303 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; The First Migrations to Poland: Origins and Traces; The Office of the Gypsy Kingdom; After the Fall of the Polish Commonwealth; The Great Migration of the Tinsmiths and Their Throne in Poland; Condemned to Extermination; The Post-war Years; The Four Gypsy Tribes; Housing, Clothing and Cuisine; Pollution and Oaths; Birth and Childhood; Nuptials; Death and Mourning; Occupations and Professions; Gypsy Professional Magic and the Native Folk Beliefs; Folk Literature and Papusza the Gypsy Poet; List of Illustrations.