Messrs Duckworth & Go's New Books. 



■ CLOnn, EDWARD. 



TOM TIT TOT. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk- 

 Tale, by Edward Clodd, sometime President of the Folk- 

 Lore Society, Author of "The Childhood of the World," 

 "The Story of Creation," "Pioneers of Evolution," etc., 

 etc. Crown 8vo, art canvas. 5s. net. 



Dealing with a venerable Suffolk version of Grimm's well-known " Rumpelstiltskin,'* 

 Mr Clodd endeavours to show that the main incident in the story contains a world- 

 wide and much-varied superstition, which, confusing persons and things, has given rise 

 to a set of curious beliefs and customs. 



Literature. — " A pleasant and useful introduction to the whole subject of folk-lore 

 inquiry." 



Times. — " Mr Clodd has collected a most interesting ^ot-pourri of folk-lore facts 

 more or less connected with the eponymous tale which forms the nominal subject of 

 these inquiries. All this makes very pleasant reading, as might have been anticipated from 

 Mr Clodd's reputation as a popularizer. The variant of the old tale is by far the most 

 dramatic and vivid of all European versions. He has written an extremely interesting 

 book, full to the brim of quaint pictures of savage philosophy and peasant superstition." 



Daily Chronicle.— " Tom Tit Tot is the hero of a delightful East Anglian story 

 in a racy English dialect. It is one of the most helpful and stimulating hand books on 

 the general subject of folk-lore mythology which we remember to have seen, and folk- 

 lore students will appreciate it as a masterly treatment of one of the principal groups 

 of folk-tale." 



St James's Gazette. — " It will readily be believed that the book is packed with 

 erudition : what would, perhaps, be less easy<o conceive is the very positive fact that 

 it is also full of the most excellent reading." 



Saturday Review. — " It is impossible in reading his fascinating chapters not to 

 admire the skill with which he has grouped his examples. It Is all very interesting, 

 very clever, very erudite, and all these qualities are found in Mr Clodd's writings. 

 There is solid matter carefully arranged, throughout a book which is, he tells us, mainly 

 designed for popular reading. Apart from its lighter side, enough has been quoted to 

 show that Mr Clodd's book is well worth serious study even by those who do not quite 

 accept his estimate of folk-lorist achievement." 



Mauchester Guardian. — ''He has succeeded in producing a thoroughly readable 

 volume, which forms a handy rdsumd of the more important aspects of folk-lore, and 

 ought to prove popular in the best sense of the word." 



Birmingham Gazette.— "Mr Clodd has performed a most valuable work for all 

 students of folk-lore, and his researches and facts entitle him to the warmest appreciation." 



