Abstract

IF any proof were needed of the value of the comparative method in historic research, it is afforded by these handsome volumes. The science of comparative philology produced that of comparative mythology, and the establishing of a system of analytical study of myths and folklore, which extracted meaning from the meaningless, and turned the mere fable into precious fragments of historic record.

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