In 1998 there appeared a revised second edition of Graham Seal's 'The Hidden Culture: Folklore in Australian Society'. Originally the book had been issued by the Oxford University Press in 1989, and then reprinted in 1993. Long the main and,indeed, only teaching text for its subject - despite the fact that it was not written for that specific purpose - it has now been modified in various ways in the light of its writer's views and teaching, and has also been responsive to many changes in Australian society and in its culture.