Manners and Customs of Mankind (3 Vols.)
by J.A. Hammerton

These volumes gives a broad survey of fascinating topics like the surviving customs of springtide, popular customs of Eastertide, midsummer beliefs and practices; the table manners-primitive and polished, the tattooing and its significance; the sexual life of the savages, the veil and its significance, initiation and other ceremonies of puberty, the separation of the sexes; weddings without the bride, the various forms of marriage, widowhood among the civilized and savage; the animal dances of the east, the devils and other spirit dances, the golden ballet of the east; of driving out devils of diseases, magic inlove and war, modern survivals of witchcraft; etc.