ABOUT BOOK

It is trite to remark that if you wish to know really any people, itis necessary to have a thorough knowledge of their history, includingtheir mythology, legends and folk-lore: customs, habits and traits ofcharacter, which to a superficial observer of a different nationalityor race may seem odd and strange, sometimes even utterly subversiveof ordinary ideas of morality, but which can be explained and willappear quite reasonable when they are traced back to their origin.