Folklore

the science which embraces all that relates to ancient observances and customs, to the notions, beliefs, traditions, supers i tions, and prejudices of the common people. The American Folklore Society was instituted at Cambridge, Ma ., early in 1888: (1) For the collection of the fast-vanishing remains of folklore in America, viz.: (a) Relics of old English folklore (ballads, tales, superstitions, dialect, ete.); (b) lore of negroes in the Southern States of the Union; (c) lore of the Indian tribes of North Ameriea (myths, tales, ete.); (d) lore of French Canada, Mexico, ete. (2) For the study of the general subject, and publication of the results of special studies in this department. Already its journal has amply justified its existence by a series of articles of striking originality and value. Societies have been formed in other lands.