Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners, now reinforced with book tape. Interior is sunned. Previous owner has stamped inside cover.
Originally published in 1930. This book places legends in the context of the religion, kinship and societal ties of Aboriginal people.
William Ramsay Smith (1859-1937) was a Scottish physician, naturalist and anthropologist. While the accuracy of this work has been questioned, his zeal for recording customs and preserving artefacts displayed the mark of a trained natural scientist. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)