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Report on Folk- Tale Research in 1889.
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acquaintance with Celtic traditions has enabled him to add some useful notes.
In From my Verandah in New Guinea, Mr. Romilly has devoted a chapter to fairy tales, containing some half-dozen specimens, the salient features of which are briefly indicated in Mr. Andrew Lang’s preface. I need only say of them that they illustrate the advantage of a wider collection of savage tales.
On the whole, the year will be remembered chiefly for the publication of Mr. Jacobs’ essay on Æsop, and the distinct advance thereby made towards the solution of some of the questions that perplex us. The new material rendered serviceable is not of first-rate importance except in the case of the Maori traditions.
