You can read more about William Crooke at Wikipedia. He is also the author of The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Agriculture
Amulet
Amusements
Armenians
Arms, Armour
Army
Art
Arya Samaj
Astrology
Baboo
Bamboo
Banyan Tree
Barasaul Guns
Bathing
Bazaar
Birth-rites
Bore, Macareo
Brahman
Brahmo Samaj
Buddhism
Bunjara
Cambay Stones
Camel
Carpets
Carriages, Carts
Caste
Cattle
Chess
Children
Chinese
Cholera
Coffee
Cooly
Crocodile
Curry
Dacoity
Dancing
Dead, Disposal of
Demonology
Diamond
Divination
Dog
Dolmen
Drama
Dress
Education
Elephant
Embroidery
Emigration
Etiquette
Eurasian
Evil Eye
Fair
Fakir
Falconry
Famine
Festivals, Fasts
Fever
Fire-worship
Fish, sacred
Folk-tales
Food
Footprints, sacred
Forest or Jungle Tribes
Fruits
Furniture
Gardens
Gipsies
Hindu, Hinduism
Horse
House
Human Sacrifice; Cannibalism
Idolatry
Infanticide
Intoxicants
Irrigation
Jainism, Jains
Jewellery
Jews
Johar
Juggurnaut
Kafir, Caffer, Cafiristan
Lat
Leprosy
Lion
Magic
Marriage
Medicine
Monastery
Monkeys
Mosque
Muhammadans
Music
Names
Oaths
Omens
Opium
Ordeals
Pariah
Parsee, Parsi
Pearls
Pilgrimages
Pingrapole
Plague
Poisoning
Polo
Polyandry
Polygamy
Pottery
Prayer-wheel
Precious Stones
Processions
Raja
Rice
Roads
Rosary
Sacrifice
Salt
Servants
Shawls
Sheep, Goats
Shikar
Ships and Boats
Sikhs
Silk
Slavery
Snakes
Sun-worship
Suttee
Symbolism
Tank
Tattooing
Tea
Temple
Thread, Sacred
Thuggee
Tiger
Tobacco
Tombs
Tope
Towers of Silence
Trade
Tree-worship
Twice-born
Village
Waterfalls
Weaving
Wells
Wine
Witchcraft
Wolf-children
Woman
Wood-carving
Wrestling
Writing
