Journal of American Folklore. 4:13 (1891)

Today's free book is Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 4, No. 13 (1891). 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

Otis T. Mason. The Natural History of Folk-Lore (pp. 97-105)
W. W. N. The Indian Messiah (p. 106)
Louis Vossion. Nat-Worship among the Burmese (pp. 107-114)
J. G. Owens. Folk-Lore from Buffalo Valley, Central Pennsylvania (pp. 115-128)
J. Walter Fewkes. A Suggestion as to the Meaning of the Moki Snake Dance (pp. 129-138)
Albert S. Gatschet. Oregonian Folk-Lore (pp. 139-143)
Thomas Wilson. The Amulet Collection of Professor Belucci (pp. 144-146)
Silvanus Hayward. Popular Names of American Plants (pp. 147-150)
Fanny D. Bergen and W. W. Newell. Topics for Collection of Folk-Lore (pp. 151-158)
Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge (pp. 160-162)
Dance among the Iowas (p. 162)
The "Messiah Craze." (pp. 162-163)
Messianic Excitements among White Americans (pp. 163-165)
Mary H. Skeel. Stick Doctoring (pp. 165-166)
L. J. Vance. Weather Lore (p. 166)
W. M. Beauchamp. Folk-Lore of Stone Implements (pp. 166-167)
H. E. Warner. Folk Remedies (p. 168)
H. Carrington Bolton. All-Fools' Day in Italy (pp. 168-170)
Charles G. Leland. Possible Origin of a Nursery Rhyme (pp. 170-171)
Frank P. Stockbridge. "Anglo-Cymric Score" (p. 171)
William H. Babcock. Folk-Lore Jottings from Rockhaven, D. C. (pp. 171-173)
S. V. Proudfit. The Hobyahs: A Scotch Nursery Tale (pp. 173-174)
Charles G. Leland. Pin Lore (pp. 174-175)
The Dialect of Railway Employees (pp. 175-176)
A. S. Gatschet. The Costumes of Africa (pp. 176-177)
A. S. Gatschet. Greek Folk-Lore concerning the Moon (pp. 177-178)

Book Reviews
The Handbook of Folk-Lore by George Laurence Gomme (pp. 184-186)
Beside the Fire. A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories by Douglas Hyde (pp. 186-187)
Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune-Telling by Charles Godfrey Leland (pp. 187-188)
Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars by Jeremiah Curtin (p. 189)