Ebook: Slavic Folklore: A Symposium

Edited with a Preface by Albert Bates Lord.

This volume is evidence of the growing importance of Slavic studies in the United States. It is an indication of what this country can accomplish, and is accomplishing, in presenting the investigations of scholars in the field of Slavic folklore. Although the majority of contributors to this book are of Slavic descent, with but one exception they are all now residents of the United States. Our resources in this vast and significant segment of universal knowledge are great and are rapidly increasing. We are only beginning to feel our strength.

It is, nevertheless, a source of real regret that more contributions from abroad are not included here. Although the work of men and women elsewhere, published in a variety of languages, is known to specialists who are competent in those languages, it deserves a wider public. One of the real services that we can perform is to make that work available in English.