THE HE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE (Quarterly Editor, Franz Boas), issued by the American Folk-Lore Society, is designed for the collec. tion and publication of the folk-lore and mythology of the American Continent. The subscription price is three dollars per annum. The American Folk-Lore Society was organized January 4, 1888. The Society holds annual meetings, at which reports are received and papers read. The yearly membership fee is three dollars. Members are entitled to receive The Journal of American Folk-Lore. Subscribers to the Journal, or other persons interested in the objects of the Society, are eligible to membership, and are requested to address the Permanent Secretary to that end. Authors alone are responsible for the contents of their papers. Officers of the American Folk-Lore Society (1919). President.—Elsie Clews Parsons, 7 East 76th St., New York, First Vice-President.-E. C. Hills, 156th St. and Broadway, New York. Second Vice-President.-J. Walter Fewkes, Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D.C. Councillors. For three years: Phillips Barry, 83 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.; A. M. Espinosa, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, Palo Alto, Cal.; C.-M. Barbeau, Geological Survey, Ottawa, Can. For two years: J. R. Swanton, 5526 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.; E. K. Putnam, Davenport, Io.; Stith Thompson, 930 North Weber St., Colorado Springs, Col. For one year: R. B. Dixon, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass.; E. Sapir, Geological Survey, Ottawa, Can.; A. L. Kroeber, Affiliated Colleges, an Francisco, Cal. Past Presidents: Pliny Earle Goddard, American Museum of Natural History, New York; Robert H. Lowie, American Museum of Natural History, New York; C.-M. Barbeau (as above). Presidents of Local Branches: Charles Peabody, A. M. Tozzer, D. L. Thomas, Miss Mary A. Owen, Haywood Parker, Reed Smith, Clyde C. Glasscock, John M. Stone, John Harrington Cox, Alexander Fraser, E.-Z. Massicotte. (See below for addresses.) Editor of Journal.-Franz Boas, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Associate Editors. George Lyman Kittredge, 8 Hilliard St., Cambridge, Mass.; Aurelio M. Espinosa; C.-Marius Barbeau; Elsie Clews Parsons. Permanent Secretary.-Charles Peabody, Cambridge, Mass. Treasurer.-Alfred M. Tozzer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Officers of Local and State Branches and Societies. BOSTON.-President, Charles Peabody; First Vice-President, A. V. Kidder, Andover, Mass.; Second Vice-President, Helen Leah Reed, Riverbank Court, Cambridge; Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Courtney, 94 Bay State Road, Boston; Treasurer, Samuel B. Dean, 2 B Newbury St., Boston. CAMBRIDGE.-President, A. M. Tozzer, 7 Bryant St., Cambridge; Vice-President, Mrs. E. F. Williams, 8 Lowell St., Cambridge; Treasurer, Carleton E. Noyes, 30 Francis Ave., Cambridge; Secretary, Mrs. W. Scudder, 7 Longfellow Park, Cambridge. KENTUCKY.-President, D. L. Thomas, Central University, Danville, Ky.; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Fannie C. Duncan, Miss Josephine McGill; Secretary, Miss Myra Sanders; Treasurer, John F. Smith, Berea College, Berea, Ky. MISSOURI.-President, Miss Mary A. Owen, 9th and Jules Sts., St. Joseph, Mo.; Vice-Presidents, Miss Lucy R. Laws (Christian College, Columbia, Mo.), Mrs. Eva W. Case (2822 Troost St., Kansas City, Mo.), Miss Jennie M. A. Jones (Central High School, St. Louis, Mo.), Mrs. Edward Schaaf (2602 South Grand Ave., St. Louis, Mo.); Secretary, H. M. Belden, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; Treasurer, C. H. Williams, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; Directors, A. E. Bostwick (Public Library, St. Louis, Mo.), Leah R. C. Yoffie (Soldan High School, St. Louis, Mo.). NORTH CAROLINA.-President, Haywood Parker, Asheville, N.C.; Secretary and Treasurer, Frank C. Brown, 301 Faculty Ave., Durham, N.C. NORTH DAKOTA.-Secretary, George F. Will, Bismarck, N.D. -- SOUTH CAROLINA. President, Reed Smith, 1628 Pendleton St., Columbia, S.C.; Vice-President, Henry C. Davis, 2532 Divine St., Columbia, S.C.; Secretary and Treasurer, F. W. Cappelmann, Law Range, Columbia, S.C. TENNESSEE.-Secretary, Henry M. Wiltse, Chattanooga, Tenn. (CONTINUED on third PAGE OF COVER.) American Folk-Lore Society. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY. Vol. I. HELI CHATELAIN, Folk-Tales of Angola. Fifty Tales with Ki-mbundu text, literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes. 1894. xii +315 p. (With two maps.) $3.50 net. II. ALCÉE FORTIER, Louisiana Folk-Tales. In French Dialect and English Translation. 1895. xi + 122 p. $3.50 net. III. CHARLES L. EDWARDS, Bahama Songs and Stories. With Music, Introduction, Appendix, and Notes. Six Illustrations. 1895. xiii +III p. $3.50. IV. FANNY D. BERGEN, Current Superstitions. Collected from the Oral Tradition of English-Speaking Folk. With Notes, and an Introduction by WILLIAM WELLS NEWELL. 1896. vi + 161 p. $3.50 net. V. WASHINGTON MATTHEWS, Navaho Legends. With Introduction, Notes, Illustrations, Texts, Interlinear Translations, and Melodies. 1897. viii+299 p. Out of print. VI. JAMES TEIT, Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia. With Introduction by FRANZ BOAS, and Notes. 1898. x+137 p. $3.50. VII. FANNY D. BERGEN, Animal and Plant Lore. Collected from the Oral Tradition of English-Speaking Folk. With Introduction by J. Y. BERGEN. 1899. 180 p. (Second Part to Vol. IV., with common Index.) $3.50. VIII. GEORGE A. DORSEY, Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee. With Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations. 1904. xxvi +366 p. $6. IX. M. R. COLE, Los Pastores. A Mexican Miracle Play. Translation, Introduction, and Notes. With Illustrations and Music. 1907. xxxiv +234 p. $4. X. ELEANOR HAGUE, Spanish-American Folk-Songs. 1917. 111 p. $3.50. XI. JAMES A. TEIT, MARIAN K. GOULD, LIVINGSTON FARRAND, HERBERT J. SPINDEN, Folk-Tales of Salishan and Sahaptin Tribes. Edited by FRANZ BOAS. 1917. x+201 p. $3.50. XII. Filipino Popular Tales. Collected and edited, with Comparative Notes, by DEAN S. FANSLER. In press. XIII. ELSIE CLEWS PARSONS, The Folk-Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas. 1918. xx+170 p. $3.50. XIV. MERCIE L. TAYLOR, Index to Volumes I-XXV (1888-1912) of the Journal of American Folk-Lore. WILLIAM Wells Newell MEMORIAL VOLUME. In preparation. TEXAS.-President, Dr. Clyde C. Glasscock, Rice Institute, Houston, Tex.; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Adele B. Looscan, W. S. Hendrix; Secretary, W. P. Webb, San Antonio, Tex.; Treasurer, Stith Thompson, 930 North Weber St., Colorado Springs, Col.; Councillors, Mrs. Lillie T. Shaver (Southwestern Normal School, San Marcos, Tex.), L. W. Payne, Jr. (2104 Pearl St., Austin, Tex.), Miss Dorothy Scarborough (Baylor University, Waco, Tex.). VIRGINIA.-President, John M. Stone, Mount Fair, Va.; Vice-President, Miss Martha M. Davis, Harrisonburg, Va.; Secretary- Treasurer, Walter A. Montgomery, Richmond College, Richmond, Va.; Archivist, C. Alphonso Smith, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. WEST VIRGINIA.-President and General Editor, John Harrington Cox, West Virginia University, organtown, W.Va.; Vice-President, Robert Allen_Armstrong, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.; Secretary-Treasurer, Walter Barnes, Fairmont Normal School, Fairmont, W.Va. MEXICO.-President, Manuel Gamio, Inspector-General of Monuments, Mexico City, Mex. ONTARIO.-President, Dr. Alexander Fraser, Provincial Archivist, Toronto; Vice-Presidents, Lawrence J. Burpee (International Joint Commission, Ottawa, Ont.), W. H. Clawson (University College, Toronto), W. J. Wintemberg (Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Ont.); Secretary, C.-M. Barbeau, Geological Survey, Ottawa, Ont.; Treasurer, F. W. Waugh, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Ont. QUEBEC.-President, E.-Z. Massicotte, Palais de Justice, Montreal; Vice-Presidents, Victor Morin (97 rue St.-Jacques, Montreal), Gustave Lanctôt (The Archives, Sussex St., Ottawa, Ont.), Mlle. Malvina Tremblay (467 Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa, Ont.); Secretary, C.-M. Barbeau, Geological Survey, Ottawa, Ont.; Treasurer, F. W. Waugh, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Ont. Entered as second-class matter, July 6, 1911, at the Post Office at Lancaster, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1899. DEPARTMENT INDEX. NOTES AND QUERIES.-Note on the Ground-Hog Myth and its Origin. H. Newell Wardle. REVIEWS.-Frances Densmore, Teton Sioux Music. Helen H, Roberts. PARTIAL CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE, 1918. OCTOBER-DecembeR. Zuñi Tales. Edward L. Handy. - Cuentos populares de Guatemala. Adrián Recinos. — Supersticiones de la región de San Juan Teotihuacán est, de Mex. E. M. Gomez Maillifert.— Som Songs of the Puget Sound Salish. Helen H. Roberts and Herman K. Haeberlin.-- Some CountingOut Rhymes in Michigan. Emelyn E. Gardner. - Notes and Queries, — Reviews. — Officers and Members of the American Folk-Lore Society. For back volumes apply to G. E. 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