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The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought

by Alexander Francis Chamberlain

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Prefatory Note
  3. 3Chapter I
  4. 4Chapter II — The Child’s Tribute to the Mother
  5. 5Chapter III — The Child’s Tribute to the Mother (Continued)
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Child’s Tribute to the Father
  7. 7Chapter V — The Name Child
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Child in the Primitive Laboratory
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Bright Side of Child-Life: Parental Affection
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Childhood the Golden Age
  11. 11Chapter IX — Children’s Food
  12. 12Chapter X — Children’s Souls
  13. 13Chapter XI — Children’s Flowers, Plants, and Trees
  14. 14Chapter XII — Children’s Animals, Birds, etc.
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Child-Life and Education in General
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Child as Member and Builder of Society
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Child as Linguist
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Child as Actor and Inventor
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Child as Poet, Musician, etc.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Child as Teacher and Wiseacre
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Child as Judge
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Child as Oracle-Keeper and Oracle- Interpreter
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Child as Weather-Maker
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Child as Healer and Physician
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Child as Shaman and Priest
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — The Child as Hero, Adventurer, etc.
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Child as Fetich, Deity, God
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — The Christ-Child
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Proverbs, Sayings, etc., About Parents, Father and…
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Proverbs, Sayings, etc., About the Child, Mankind,…
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Proverbs, Sayings, etc., About the Mother and Child
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Proverbs, Sayings, etc., About Father and Child
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Proverbs, Sayings, etc., About Childhood, Youth, and…
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Pbovekbs, Sayings, etc., About the Child and Childhood
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — Conclusion
  36. 36Bibliography
  37. 37Index I.
  38. 38Index II
  39. 39Index III

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