THE CHILD AND CHILDHOOD IN

FOLK-THOUGHT

STUDIES OF THE ACTIVITIES AND INFLUENCES OF THE CHILD AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES, THEIR ANALOGUES AND SURVIVALS IN THE

CIVILIZATION OF TO-DAY

IN FOLK-THOUGHT

(THE CHILD IN PRIMITIVE CULTURE)

BY

ALEXANDER FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN
M.A., PH.D.

LECTURER ON ANTHROPOLOGY IN CLARK UNIVERSITY, WORCESTER, MASS.; SOMETIME FELLOW IN
MODERN LANGUAGES IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO, CANADA; FELLOW OF THE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE; MEMBER OF

THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, OF THE AMERI-

CAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY, OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE,

OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL

AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, ETC.

APR 23 1898

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HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER

THEIR SON

Dedicates this Book

"Vom Vater hab' ich die Statur,
Des Lebens ernstes Führen;
Vom Mütterchen die Frohnatur
Und Lust zu fabulieren."- Goethe.