Preface

G1PST SORCERT AND FORTUNE - TELLING
GYPSY SORCERY
FORTUNE TELLING
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS INCANTATIONS, SPECIMENS OF MEDICAL MAGIC, ANECDOTES AND TALES
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
PRESIDENT OF THE GIPSY- LORE SOCIETY, &C, &C.
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
2>e£>ication.
THIS WORK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MY COLLEAGUES OF THE
CONGRfes DES TRADITIONS POPULAIRES,
HELD AT PARIS, JULY, 1 889 ;
AND ESPECIALLY
TO THE FRENCH MEMBERS OF THAT BODY,
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR GENEROUS HOSPITALITY,
AND UNFAILING KINDNESS AND COURTESY, BY
CHARLES G. LELAND.
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"W. L. Shoemaker [1 S '06
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