Books received for review

Folklore, Dec, 2003

Baird, Donald. Scottish Traveller Tales: Lives Shaped Through Stories. Jackson, Miss.; University Press of Mississippi, 2002. 240 pp. Illus. US $42.00 (cloth). ISBN 1 57806 450 3.

Beisswenger, Drew. Fiddling Way out Yonder: the Life and Music of Melvin Wine. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. 248 pp. Illus. US $40.00 (cloth). ISBN 1 57806 441 4.

Benson, Stephen. Cycles of Influence: Fiction, Folktale, Theory. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2003. 316 pp. US $39.95 (cloth). ISBN 0 8143 2949 7.

Brednich, Rolf Wilhelm. Neuseeland macht Spass: eine kommentierte Anthologie neuseelandischen Humors in Wort und Bild. Berlin: MANA-Verlag, 2003. 194 pp. (pbk). ISBN 3 934031 021.

Buckley, Thomas. Standing Ground: Yurok Indian Spirituality, 1850-1990. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2002. 325pp. US $19.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 520 21277 0.

Congdon, Kristin G. Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales. Illust. by Kitty Kitson Petterson. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. 200 pp. US $18.00 (pbk). ISBN 1 57806 385 X.

Davies, Owen. Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History. London: Hambledon and London, 2003. 256 pp. 19.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth). ISBN 1 85285 297 6.

Dundas, Marjorie, selected by. Riddling Tales from Around the World. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. 224 pp. US $18.00 (pbk). ISBN 1 57806 373 6.

Fine, Gary Alan. Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming. Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2003. 336 pp. US $19.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 252 07131 X.

Fine, Elizabeth C. Soulstepping: African American Step Shows. Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2003. 208 pp. US $24.95 (cloth). ISBN 0 252 02475 3.

Hemmersam, Flemming. Folkloristik 2003--Fire Folkloristike Essays; Pamflet. Albertslund: Special-Trykkeriet Viborg a-s. [Udgivet i forbindelse med Den 29. Nordiske Etnolog- og Folkloristkongres, Helsingor, Danmark, 6-8 maj 2003], 2003. 63 pp. (pbk). ISBN 87 989355 1 8. English summary (Folkloristik 2003--four folkloristic essays), pp. 63-4.

Lovelace, Martin, Paul Smith and J. D. A. Widdowson, eds. Folklore: An Emerging Discipline; Selected Essays of Herbert Halpert. St. John's, Nfld: Memorial University of Newfoundland [Folklore and Language Publications], 2002. xxi, 398 pp. (pbk). ISBN 0 88901 335 7.

Malotki, Ekkehart, ed. Hopi Tales of Destruction. Lincoln, Nebr.: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. xii, 230 pp. 21.50 [pounds sterling] (pbk). ISBN 0 8032 8283 4.

Mbele, Joseph L. Marengo Tales. 1999; Haverford, Pa.: Infinity Publishing, 2001. 142 pp. US $13.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 7414 0028 6.

Oring, Elliott. Engaging Humor. Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2003. 240 pp. US $29.95 (cloth). ISBN 0 252 02786 8.

Renwick, Roger deV. Recentering Anglo/American Folksong: Sea Crabs and Wicked Youths. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. 183 pp. US $40.00 (cloth). ISBN 1 57806 393 0.

Simpson, Jacqueline. Folklore of the Welsh Border. Rev. edn, 1976; Stroud, Gloucs.: Tempus Publishing, 2003. 224 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling] (pbk). ISBN 0 7524 2623 0.

Trubshaw, Bob. Explore Mythology. Loughborough: Heart of Albion Press, 2003. 220pp. 9.95 [pounds sterling] (pbk). ISBN 1 872883 62 1.

Trubshaw, Bob. Explore Folklore. Loughborough: Heart of Albion Press, 2003. 196 pp. 9.95 [pounds sterling] (pbk). ISBN 1 872883 60 5.

Warner, Marina, intro. The Legendary Past World of Myths. London: The British Museum Press, 2003. 410 pp. Illus.. 16.99 [pounds sterling] (cloth). ISBN 0 7141 2783 3.