Journal of American Folklore. 5:19 (1892)

Today's free book is Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 19 (1892). 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

Alfred M. Williams. Folk-Songs of the Civil War (pp. 265-283)
W. M. Beauchamp. Rhymes from Old Powder-Horns. II (pp. 284-290)
A. F. Chamberlain. A Mississaga Legend of Nā′nībōjū′ (pp. 291-292)
J. Owen Dorsey. Nanibozhu in Siouan Mythology (pp. 293-304)
D. P. Penhallow. Epitaphal Inscriptions (pp. 305-317)
Gertrude Decrow. Folk-Lore from Maine (pp. 318-320)
Mary Chapman. Notes on the Chinese in Boston (pp. 321-324)
W. W. N. Old English Songs in American Versions (pp. 325-326)
Lutins in the Province of Quebec (pp. 327-328)
Friday Not an Unlucky Day according to Columbus (pp. 328-329)
The Serpent-Woman of Hatton Lake (p. 329)
Negro Superstition concerning the Violin (pp. 329-330)
Scandalizing the Rats (p. 330)
Superstitions of Negroes in New Orleans (pp. 330-332)
Burying Dogs in Central Africa (p. 332)
The Twenty-One Precepts of the Ottawa Indians (pp. 332-334)
Washington Matthews. The Ceremonial Circuit (pp. 334-335)
John Albee. Pope Night in Portsmouth, N. H. (pp. 335-336)
Mary E. Chamberlain. Drawing a Cross for Luck (p. 336)
Mrs. Mary E. Chamberlain. Folk-Lore from Northern New York (pp. 336-337)
A. L. Alger. An Old Charm (p. 337)

Book Review
Ethnology in Folk-Lore by George Laurence Gomme (pp. 340-341)
Die Bakaïrí-Sprache by Karl Von den Steinen (pp. 341-342)