+ Bookm 52:273 N ’20 210w
“At his best he is capable; at his worst, his lack of imagination is conspicuous.”
− + Boston Transcript p6 S 25 ’20 350w
“A scholarly, illuminating survey.”
+ Dial 70:232 F ’21 30w + Review 3:425 N 3 ’20 390w
“There is more than entertainment here: it is a pungent bit of literary criticism.”
+ Springf’d Republican p9a D 5 ’20 180w
THOMAS. DANIEL LINDSEY, and THOMAS, LUCY BLAYNEY.[[2]] Kentucky superstitions. *$3 Princeton univ. press 398.3
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“Ancient and modern love signs, weather signs, good luck signs, bad luck signs, cures, wishes, dreams, beliefs about ghosts, witches, hoodoos, haunted houses, and a great variety of other things are brought together and arranged in a very readable form. There are altogether 3,954 superstitions listed. An index adds to the value of the volume.”—Survey