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Rh and has a map of the town and suburbs. It must have cost much labour in its compilation, is interesting, and may serve as a model for works of a like kind. Are there any folk-lorists or antiquaries that will take up our country, and do for it what has been done for this Spanish town, and what the Spaniards intend to do for their country?

The volume contains also some traditions of Estremadura. The three volumes form a soHd contribution to folk-lore.

It is with pleasure we call the attention of English folk-lorists to this new periodical devoted to folk-lore. It is chiefly intended as a means of communication among the various societies that have been formed in Spain for the study of folk-lore. The first number is mostly preliminary. The second number contains a translation of Mr. Nutt's article, "Folk-Lore Terminology" (Folk-Lore Journal, vol. ii. pp. 311-315), a series of questions on Popular Botany by Sr. D. Laguna, on a Popular Calendar by Sr. D. L. Romero y Espinosa, the "Water of the Sea" by the editor, "Why the Sea is Salt" by Sr. D. E. de Olvarría y Huarte, book-reviews, notes and news. It is divided into sections, is well printed, and is of the same form as Mélusine. The folk-lorists of Spain are showing great spirit and doing much good work. ''Oh! si sic omnes.''

This is a reprint of Sharpe's Introduction to Law's Memorialls, published in 1819, and it was a happy idea of the publishers to bring it before the folk-lore loving public of to-day. Mr. Sharpe put together his material ably, and we have thereby a very good record of one of the most extraordinary branches of folk-lore. Both the type and appearance of the book are satisfactory, and it will be found to be an eminently useful and important addition to the already large collection of books on witchcraft. There is appended to the work a short list of books on Scottish witchcraft and superstition, a bit of folk-lore bibliography for which we are particularly thankful.