Contents: Cap. i. Fairies, ii. Witches, iii. Ghosts, iv. Demonology and devil-lore. v. Natural phenomena, vi. Birds, vii. Animals, viii. Plants, ix. Insects and reptiles, x. Folk-medicine, xi. Customs connected with the calendar, xii. Birth and baptism, xiii. Marriage, xiv. Death and burial. XV. Rings and precious stones, xvi. Sports and pastimes, xvii. Dances, xviii. Punishments, xix. Proverbs, xx. Human botly. xxi. Fishes, xxii. Sundry superstitions, xxiii. Miscellaneous customs, &c.—Index.
[The preface is "An Essay upon the nature and use of proverbs." There are 52 proverbs, each forming the heading of a chapter of moral reflections.]
[The preface is as before. There are 57 proverbs. The Union Proverb is a separate pamphlet, and is a dissertation on "When Skiddaw has a cap, Scruifell wots full well of that," applicable to the Union of Scotland and England, and is said to be by Defoe.]
[The same as the second edition, with a new title-page.]
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.
By Emma S. Buchheim.
T has of late become the fashion to celebrate the anniversaiy of any important historical or legendary event, and the people of Hamelin, not to be outdone, intend this year to celebrate the memory of one of the darkest days in their annals. On the 26th of June it will be six hundred years since, according to a legend made popular in England by Browning's well-known poem, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," the injured rat-catcher led away the children of the town, thereby causing much grief
