individual story titles where applicable.

The book is available at Hathi (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

James Mooney. Myths of the Cherokees (pp. 97-108)
[later published in book]
A. M. Stephen. Legend of the Snake Order of the Moquis, as Told by Outsiders (pp. 109-114)
Alice C. Fletcher. Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians (pp. 115-123)
James Deans. What Befell the Slave-Seekers. A Story of the Haidahs on Queen Charlotte's Island, B. C. (pp. 123-124)
W. J. Hoffman. Folk-Lore of the Pennsylvania Germans. I (pp. 125-135)
Alcée Fortier. Customs and Superstitions in Louisiana (pp. 136-140)
Alcée Fortier. Louisianian Nursery-Tales (pp. 140-145)
[later published in book]
W. H. Babcock. Notes on Local Names near Washington (pp. 146-147)
Gerard Fowke. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. How Brer Rabbit Was Allowed to Choose His Death (pp. 148-149)
A. F. Chamberlain. Notes on the History, Customs, and Beliefs of the Mississagua Indians (pp. 150-160)
Waste-Basket of Words
The Necessity of Collecting the Traditions of the Native Races (pp. 162-163)
Folk-Lore and Mythology (p. 163)
Preservation of Archæologic Monuments (pp. 163-164)
Lineage of a Tribe on Vancouver's Island (p. 164)
Folk-Lore Jottings in the District of Columbia (p. 164)
W. H. Babcock. Charms for Young Women (pp. 164-165)
Kissing over a Candle (p. 165)
Legend of the Origin of the Snake Order of the Moquis (p. 165)
Plant-Lore (p. 165)
Acknowledgments (pp. 165-166)
The Prayer of a Navajo Shaman (pp. 166-167)
Witchcraft in New Mexico (pp. 167-168)
Confining Maidens in Alaska (pp. 168-169)

Book Reviews
Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast by Charles C. Jones, Jr. (pp. 169-170)
A. Pinart on the Panama Indians by Alphonse L. Pinart (pp. 170-171)
Notes and Memoranda Bearing upon the Use of Human Ordure and Human Urine in Rites of a Religious or Semi-Religious Character among Various Nations by Captain John G. Bourke (p. 171)
Conventionalism in Ancient American Art by F. W. Putnam (pp. 171-172)

A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (pp. 172-173)