The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought (The Child in Primitive Culture).
New York: MacMillan and Co, Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 464 pp (+iipp advertisements). Original dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind rules to boards. A broad-ranging anthropological/historical study of the place of the child and childhood in the folklore, mythology and religions of various cultures throughout the ages. It includes chapters such as "The Child as Oracle-Keeper and Oracle-Interpreter; The Child as Weather-Maker; The Child as Healer and Physician; The Child as Shaman and Priest;", and a large section on proverbs about children. Chapter headings: Child-Study; The Child's Tribute to the Mother; The Child's Tribute to the Mother (Continued); The Child's Tribute to the Father; The Name Child; The Child in the Primitive Laboratory; The Bright Side of Child-Life: Parental Affection; Childhood the Golden Age; Children's Food; Children's Souls; Children's Flowers, Plants, and Trees; Children's Animals, Birds, etc.; Child-Life and Education in General; The Child as Member and Builder of Society; The Child as Linguist; The Child as Actor and Inventor; The Child as Poet and Musician; The Child as Teacher and Wiseacre; The Child as Judge; The Child as Oracle-Keeper and Oracle-Interpreter; The Child as Weather-Maker; The Child as Healer and Physician; The Child as Shaman and Priest; The Child as Hero, Adventurer, etc.; The Child as Fetich and Divinity; The Child as God: The Christ-Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Parents, Father and Mother; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child, Mankind, Genius; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Mother and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Father and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Childhood, Youth, and Age; and Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child and Childhood. Index, Conclusion. Bibliography etc. A little light shelf-wear, edges of text-block dusty, small neatly-written previous owner's name on front free-endpaper. Small discolored spot in extreme top corner of last half-a-dozen leaves. Otherwise, a tight, clean and unmarked VG+ copy. Item #69902
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