The Golden Bough - Dover Value Editions Author:James George, Sir Frazer An expert in myth and religion, Sir James George Frazer spent more than a quarter-century assembling this 1890 study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity. Frazer's definitions of such terms as "magic," "religion," and "science" proved highly useful to his successors in the field of social anthropology, and his explications of the ancient ... more »legends profoundly influenced generations of psycdhologists, writers, and poets. This abridgment of his twelve-volume work omits footnotes and occasionally condenses text; nevertheless, as the author himself observed, all of its main principles remain intact, along with ample illustrative examples. Portable and modestly priced, this edition is a convenient and economical choice.« less