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This is a marvelous collection of folklore. It contains everything from stories about mysterious places, to festivals, ghost stories, and superstitions. It drew mainly on Victorian sources and it was surprising to see how much had changed in the intervening years.
It was the kind of book you'd use for occult research if you were interested in the history of beliefs about a particular place (if you were an actual Call of Cthulhu researcher. It reminded me of the book they consulted in Quatermass and the Pit to find out the secrets of Hob Lane), with a great list of old sources to check and learn more. I really enjoyed reading about all the events that happened at Whitby, because I've been there several times. It made me want to get the other volumes, particularly of the places I grew up and learn more about the history of those places.
I got the 1909 version from work, a lovely old binding, that was going to be pulped. I'm glad I was able to save it.
It was the kind of book you'd use for occult research if you were interested in the history of beliefs about a particular place (if you were an actual Call of Cthulhu researcher. It reminded me of the book they consulted in Quatermass and the Pit to find out the secrets of Hob Lane), with a great list of old sources to check and learn more. I really enjoyed reading about all the events that happened at Whitby, because I've been there several times. It made me want to get the other volumes, particularly of the places I grew up and learn more about the history of those places.
I got the 1909 version from work, a lovely old binding, that was going to be pulped. I'm glad I was able to save it.