Journal of American Folklore. 2:4 (1889)

Today's free book is Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1889). 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

Francis La Flesche. Death and Funeral Customs among the Omahas (pp. 3-11)
Fanny D. Bergen, W. M. Beauchamp and W. W. Newell. Current Superstitions. I. Omens of Death (pp. 12-22)
W. J. Hoffman. Folk-Lore of the Pennsylvania Germans. II (pp. 23-35)
Alcée Fortier. Louisiana Nursery Tales. II (pp. 36-40)
[published as book]
W. W. Newell. Reports of Voodoo Worship in Hayti and Louisiana (pp. 41-47)
Albert S. Gatschet. Popular Rimes from Mexico (pp. 48-53)
... included Riddles
H. ten Kate. Legends of the Cherokees (pp. 53-55)
... The Stone Shields
... The Horned Snakes
Jeremiah Curtin. European Folk-Lore in the United States (pp. 56-59)
Fanny D. Bergen. English Folk-Tales in America. II. Johnny-Cake (pp. 60-63)
Dakota Legend (p. 65)
Brides Dancing Barefoot (pp. 66-67)
James Mooney. Cherokee and Iroquois Parallels (p. 67)
W. M. Beauchamp. Human Bones (p. 68)
A. S. Gatschet. A Sacred Well (pp. 68-69)
A. S. G. Kelton's Indian Place-Names (p. 69)
A. S. G. Folk-Lore from the Eastern Hemisphere (p. 70)
W. M. Beauchamp. Funeral Customs in the Mohawk Valley, A. D. 1802 (p. 70)
W. W. N. The Chinese Legend of Rip Van Winkle (pp. 70-71)
Onondaga Metaphor (p. 71)
C. L. Pullen. A Rhyme for Divination by Means of Apple-Seeds (p. 71)
Superstitions concerning Death - Signs (pp. 72-73)
Bibliography of Zoölogical and Botanical Folk-Lore (p. 73)
Notices of the Folk-Lore of Other Continents (pp. 80-82)

Book Reviews
Master Virgil (p. 83)
Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent (p. 84)
Kalevalan Toisinnot (Les Variantes du Kalevala) (pp. 84-85)