Bibliography
In the space of the foregoing book it has been impossible to give more than a limited account of English Folk-Dance. Students are, therefore, referred to the following books—
“Dancing.” Badminton Library. By Mrs Lily Grove. 1895.
“Educational Value of Dancing and Pantomime.” By Dr Stanley Hall, Clarke University, Worcester, Mass.
“Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners.” 2 vols. London, 1807. By Francis Douce. 1807.
“The Witch of Edmonton.” By divers well estimed Poets, W. Rowley, T. Dekker, J. Ford, etc. 1658.
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“Every Man out of His Humour.” Ben Jonson. Act II. Sc. i. 1600.
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“Survey of London.” By Strype. 1791.
“Orchesographie. Et Traicte en Forme de Dialogue. Par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre et pratiquer l’honneste exercice des dances.” Par Thoinot-Arbeau (i.e. Jean Tabourot) demeurant-a-Langres. (22nd Nov., 1588.)
“The Vow Breaker, or Fair Maid of Clifton.” William Sampson. 1636.
“Old Meg of Herefordshire for a Mayd Marian, and Hereford towne for a Morris-dance; or twelve Morris dancers in Herefordshire of 1200 years old.” 1609.
“Survey of London,” 1598, p. 72. Stowe.
“Antiquites Vulgares.” Bourne. 1725.
“Natural History of Cornwall.” Borlase. 1758.
“The British Bibliographer.” Vol. IV.
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“The Mediaeval Stage.” In 2 vols. Chambers. 1903.
“Glig-Gamena, Angel-Deod, or The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England.” By J. Strutt. (London, 1801.)
“Old Country Life.” By S. Baring-Gould. (Methuen, 1890.)
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“The Study of Folk Song.” By Countess Martinengo-Cesaresco. (G. Redway, York Street, 1886.)
“Folk-Lore.” Mr Percy Manning’s contributions to this Journal.
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“The Pirate.” Sir Walter Scott.
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Footnotes
1 Later, I believe, Mr Sharp changed his opinion.
2 L. von Schrœder in Mysterium und Mimus im Rigveda (p. 113) suggests, following A. Kuhn, that the root of the word “Morris” is the same as that of Maruts, the band of dancing warriors attendant upon Indra.
3 Both the first volume of The Espérance Morris Book and the first volume of Mr Sharp’s Morris Book have been revised.
4 As far as I can gather, this is the dance called “Molly Oxford” by the Field Town dancers; it seems that Mr Sharp has substituted this name owing to the fact that it is not danced to the “Molly Oxford” tune. One of the dancers repudiates the title on the ground that the characteristic figure is a spring and not a step back.
5 A Christy minstrel tune, popular some years back.
Antiquated spellings and ancient words were preserved.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.