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The Art of Deciphering Symbols (in Four Lessons, to be Followed or not to be Followed)

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Soogwilis, a Collection of Kwakiutl Indian Designs and Legends By Large R. Geddes Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1951. Pp. 87 and 33 coloured plates by Charlie George.
The Lost Language of Symbolism By Bayley Harold n.e., London: William and Norgate, 1952. 2 vols. Pp. ix-375 and pp. viii-3,888, 1,418 illustrations.
The Cinderella Cycle By Rooth Anna Birgitta Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, 1951. Pp. 269 and xvi inserted recapitulated pictures.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Claude Levi-Strauss

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These four volumes, reviewed together solely because of their respective publication dates and their vaguely related subject matter, represent, for the reader interested in myths and symbols, just so many exercises in style that are not equally commendable. In each we find a different lesson which, for the sake of simplification, we will designate respectively as a lesson in innocence, a lesson in impudence, a lesson in science, and a lesson in imagination. This is perhaps the proper order to follow, although we feel a slight uncertainty in regard to the relative position of the first two.

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Diogenes , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , January 1954 , pp. 101 - 108
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Copyright © 1954 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)