The book of British ballads . IES . Designs by J. by W. T. Green. PAGE 349 387 THE CLERKS TWA SONS O OWSENFORD .Designs by H. C. by J. Bastin. THE CRUEL SISTER Designs by E. by T. Armstrong. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF ROBIN HOODDesigns by H. by E. Evans. THE DEMON LOVER Designs by J. Gilbert. Engravings by Folkard and J. Bastin. THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW .Designs by J. by Fred. Branston and E. Evans. THE EVE OF ST. JOHN Designs by J. N. by Fred. Branston. THE GAY GOSS-HAWK Designs by J. F
The book of British ballads . IES . Designs by J. by W. T. Green. PAGE 349 387 THE CLERKS TWA SONS O OWSENFORD .Designs by H. C. by J. Bastin. THE CRUEL SISTER Designs by E. by T. Armstrong. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF ROBIN HOODDesigns by H. by E. Evans. THE DEMON LOVER Designs by J. Gilbert. Engravings by Folkard and J. Bastin. THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW .Designs by J. by Fred. Branston and E. Evans. THE EVE OF ST. JOHN Designs by J. N. by Fred. Branston. THE GAY GOSS-HAWK Designs by J. by T. Armstrong. THE HEIRE OF LlNNE Designs by E. M. by J. Bastin. THE LUCK OF EDEN-HALL .Designs by A. by T. Armstrong. THE MERMAID Designs by J. Franklin. Engravings by W. J. Green, Fred. Branston, G. , and T. Armstrong. THE NUT-BROWN MAYD 37 Designs by T. Creswick, W. B. Scott, and Engravings by S. and J. Williams, Landells, andVizetelly. 135 67. INTRODUCTION. lthough various collections of British Ballads have beenpublished, from time to time, since the elegant mind, re-fined taste, and sound judgment, of Bishop Percy werebrought to bear upon the interesting and important sub-ject, no attempt has been made to select and arrange, in a popularform, the best of these Ballads, from the several volumes in which theyare scattered, and mixed up with a mass of inferior, or objectionable,compositions. This appears, indeed, to have been almost the onlydepartment of our Polite Literature, to which public attentionhas not been adequately directed. Yet, without subscribing to theopinion, attributed to high authorities,— Give me the making of
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