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. What an astonishing richness of folkart came to life, when the first collections were published! It was a living encyclopedia of the people; for there are among the Czech folksongs—
 * Religious and Patriotic Songs,
 * Historical Songs,
 * Songs about Nature and Animals,
 * Seasonal Songs,
 * Songs of Home: Parental love, Filial love, Cradle Songs,
 * Love Songs,
 * Peasant Songs,
 * Workman Songs,
 * Motion Songs : National Dances—Play Songs,
 * Humorous and Nonsense Songs,
 * Popular Philosophical Songs.

The Czech folk-songs are of a lively, rhythmical, dance-like character; often they are real dances.

1 An interesting analysis of folk-poetry may be found in the magazineAsia, for December, 1918, by L. Llewellyn: "The Singing Czechoslovaks."