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


THE CHILD AND CHILDHOOD
IN FOLK-THOUGHT
(THE CHILD IN PRIMITIVE CULTURE)

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


TO

HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER

THEIR SON


Dedicates this Book

"Vom Vater hab' ich die Statur,
Des Lebens ernstes Fuhren;
Vom Mutterchen die Frohnatur
Und Lust zu fabulieren."--_Goethe_.