^* The time is past; in England we are always too late. Folklore and handicraft began to disappear in England at the enclosures when the traditional life of the peasantry was destroyed by the land-owners. The process was completed when the landless peasants flocked to the industrial centres to sell all that was left to them, their labour. No such violent break occurred in France, where the peasant is still a force to be reasoned with and village life has preserved its traditional form and with it many of the age-old traditions.—EDITOR.