Pickering Masters

Volume I: Folklore, Mythology, Anthropology (General and Theoretical)

Acknowledgments

General Introduction

Note on the Texts

Introduction to Volume I

âMythology and Fairy Talesâ, Fortnightly Review, May 1873

âMr. Max M¼llerâs Philosophy of Mythologyâ, Fraserâs Magazine, August 1881

âMythologyâ, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, revised from 1884

âThe Method of Folkloreâ, in his Custom and Myth, 1884, 1885

âThe Romance of the First Radicalâ, in his In the Wrong Paradise and other stories, 1886

[The Two Moods], in his Myth, Ritual and Religion, 1887, rev. 1899

âThe Presidentâs [i.e. Langâs] Addressâ, Papers and Transactions: International Folklore Congress, 1891, 1892

âSavage Spiritualismâ, in his Cock-Lane and Common Sense, 1894

âThe Ghost Theory of the Origin of Religionâ, in his Cock-Lane and Common Sense, 1894

âLiterary Fairy-Talesâ, Introduction to Little Johannes, 1894

[On William Morris and Samuel Butler; literary treatment of myth; Homer], Cosmopolis (Paris), 1898

[On J.G. Frazer, Archibald Sayce, and Flinders Petrie], Cosmopolis, 1898

[On J.G. Frazerâs The Golden Bough], Folk-lore, 1901

âMr. Tylerâs Theory of Borrowingâ, in his Magic and Religion, 1901

[On mile Durkheimâs theory of the origin of society], Longmanâs Magazine, 1904

âThe Comparative Study of Early Epicsâ, in his Homer and His Age, 1906

âMethod and the Study of Totemismâ, The American Anthropologist, 1912

âThe Origin of Belief in a Godâ, The Athenaeum, 1912

Volume II: Folklore, Mythology, Anthropology (Case Studies)

Introduction to Volume II

âThe Aryan Races of Peruâ, Macmillanâs Magazine, 1873

[Review of Charles Deulin, Contes du roi Gambrinus], The Academy, 1874

âThe Folk-Lore of Franceâ, Folk-Lore Record, 1878

âThe Early History of the Familyâ, Contemporary Review, 1883

âAnthropology and the Vedasâ, Folk-Lore Journal, 1883

âThe "Kalevala"â, in his Custom and Myth, 1884, 1885

âIn the Wrong Paradiseâ, in his In the Wrong Paradise, 1886

âOn Books About Red Menâ, in his Letters on Literature, 1889

âThe Wonders of Mexicoâ, in his The True Story Book, 3rd ed., 1893

âCinderella and the Diffusion of Talesâ, Folk-Lore, 1893

âIrish Fairiesâ, Illustrated London News, 1893

âA Creelful of Celtic Storiesâ, Blackwoodâs Magazine, 1898

âThe Ballads. Scottish and Englishâ, Chambers Cyclopedia of English Literature, v. 1, 1905

âNotes on Ballad Originsâ, Folk-Lore, 1903

Introduction to Australian Legendary Tales, ed. K. Langloh Parker, 1894

Introduction to K. Langloh Parker, The Euahlayi Tribe, 1905

âThe Alcheringa and the All Fatherâ, Revue des ©tudes ethnographiques et sociologiques, 1909

Introduction to Elphinstone Dayrell, Folk Stories of Southern Nigeria, 1910

âThe Poltergeist Mystery: Andrew Lang discusses phenomena which occur everywhereâ, New York Times, 1910

Volume III: Literary Criticism

Introduction to Volume III

General topics

âRealism and Romanceâ, Contemporary Review, 1887

âUnhappy Marriages in Fictionâ, North American Review, 1889

âThe Last Fashionable Novelâ, in his Essays in Little, 1891

â"Tendencies" in Fictionâ, North American Review, 1895

âThe Supremacy of the Novelistâ, 1909, in Andrew Lang and St Andrews: a Centenary Anthology, 1944

French literature

âAlexandre Dumasâ, Scribnerâs Magazine, 1889

âVictor Hugoâs Novelsâ, in Notre Dame de Paris, The French Classical Romances, ed. Edmund Gosse, 1902

Introduction to Edmond About, The King of the Mountains, 1899

âFrench Novels and French Lifeâ, The North American Review, 1892

âEmile Zolaâ, Fortnightly Review, 1882

[On Edmond Rostandâs Cyrano de Bergerac], Longmanâs Magazine, 1898

American literature

[On Washington Irving], in his History of English Literature from âBeowulfâ to Swinburne, 2nd ed., revised, 1912

âBrahmaâ [parody of the poem with the same title by R.W. Emerson], Daily News, 1888

âEdgar Allan Poeâ, The Independent (New York), 1899

âTo Edgar Allan Poeâ, in his Letters to Dead Authors, 1889

âNathaniel Hawthorneâ, in his Adventures Among Books, 1905

âOliver Wendell Holmesâ, in his Adventures Among Books, 1905

[On Emily Dickinson: extracts from Langâs articles on her from the Daily News and the Illustrated London News during 1891.]

âAmerican Humourâ, in his Lost Leaders, 1889

âThe Art of Mark Twainâ, Illustrated London News, 1891

âTo W.D.H.â, Longmanâs Magazine, 1892

[On Stephen Craneâs The Red Badge of Courage], Longmanâs Magazine, 1896

Scottish literature

âRobert Burnsâ, [introduction to] The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, 1896

âScottâ, in his Poetâs Country, 1907

Introduction to Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman, 1894

[On J.G. Lockhartâs novel Adam Blair] in his introduction to The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart, 1897

âHoggâs Confessions of a Justified Sinnerâ, Illustrated London News, 1894

[On Robert Louis Stevensonâs The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde], Scots Observer, January 1889

[On Robert Louis Stevensonâs Catriona], Longmanâs Magazine, 1893

âMr. J.M. Barrieâs "The Little Minister"â, Illustrated London News, 1891

âThe Celtic Renascenceâ, Blackwoodâs Magazine,1897

[Review of John Buchanâs Scholar Gypsies], Cosmopolis, 1896

Introduction to Cuthbert Lennox, George Douglas Brown, Author of The House with the Green Shutters, 1903

âThe Novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyleâ, Quarterly Review, 1904

English literature

âA Midsummer Nightâs Dreamâ, Harperâs Magazine, 1895

âCharlotte Bront«â, Good Words, 1889.

âGeneral Essay on the Works of Charles Dickensâ, The Gadâs Hill Edition of Charles Dickensâs Works, v. 34, 1899

Introduction to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Gadâs Hill Edition of Charles Dickensâs Works, v. 33, 1899

[On George Gissingâs Charles Dickens], Longmanâs Magazine, 1898

âThe Plumber and the Publisherâ, Recreations of the Rabelais Club, 1882-1885, 1885

âImpressions of Swinburneâ, The Nation, 1906

[On Walter Paterâs Miscellaneous Essays], Cosmopolis, 1896

[On the poetry of Francis Thompson], Cosmopolis, 1897

Thomas Hardy

[Review of Thomas Hardyâs Far From the Madding Crowd], The Academy, 1875)

[On Thomas Hardyâs Tess of the dâUrbervilles], New Review, 1892, and Longmanâs Magazine, 1892

âConsiderations on a Conversationâ (on Thomas Hardy), The Independent (New York) 1901

Chronology of Langâs life

Bibliography

Index