Davenport (John). The witches of Huntingdon, their examinations and confessions, exactly taken by his Majesties justices of peace for that county, whereby will appeare how craftily and dangerously the devill tempteth and seizeth on poor soules. London, 1646. 4to. a—c, 2 in fours.
[This is in the British Museum Library.]
Davids (T. W. Rhys). Buddhist birth-stories, or Jātaka tales: the oldest collection of folk-lore extant: being the Jātakatthavannanā, for the first time edited in the original Pāli by V. Fausböll, and translated by T. W. Rhys Davids. London, 1880, pp. ciii. 388.
Contents: Translator's Introduction. The book of birth-stories and their migration to the West. The birth-stories in India. Supplementary tables. The Ceylon compiler's introduction. The birth stories:—Holding to the truth—the sandy road—The merchant of Seri—The story of Chullaka the treasurer—The measure of rice—On true divinity—The story of Makhā Deva—The happy life—The story of beauty—The banyan deer—The dart of love—The greedy antelope—The deer who would not learn—The cunning deer—The wind—On offering food to the dead—On offering given under a vow—The monkeys and the demon—The wily antelope—The dog who turned preacher—The Bhoja thoroughbred—The thoroughbred war-horse—The horse at the ford—Evil communications corrupt good manners—The elephant and the dog—The bull who won the bet—The old woman's black bull—The ox who envied the pig—On mercy to animals—The dancing peacock—The sad quarrel of the quails—The fish and his wife—The holy quail—The wise bird and the fools—The partridge, monkey and elephant—The cruel crane outwitted—Nanda on the buried gold—The fiery furnace.
Davie (John Constance). Letters from Paraguay: describing the settlements of Monte Video and Buenos Ayres; the presidencies of Risja Minor, nombre de Dios, St. Mary and St. John, &c. with the manners, customs, religious ceremonies, &c., of the inhabitants. Written during a residence of seventeen months in that country. London, 1805. 8vo. pp. vii. 293.
[There is nothing of importance in this book.]
Davis (Sir John Francis). Chinese novels, translated from the originals; to which are added proverbs and moral maxims collected from their classical books, and other sources; the whole prefaced by observations on the language and literature of China. London, 1822. 8vo. pp. 250.
[The proverbs occupy pp. 225-250.]
Dawson (James). Australian aborigines; the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia. Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, 1881. 4to. pp. viii. 110, and ciii.
Contents: Cap. i. Tribes. ii. Population. iii. Chiefs, iv. Property V. Clothing, vi. Habitations, vii. Cleanliness. viii. Domestic furniture ix. Cooking and food. x. Tools, xi. Laws of marriage. xii. Children. xiii. Names of persons, xiv. Superstitions and diseases. xv. Death and burial. xvi. Avenging of death. xvii. Great meetings. xviii. Amuse-
