The Golden Bough is the best-known work of James George Frazer. It went through a number of editions. The first edition came out in 2 volumes in 1890, and the second came out in 3 volumes in 1900. The most extensive edition was the third, which was published in 12 volumes (including the index) by Macmillan between 1906 and 1915. This was later followed by a one-volume abridgement, edited by Frazer and his wife, which came out in 1922 and omitted some of the more controversial claims from earlier editions.