BY

ANDREW LANG, M.A.

LATE FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1885

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HARVARD COLLECE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF PROF. JAMES HARDY ROPES

MARCH 14, 1934

ΤΟ

E. B. TYLOR

AUTHOR OF 'PRIMITIVE CULTURE'

THESE STUDIES OF THE OLDEST STORIES

Are Dedicated