PREFATORY NOTE.
CONTENTS. I. CHILD-STUDY II. THE CHILD'S TRIBUTE TO THE MOTHER
CHAPTER I. CHILD-STUDY.
CHAPTER II. THE CHILD'S TRIBUTE TO THE MOTHER.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV. THE CHILD'S TRIBUTE TO THE FATHER.
CHAPTER V. THE NAME CHILD.
CHAPTER VI. THE CHILD IN THE PRIMITIVE LABORATORY.
CHAPTER VII. THE BRIGHT SIDE OF CHILD-LIFE: PARENTAL AFFECTION.
CHAPTER VIII. CHILDHOOD THE GOLDEN AGE.
CHAPTER IX. CHILDREN'S FOOD.
CHAPTER X. CHILDREN'S SOULS.
CHAPTER XI CHILDREN'S FLOWERS, PLANTS, AND TREES.
CHAPTER XII. CHILDREN'S ANIMALS, BIRDS, ETC.
CHAPTER XIII. CHILD-LIFE AND EDUCATION IN GENERAL.
CHAPTER XIV. THE CHILD AS MEMBER AND BUILDER OF SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XV. THE CHILD AS LINGUIST.
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHILD AS ACTOR AND INVENTOR.
CHAPTER XVII. THE CHILD AS POET, MUSICIAN, ETC.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CHILD AS TEACHER AND WISEACRE.
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHILD AS JUDGE.
CHAPTER XX. THE CHILD AS ORACLE-KEEPER AND ORACLE- INTERPRETER.
CHAPTER XXI. THE CHILD AS WEATHER-MAKER.
CHAPTER XXII. THE CHILD AS HEALER AND PHYSICIAN.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHILD AS SHAMAN AND PRIEST.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CHILD AS HERO, ADVENTURER, ETC.
CHAPTER XXV. THE CHILD AS FETICH, DEITY, GOD.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE CHRIST-CHILD.
CHAPTER XXVII. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT PARENTS, FATHER AND MOTHER.
CHAPTER XXVIII. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT THE CHILD, MANKIND, GENIUS, ETC.
CHAPTER XXIX. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT THE MOTHER AND CHILD.
CHAPTER XXX. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT FATHER AND CHILD.
CHAPTER XXXI. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND AGE.
CHAPTER XXXII. PBOVEKBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT THE CHILD AND CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCLUSION.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
INDEX I. AUTHORITIES AND WRITERS CITED OR REFERRED TO.
INDEX II. PLACES, PEOPLES, TRIBES, LANGUAGES, ETC.
INDEX III SUBJECTS
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHILD AND THE RACE. METHODS AND PROCESSES.
Title: 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
Author: Alexander F. Chamberlain
Edition: 10
Language: English
Produced by David Moynihan, Lee Dawei, V-M Österman, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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 FÜhren;
Vom Mutterchen die Frohnatur
Und Lust zu fabulieren."—Goethe.