Set of 2 Books

a) R E Enthoven, The Folklore of Bombay, Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1924

352 pages; original green cloth binding
9 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm)

"Mr Enthoven's book will be welcomed by those who require a very full synopsis of the folklore of the Bombay area. He has gathered together a vast mass of items which he has classified under subject headings - such as worship of natural objects, tree-and snake-worship, spirit-possession, totemism and animal-worship, evil-eye, dreams and omens, etc. Under each category he cites a large number of beliefs and practices, the material having been partly collected by himself and partly derived from the works of others, such as B. A. Gupte and Sir J. Campbell. The compilation of this material must have involved much labour and search. The value of such a "corpus" of facts is evident, and the volume will prove an important reference-work." (H Balfour, "The Folklore, of Bombay," Nature, 116, 92-93, 1 July 1925)

Reginald Edward Enthoven CIE (1869–1952) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service of the British Raj and an author of publications related to India, including the three volumes entitled The Tribes and Castes of Bombay that formed a part of the Ethnographic Survey of India. Initially appointed in Bombay as an Assistant District Collector and Assistant Magistrate, as well as an Inspector of Factories, by June 1896 he was promoted to Second Assistant. From 1900 until 1902 he served as First Assistant and Under-Secretary, being a Provincial Superintendent in Bombay for the 1901 census of India.

b) Arthur Lee Knight, Told in the Indian Twilight, London: George Allen & Company, Ltd, 1913

[viiii] + 144 pages; hardbound
7.5 x 5 x 0.75 in (18.8 x 12.5 x 2 cm)

(Set of two)

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