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Charles Godfrey Leland

About the Author

Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) was a humorist and folklorist born in Philadelphia. After much traveling, he chose to settle in London. Leland’s works include the collection Hans Breitmann’s Ballads; Fusang, or the Discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century; and a book on pagan witchcraft, Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches.